A Nearly Normal Family

By: M. T. Edvardsson, Rachel Wilson-Broyles - translator

Narrated by: Emily Watson, Georgia Maguire, Richard Armitage

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New York Times Book Review recommends M.T. Edvardsson’s A Nearly Normal Family and lauds it as a “page-turner” that forces the reader to confront “the compromises we make with ourselves to be the people we believe our beloveds expect”. (NYTimes Book Review Summer Reading Issue)

M.T. Edvardsson’s A Nearly Normal Family is a gripping legal thriller that forces the listener to consider: How far would you go to protect the ones you love? In this twisted narrative of love and murder, a horrific crime makes a seemingly normal family question everything they thought they knew about their life - and one another.

Eighteen-year-old Stella Sandell stands accused of the brutal murder of a man almost 15 years her senior. She is an ordinary teenager from an upstanding local family. What reason could she have to know a shady businessman, let alone to kill him?

Stella’s father, a pastor, and mother, a criminal defense attorney, find their moral compasses tested as they defend their daughter, while struggling to understand why she is a suspect. Told in an unusual three-part structure, A Nearly Normal Family asks the questions: How well do you know your own children? How far would you go to protect them?

©2019, 2019 Text copyright M. T. Edvardsson, Translation copyright Rachel Wilson-Broyles (P)2019 Macmillan Digital Audio

Riveting

I could not put it down. Great characters. Great story. Great writing. Excellent performances. Audiobooks at their best.

good story

takes a while to get moving but overall a good listen. dont usually listen to books this long but it was worth the credit.

Slow

Slow and boring. Redundant and just not that interesting. Kept thinking it would get better. It did not.

finally

Couldn't stop listening. Have been bored with so many, this one was good. Goose bumps at the end!

SO GOOD!!

Drove all across Texas the last 2 weeks and didn’t mind at all!! This was an awesome story from the very beginning!!