A Short Walk Through a Wide World cover art

A Short Walk Through a Wide World

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

A Short Walk Through a Wide World

By: Douglas Westerbeke
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.


A spellbinding fantasy adventure that follows a young woman struck down by a mysterious curse, and her extraordinary journey in search of survival.

PARIS, 1885. On an otherwise ordinary night, Aubry Tourvel – spoiled, stubborn and nine years old – is suddenly struck down by a mysterious illness at the family dinner table.

When a visit to a doctor only makes her worse, Aubry flees to the outskirts of the city, where she realises that it is this very act of movement that keeps her alive.

She has no choice: she must run from this curse. And so begins her incredible lifelong journey across the world.

But with risk at every turn, what will it take for Aubry to survive?

‘Races around the globe, through deserts and cities, across oceans’
Oprah Daily

‘Imagine Life of Pi and The Midnight Library rolled into one’
New York Times

‘An epic adventure…rich with all the possibilities the world can hold’
People

©2024 Douglas Westerbeke (P)2024 Penguin Audio

 Action & Adventure Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Magical Realism Runaway
All stars
Most relevant  
Such a magical narration, it’s a journey (or several) around the world, with so good descriptions that it’s almost like it was me who was the protagonist of this story.

Loved this story!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Although the concept as a whole was very good it was let down by a very underwhelming finish. Mostly well written and worth the read though.

Short walk through a wide world

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This kept me wanting more. Mystery and also a little tragic. Satisfying ending. Well read.

Beautiful story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I was drawn in very quickly to the narrative twists and turns in this many places book. Well written and narrated. I’d actually like the author to add to this in a series.

Took me to many worlds

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.