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When We Were Silent
- Narrated by: India Mullen
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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Summary
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“I’m not here for prestige, I’m here for revenge.”
Lou Manson is an outsider when she joins the final-year class at Highfield Manor, Dublin’s most exclusive private school. Beyond the granite pillars and the wrought-iron gates is a world of wealth, privilege and potential. But Highfield is also hiding a dark secret – and Lou is here to expose it.
When Lou befriends the beautiful and talented Shauna Power, her plans are thrown into turmoil. Speaking out against the school would mean betraying Shauna, and Lou soon discovers that the Highfield elite will go to any lengths to protect their own reputation…even when the consequences are fatal.
Thirty years later, Lou is called to testify in a new lawsuit against Highfield. But telling the truth means confronting her past – and there is one story she swore she’d never tell…
For fans of GIRL A, MY DARK VANESSA and ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL, When We Were Silent is a propulsive, bold exploration of power, corruption and retribution.
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'This book absolutely nails what it feels like to be young, female, powerless, and dead set on redemption' Julia Heaberlin, author of WE ARE ALL THE SAME IN THE DARK
'Taut, compelling, powerful and devastatingly relevant' Louise O'Neill, author of IDOL
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- ms jeanie Burr
- 15-07-24
When we were silent
The nuance of the writing is spot on, contrasting the main character as a young naive teen and as an older woman, damaged by experience and being let down by those she loved. At the heart of this is a tale of sexual abuse and there is some description of this, as well as portrayal of those who should be protecting the kids, protecting abusers instead with all the nastiness they can muster. Well written, absorbing and it’s so good to get behind a character like Lou.
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- Sharon Boles
- 04-06-24
I couldn’t leave this book down.
The beautiful way the book is written only adds to the amazing but all too often true story.
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