That Dark Remembered Day, Tom Vowler
That Dark Remembered Day, Tom Vowler
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That Dark Remembered Day

Author: Tom Vowler

Narrator: Russell Bentley

Unabridged: 8 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 03/13/2014

Synopsis

Can you ever know what those closest to you are really capable of?

When Stephen gets a phone call to say his mother isn't well, he knows he must go to her straight away. But he dreads going back there. He has never been able to understand why his mother chose to stay in the town he grew up in, after everything that happened. One day's tragic events years before had left no one living there untouched.

Stephen's own dark memories are still poisoning his life, as well as his marriage. Perhaps now is the time to go back and confront the place and the people of his shattered childhood. But will he ever be able to understand the crime that punctured their lives so brutally? How can a community move on from such a terrible legacy?

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About Tom Vowler

Tom Vowler lives in south-west England, on the edge of a moor, where he moved to finish a novel set there. His blog about the experience received 9,000 hits in its first year. In 2007 he completed an MA in creative writing, and since then his short stories have appeared widely. A chapter from his first novel came in the top ten of the Richard & Judy 'How to Get Published' competition, which received 46,000 entries. Tom is the assistant editor of the literary journal Short Fiction. His debut collection of short stories, The Method & Other Stories (Salt, 2010) won the Scott Prize (2010) and the Edge Hill Award (2011). He is an Associate Lecturer in creative writing at the University of Plymouth.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cleopatra on March 05, 2014

A contemplative read which demands to be read, absorbed and reflected upon. Cleverly and carefully it lays the groundwork before revealing what happened on That Dark Remembered Day. The narrative is shared between Stephen, now a technician at a university but at the time the book opens, in 1983, an a......more

Goodreads review by Liz on February 06, 2014

Coming March 13th From Headline. Thank you to the author and publisher for the review copy via netgalley. A son returns to the small town where he grew up, where his mother still lives and where a terrible event in his childhood changed the lives of almost every person living there. As the story unfol......more

Goodreads review by Beth (bibliobeth) on June 19, 2014

First of all, many thanks to the teams at BookBridgr and Headline for giving me the opportunity to read this exciting new talent in thriller writing. That Dark and Remembered Day is Tom Vowler’s second novel and I enjoyed it so much that I instantly purchased his debut, What Lies Within. The story c......more

Goodreads review by Sara on July 16, 2018

This is a very dark book, but I wouldn't classify it as crime fiction. It's really a study of grief, the story of a soldier who returns from the Falklands War with what we now know as PTSD, but I guess back then it wasn't so well known. Hence, he does not get the help he needs and is the instigator......more

Goodreads review by Terri on November 17, 2021

Read in one sitting, ‘that dark remembered day’ is a striking novel that covers the unsettling feelings of the past and dark memories that leaves everyone feeling feared and afraid. From the very first page you are left feeling daunted, deep down inside you know that there is something devastating t......more

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