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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Maia follows the registrar from the room. His pager is going, and he frowns at it before checking his watch and striding off down the corridor. “Mr. Davies, can I have a word?” Maia says, trying to keep pace with him.

“It’ll have to wait. I’m late for a surgery and I have precisely three minutes to eat my lunch before I scrub in.” He looks at her then, as if wondering for the first time who she is and what she’s doing there.

“It’s about your last patient, though. I don’t think it can wait.