The Book Boy by Joanna Trollope narrated by Kate Lock
Alice is thirty-eight and has a house, a husband, two teenage children and a part-time job. She thinks she ought to be happy but she isn't. Instead, she feels she has vanished, that she is like something lost down the back of the sofa. Because Alice has a secret that is never spoken of in the family. She can't read.
Now timid, quiet Alice must start out on her own brave journey, and for it she chooses the strangest companion. For the first time in her life, she knows what she wants and she is going to get it. With the help of the book boy.
Joanna Jimbuku is a nurse in north Australia where she works with a Flying Doctor. One day a baby is so ill that Joanna has to take her to hospital in Sydney. Will the baby live? And will Joanna accept an unexpected job offer in the city?
On a hot summer day, Joanna Mason's family slowly wanders home along a country lane. A moment later, Joanna's life is changed forever... On a dark night thirty years later, ex-detective Jackson Brodie finds himself on a train that is both crowded and late. Lost in his thoughts, he suddenly hears a shocking sound... At the end of a long day, 16-year-old Reggie is looking forward to watching a little TV. Then a terrifying noise shatters her peaceful evening. Luckily, Reggie makes it a point to be prepared for an emergency...
