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The Long Walk Home
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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Summary
When Fiona Edwards first sees the lanky backpacker striding up the lane toward her award-winning farmhouse bed-and-breakfast in the remote mountains of North Wales, she's puzzled. She's used to unexpected strangers, but few arrive on foot. The man to whom she opens her door is middle-aged, unshaven, sweat-soaked…and arrestingly handsome. What neither of them knows at that moment is that their lives are about to change forever.
American Alec Hudson has carried the ashes—and the memory—of his late ex-wife, Gwynne, all the way from London's Heathrow Airport, honoring her request that he scatter them atop a mountain they had climbed together years before, the same brooding peak whose jagged cliffs rise to the sky from the back pastures of Fiona's farm. But the weather doesn't cooperate, and as Fiona and Alec wait for it to clear, they are drawn together by mutual loss, longing, and the miracle of love at midlife.
On the day he finally reaches the summit, Alec is caught in a vicious hailstorm. As he struggles to descend, he stumbles upon the body of a man he recognizes from a photograph at the farm: It is Fiona's ailing and reclusive husband, David, and he is close to death.
Will North's debut novel is a story about grief and hope, about love and loss, and about two people struggling with the agonizing complexities of fidelity—to a spouse, to a moral code, to each other, and to a passion neither thought would ever appear again. By turns lyrical and gripping, set amid a landscape of breathtaking beauty and unpredictable danger, this is a story you will not soon forget.
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- dringman
- 27-10-23
outstanding.
Really loved this book, characters got absorbed in it straight away lovely setting too.
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- Victoria J James
- 23-04-24
Romantic fluff
Liked some of the description but disliked the terrible accents and the Americanisms such as "fall/marketing/dove" - a bit mixed up!
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- L. Hamilton-white
- 31-01-23
Beautiful and poetic tribute
A beautifully written poetic story of late love and reawakening from grief which brings the Welsh Mountains alive
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- Joanne Munyard
- 10-12-22
Brilliant
A great novel …. Easy to listen too…. Great descriptions……. Characters and story line
Thoroughly enjoyable.
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-10-23
Such a beautifully written book
Everything about this book and it’s reading was simply just right! I’m looking forward to finding other books by this author.
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- Jennifer
- 24-06-23
Nice gentle if a bit predictable story!
I did sort of enjoy this, I needed to have something easy to listen to while I was doing housework!
The narration and pronunciation of place names and certain words was appalling, however. Needs a Welsh speaker!!
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-10-23
Captivating
I too thoroughly enjoyed this book and felt as if I was in the welsh mountains. It has a good mix of suspense,romance,humour and pathos - will search for another Will North.
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- Christine
- 16-03-23
can't wait to read another book
Thoroughly enjoyable. from beginning to end . Looking forward to another book by this author.
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- Mrs. Geraldine C.Obi-Nwagwu
- 19-01-24
A very touching read
I very much loved the very humane and believable presentation of this audio book.
It was very entertaining yet the emotions shown by the various characters were ones that anyone could identify it.
I very much enjoyed it and had to to listen to the prologue and the epilogue a second time.
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- MRS VALERIE FITZGERALD
- 10-10-22
ABSORBING STORY
This is the first Will North book I have listened to. Beautifully written and read. It made me want to go back to North Wales. Very visual. I loved it!
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