Bücher von Ashley Audrain

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Push, a propulsive page-turner about four families whose lives are changed when the unthinkable happens—and what is lost when we give in to our own worst impulses“Nobody delves as deep into the guts of motherhood as Ashley Audrain, she really is in a league of her own.” —Lisa JewellOn Harlow Street, the well-to-do neighborhood couples and their children gather for a catered barbecue as the summer winds down; drinks continue late into the night.Everything is fabulous until the picture-perfect hostess explodes in fury because her son disobeys her.  Everyone at the party hears her exquisite veneer crack—loud and clear.  Before long, that same young boy falls from his bedside window in the middle of the night.  And then, his mother can only sit by her son’s hospital bed, where she refuses to speak to anyone, and his life hangs in the balance.What happens next, over the course of a tense three days, as each of these women grapple with what led to that terrible night?Exploring envy, women’s friendships, desire, and the intuitions that we silence, The Whispers is a chilling novel that marks Audrain as a major women's fiction talent.

Das Geflüster begann lange vor dem Unfall in der Harlow Street. Denn wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer. Wo Freundschaft, Neid. Und hinter jeder Lüge verbirgt sich eine verheerende Wahrheit. Bevor der Sommer zu Ende geht, versammelt sich die Nachbarschaft der Harlow Street zu einem Gartenfest. Getränke fließen bis spät in die Nacht und alles scheint perfekt - vor allem die Gastgeberin. Bis zu dem Moment, als Whitney vor aller Augen die Fassung verliert, weil ihr neunjähriger Sohn Xavier nicht gehorchen möchte. Die emotionale Entgleisung sorgt für Getuschel hinter vorgehaltener Hand. Als Xavier nur wenige Monate später aus seinem Kinderzimmerfenster stürzt, ist der Skandal unvermeidbar und das Urteil schnell gefällt. Doch in dieser Nachbarschaft ist niemand so vollkommen, wie er vorgibt zu sein. Im Laufe einer Woche spitzen die Dinge sich zu: Während Xavier zwischen Leben und Tod schwebt, müssen sich die Frauen in der Harlow Street ihren eigenen Abgründen stellen. »Das Geflüster« ist ein mitreißenden Pageturner über vier Frauen, deren Leben sich verändert, als das Undenkbare passiert - und über das, was zerbricht, wenn gute Menschen unverzeihliche Entscheidungen treffen. »Das Ende dieses Romans ist ein derartiger Hammer, dass Sie es zweimal lesen müssen, um es zu glauben.« New York Times

A propulsive page-turner about four families whose lives are changed when the unthinkable happens—and what is lost when we give in to our own worst impulsesOn Harlow Street, the well-to-do neighborhood couples and their children gather for a catered barbecue as the summer winds down; drinks continue late into the night.Everything is fabulous until the picture-perfect hostess explodes in fury because her son disobeys her. Everyone at the party hears her exquisite veneer crack—loud and clear. Before long, that same young boy falls from his bedside window in the middle of the night. And then, his mother can only sit by her son’s hospital bed, where she refuses to speak to anyone, and his life hangs in the balance.What happens next, over the course of a tense three days, as each of these women grapple with what led to that terrible night?Exploring envy, women’s friendships, desire, and the intuitions that we silence, The Whispers is a chilling novel that marks Audrain as a major women's fiction talent.

A tense, page-turning psychological drama about the making and breaking of a familyand a woman whose experience of motherhood is nothing at all what she hoped forand everything she feared Blythe Connor is determined that she will be the warm, comforting mother to her new baby Violet.