The Names

The Names

Author: Florence Knapp Listening Length: 9h 36m

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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When he gets in, Orla says, “You’re back!

” as though he’s an explorer returning from an expedition.

She told him once that when she asked him to go to the shop, she worried he might step into oncoming traffic and their future would be snatched from them because of her yen for mint choc-chip.

It makes him smile to realize hunger gets the better of these worries.