The Thing About Clare, Imogen Clark
The Thing About Clare, Imogen Clark
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The Thing About Clare

Author: Imogen Clark

Narrator: Karen Cass

Unabridged: 7 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 12/01/2018

Synopsis

A dying wish. A devastating secret. Should the truth really stay buried?The four Bliss siblings have a loving but complicated bond, but when their mother, Dorothy, dies seemingly without a will, this relationship is put to the test. As the mourning siblings try to make sense of the situation, one of them is caught with a secret: before she died, Dorothy entrusted her favourite daughter with her will and a letter—and told her to destroy them both.Of course it was Anna their mother turned to for this mission. Miriam, the eldest, is far too sensible; Sebastian, the baby, too sensitive; and Clare, the middle child, has always been too rebellious to rely on, and long ago cut herself out of her siblings’ lives.But what Anna finds in the documents could change everything. Do the other siblings not deserve to know what it is about them that their mother was so desperate to hide? And if it is revealed, will the Bliss family ever be the same again?

About Imogen Clark

Imogen Clark lives in Yorkshire, England, with her husband and children. Her first burning ambition was to be a solicitor and so she read Law at Manchester University and then worked for many years at a commercial law firm. After leaving her legal career behind to care for her children, Imogen turned to her second love—books. She returned to university, studying part-time whilst the children were at school, and was awarded a BA in English Literature with First Class Honours. Imogen loves sunshine and travel and longs to live by the sea someday.

Reviews

Goodreads review by DJ on December 28, 2018

Favorite Quotes: An argument was never very far away from her sister. Even when they were kids, Clare could start a row in an empty room. It was funny how they’d all just grown up into older versions of how were they were as children. It was barely recognisable as the beautiful cherub in the Bounty B......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on October 23, 2020

The Thing About Clare is an intriguing family drama, which opens with the four Bliss siblings attending the funeral of their mother, Dorothy. Longstanding resentments, regrets, long-established role expectations, misunderstandings and family secrets come to the surface as the siblings deal with the......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee on November 02, 2018

November’s Amazon Kindle First. I didn’t think this was a particularly original book and I found sections of it to be overblown and overlong which became a bit tedious and a lot of it seemed to centre around rather dull food! It’s a family dynamic book with a skeleton in the closet of which there ar......more

Goodreads review by Keirstin on December 03, 2018

The Thing About Clare by author Imogen Clark is a witty and moving novel about family, secrets and siblings. It follows a complicated bunch of siblings after the death of their mother. Really a great book, definitely one I would recommend. Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of The Thin......more

Goodreads review by Amber on January 15, 2019

Imogen Clark has a beautiful gift for intricate plotting, elegant language and gentle crafting, revealing her characters so slowly and carefully that it is impossible to do anything as a reader but be mesmerized at how astonishing it is to have them laid bare before your eyes. I loved this book, lik......more

Quotes

A Cosmopolitan Best Book of the Month”A quiet, finely observed portrait of sibling rivalries.” —Heat Magazine (4 stars)“An enthralling tale.” —My Weekly“A compelling drama to snuggle up with on a warm night.” —Woman’s Weekly“A great portrait of family life and interaction.” —People’s Friend (5 stars)“I adore Imogen’s writing style—it is warm, familiar, and easily digested.” —Book Club Mumma“A nostalgic, heartwarming, and emotionally charged read that had me captivated from beginning to the end.” —Book Club Mumma”A clever family drama.” —Jaffa Reads Too“A wonderful family drama, with a bit of mystery thrown in.” —Always Need More Books“A brilliant read with a plot destined to keep readers guessing…” —Bradford Telegraph & Argus“I really enjoyed this book, and couldn’t put it down.” —Jera’s Jamboree“Warm and emotionally complex…A family drama that’s hard to disentangle yourself from.” —Nick Alexander, bestselling author of Things We Never Said

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