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The Grownup

By: Gillian Flynn
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
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About this listen

The Edgar-winning short story from the author of Gone Girl.

A young woman is making a living, faking it as a cut-price psychic working at Spiritual Palms (with some illegal soft-core sex work on the side). She makes a decent wage - mostly by telling people what they want to hear.

But then she meets Susan Burke. Susan moved to the city one year ago with her husband and 15-year-old stepson, Miles. They live in a Victorian house called Carterhook Manor, built in 1893. Susan has become convinced that some malevolent spirit is inhabiting their home and taking possession of the stepson. She has even found trickles of blood on the wall.

The young woman doesn't believe in exorcism or the supernatural, but she does see an opportunity to make a lot of money. However, when she enters the house for the first time and meets Miles, she begins to feel it, too, as if the very house is watching her, waiting, biding its time....

'The Grownup', which originally appeared as 'What Do You Do' in George R. R. Martin's Rogues anthology, proves once again that Gillian Flynn is one of the world's most original and skilled voices in fiction.

©2014 Gillian Flynn (P)2015 Penguin Random House Inc Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories

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Great story only wish it wasn't so short. I felt she could have made it last longer.

great

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Lots of twists and turns, read in such a matter of fact way that you are drawn into the story because it becomes more plausible, let's face it who hasn't wondered at some point which person is telling the truth and which a lie. Very flippant on the surface, but so very unsettling underneath and no gore, it's all simply implied. The very best sort of psychological thriller !

Unsettling

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This was excellently performed by Julia Whelan and I must say I was very impressed by her clear differences in each character's voice. She is particularly very good at young children's voices even though she only had very little to say as that character.

Gillian Flynn naturally took me by surprise. He always does. Fantastic author, hooking story and very well written. Everything believable. And once again, powerful female characters which is a nice change when looking at most decent thrillers.

As I said in the title, I just wanted more!

Only negative- I want more!!

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Really liked the story. I just wish it was longer. felt it was unfinished. It left me wanting more.

narrator was perfect for the story.

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Dark, twisted and funny! A great listen for fans of Flynns 'Dark Places'. Highly recommended.

Short but sweet!

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Great character, well performed but by the end you feel like nothing in the first half mattered.

Nothing matters

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I very much enjoy Gillian Flynn's work but there were just too many twists in the last section of the book. They were all good, but I would've enjoyed more time being spent on each.

An excellent novella nonetheless.

Very good but a little hurried

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This will leave you hanging until the last word. Great narrator, loved every seconds of it.

Short gripping story.

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This is actually perfect in every way. It left me wanting more. Surely, her next full length book is due to be published soon?

Perfect!

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Why is this not a full length book? Amazingly captivating and full of detail, I couldn't stop listening even for a minute. one of my favourites.

Just WOW

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