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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He’s leaned on Maia a lot during the pandemic, since Orla left with the children.

That first lockdown, when his stockists were closed, when unemployment suffered the highest monthly increase in the Republic’s history, it was like free-falling through open sky, a crash-landing rising up to meet him.

Nothing he could do to stop it. And while many seemed to be making sourdough and growing vegetables, there was no support for the self-employed.