I Do Not Sleep

Name: I Do Not Sleep
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Judy Finnigan
ISBN: 9781478987246

Author: Judy Finnigan

Narrator: Patience Tomlinson

Unabridged: 9 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Redhook

Published: 05/26/2015

Categories: Fiction, Women, Ghost, Occult & Supernatural, Political

Synopsis

From bestselling author, broadcaster, journalist and Book Club champion Judy Finnigan comes an unputdownable and wonderfully moving story of the enduring power of a mother's love.

Do not stand at my grave and weepI am not there; I do not sleep.

Five years ago, Molly Gabriel lost her 20-year-old son, Joey, to a terrible sailing accident. His empty boat was found washed ashore on the rocks -- but his body was never found. Now, Molly has returned to the sands of Cornwall haunted by his death, unable to accept he is gone. Joey was an experienced sailor and died on a calm sea -- things just don't add up and Molly cannot let it go. Desperate for answers she turns to Joey's best friend, Ben, to go back to what really happened that day . . .

About Judy Finnigan

Judy Finnigan is a bestselling author, television presenter and columnist. Her name became synonymous with discovering and sharing great fiction through the Richard and Judy Book Club, where authors including Clare Mackintosh, Liane Moriarty and Victoria Hislop were championed and brought to the attention of millions of readers. Both Judy's previous novels, Eloise and I Do Not Sleep, were Sunday Times Top Ten bestsellers.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dale on January 06, 2016

There is a rather haunting quality to this book that is partly to do with the setting of Cornwall and also because of a woman’s grief at the disappearance of her son Joey when his wrecked boat was washed up on shore. After five years of grieving that has virtually shut her husband and other son Dann......more

Goodreads review by Reesy on August 05, 2015

Readable but only just...think Judy should probably stick to reviewing books rather than writing them......more

Goodreads review by Kim on May 13, 2015

I love the setting of this book- any book set in Cornwall calls to me. I know Judy Finnigan loves Cornwall and it shines through in her descriptions. The cover is really lovely aswell- so both of those things would draw me to pick this book up. Molly lost her 20 year old son in a sailing accident fiv......more

Quotes

"Exudes a deep and soulful sense of place. Romantic and rain-lashed, du Maurier's Cornwall haunts the pages of Eloise as powerfully as the spirit of the elusive heroine herself. A stirring and intriguing read."—Louise Candlish on Eloise

"Highly readable, incredibly moving in parts, and with wonderful echoes of Daphne Du Maurier, Eloise had me turning pages late into the night."—Dorothy Koomson on Eloise

"A moving meditation on grief, family bonds, motherhood and female friendship."—Sunday Express on Eloise

"A haunting, pacy page-turner, with a real ghostly feel - a must read."—Fabulous Magazine on Eloise

"A creepy ghost story . . . the real star of the book is Judy's beloved Cornwall - a wild beautiful backdrop to the tale that is almost a character in itself."—Bella on Eloise

"Atmospheric, creepy and original, Judy has written a blinder of a first novel"—The Sun on Eloise

"A warm and promising debut."—Daily Mail on Eloise