The Names

The Names

Author: Florence Knapp Listening Length: 9h 36m
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The extraordinary novel that asks: Can a name change the course of a life? In the wake of a catastrophic storm, Cora sets off with her nine-year-old daughter, Maia, to register her son’s birth. Her husband, Gordon, a local doctor, respected in the community but a terrifying and controlling presence at home, intends fo...

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She stares and he takes out his earbuds and says, “You want to see it again?” The child nods almost imperceptibly, uncertain, but not dropping her gaze.

“Are you looking?” he says, even though he can see her eyes are fixed on him.

The child’s mum is looking too. Suspicious; she hadn’t seen what caught the girl’s attention.

He slides across the aisle into the empty seat opposite them. “Hey,” he says, “want to see something else?”