Shut In, Stories From The Attic
Shut In, Stories From The Attic
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Shut In

Author: Stories From The Attic

Narrator: Robin McConnell

Unabridged: 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/05/2020

Categories: Fiction, Horror


Synopsis

The day the quarantine was announced, the only thing I could think of was mother. Yes, behind that, the memories crept closer, shadows and dark things, not forgotten but suppressed, the knot of fear in my belly that had been tied long ago, but more than that, more than anything, I thought of her.In the fifty-six years since she arrived in Britain from Turkey, not once had she spent an entire day inside. In fact, it was rare to see her spend more than a few hours indoors. When she did, she restlessly moved between rooms, pacing and shifting from one seat to the other, always inching closer to the doors, to the outside. Most often, when I went round to visit, I would find in the garden, or sitting out on the front step, waving to children and sharing jokes with passersby, for whom she had long been a fixture. I had lost count of the number of times I’d been told by concerned neighbours that I should ‘make sure to get your mother inside, out of the weather’ and also of the times she had scolded them for sticking their noses where they weren’t wanted and speaking to me on her behalf, as if she wasn’t there or in full possession of her faculties. “Why you talk to him?” she would shout, in a...

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jackie on April 13, 2020

(2.5 stars) Slightly more realistic than other pandemic novels, Shut In, is centred around a fractured family's experiences during a global pandemic. It begins with a trite note from the author, Nathan Jones, explaining the book's theme: "The possibility of a pandemic has always been out there as a d......more

Goodreads review by Freda Davis on June 01, 2020

Where did Ellie come from? How dumb to give car keys to someone you don’t know and don’t trust! All the problems with getting to her family are due to that one hair brained choice. She knew how important the car was & how difficult it was to get. Totally clueless. She might have worked to resolve pro......more

Goodreads review by Pam on December 17, 2019

I thought this was a very good book. We see the onset and devastation of the pandemic from two points of view, not an uncommon story line, but it describes the encroaching desperation and horror as these people try to survive quite well. I was not too sure about the budding romance, not because of a......more

Goodreads review by Sherri on February 18, 2024

never boring I really enjoyed the back that the book got right in to the subject quickly with no boredom made me want to continue reading and then it continue to keep me interested throughout the end of the book that I could not put it down. That was a great job first time reading anything by Nathan......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on January 15, 2020

Great Take I could not. Put. This. Book. Down. Honestly, probably one of my favorite. I’m so glad I picked this book up! It’s not only well written but well paced and full of action without being unrealistic. Some parts were tough to get through (the darkness that can be humankind) but if only for th......more