Lark Song, Jane Bailey
Lark Song, Jane Bailey
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Lark Song

Author: Jane Bailey

Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden

Unabridged: 10 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 06/05/2018

Synopsis

They want to move on—but one terrible truth could shatter it all.As a widowed mother of three, new love seems impossible for Freya—until she meets Duncan, and suddenly she feels alive again. But there are secrets afflicting Freya’s family, some more sinister than others, that could destroy their relationship before it has a chance to flourish.While Freya’s older children are less than welcoming, six-year-old Sophie helps Duncan find his place in the family—but even Sophie harbours fears that threaten to overshadow any chance of a new start. The past is hard to leave behind when pictures of Freya’s idolised late husband hang in every room, and the more Duncan tries to find the source of Sophie’s anxiety, the more he is convinced that Reuben was not the perfect husband and father Freya remembers.Tormented by concern and his own insecurity, Duncan begins an obsessive investigation into the dead man’s past. But when his good intentions lead him in too deep, he risks destroying everything he has built with Freya—and the whole family’s second chance at happiness.

About Jane Bailey

Jane Bailey is the author of six novels and a book of comic verse. Her first novel was shortlisted for the Dillon’s Prize. She is writer-in-residence for Cheltenham Festival’s First Story, which promotes creative writing in schools in low-income communities, and for Beyond Words, which takes creative writing to young people in Gloucestershire Hospitals. Jane lives in Gloucestershire.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amanda on September 10, 2018

Freya a widow with 3 children meets Duncan when a passing car drives through a puddle and drenches her, he acts like a gentleman and offers to take her to a cafe to dry out before she picks her children up from school. They start dating. Loved it when Duncan gave Sophie a toy crocodile and she runs a......more

Goodreads review by Cassie on August 16, 2018

I won this book on Goodreads giveaway and glad I did! This book is kinda a love story but not bc I hate any love story usually so it’s more like a story about family and how they learn to love another through difficult times and how a death in the family can really change a family’s structure. This......more

Goodreads review by Julie on June 08, 2018

An affecting, beguiling, emotional and captivating read, Lark Song is an enthralling family drama that will get under your skin and keep you riveted from beginning to end. Life as a widowed mother of three is anything but easy and nobody knows this better than Freya. Juggling the demands of three chi......more

Goodreads review by Shruti on June 10, 2018

Lark Song is an emotional read about a family trying to move on after the death of its head. In comes Duncan, Freya’s first love interest after the death of her husband. But it’s not smooth sailing for the lovebirds, what with hostile children, a rude mother-in-law who thinks poorly of Duncan, and s......more

Goodreads review by gerry on June 19, 2018

Enjoyable and interesting Jane Bailey has a special way of developing characters : some are so very lovable and others are down right despicable. It all comes together to provide a good and dramatic story.......more

Quotes

“Gently told, warm and engaging, Lark Song charts the lives and private anxieties of an ordinary family as they try to overcome loss and accept they are allowed to be happy again.” —Rachel Joyce, bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry“A captivating story, full of love, buried secrets, and a shocking betrayal. Unputdownable!” —Sue Limb, writer and broadcaster“Jane Bailey combines lightness of touch with a deep well of emotional intelligence. This story…is affecting, wise and lovely.” —Kate Riordan, author of The Stranger and The Girl in the Photograph

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