After the Silence: a twisty page-turner of deadly secrets and an unsolved murder investigation
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After the Silence: a twisty page-turner of deadly secrets and an unsolved murder investigation
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In Henry’s mind, his love for Keelin justifies how he behaves towards her, because our society teaches men that to love a woman is to want to control her, to put her on a pedestal, to bind her to you so that you can admire her and praise her—but on your terms and in a way that can never threaten your own success. Inspired by the real-life murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier, After the Silence is a gripping story of secrets and control. We mainly follow Keelin Kinsella, who on the surface has it all – she’s wealthy, has the perfect husband and two beautiful children. Highly recommended if you enjoyed the West Cork podcast, or if you love books about family secrets, or books that make you sit up and want to take action. Louise has written a fantastic thriller but also highlighted so well how coercive control can occur so seamlessly The intertwining tales of the murder and the marriage keep you engaged until the very end.
Please do not use it in any marketing material, online or in print, without asking permission from me first. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Now, Keelin's every move appears to be controlled by her husband - but it's Keelin who asked him to do this in the first place. I've read two of her books before this: Only Ever Yours in 2016, which I really liked; Almost Love last year, which I DNF'd. In actuality, Henry is guilty of many other things—whether or not he is the murderer is not something I will spoil.After facing years of neglect and physical abuse from her father, Laura is rescued by Pam Willis, a social worker. The mystery is satisfying, but heart of the book is domestic violence, and the many shades it can wear. Ten years on two Australian film makers are producing a documentary about it and Henry has high hopes this will put the past behind them. Despite the initial confusion, I did really enjoy that there was multiple time frames, as it gave us more of an insight in to the initial events that led to where the story is now, and each time it seemed to unearth more interesting secrets that were being covered up. You can’t forget the way it ostracized the Kinsellas, and how, against such opposition, they would necessarily feel the need for solidarity.
When morning broke Nessa Crowley's lifeless body lay in the garden, her last breath silenced by the music and the thunder. I think it's her best yet and really shows the maturity and the strength of Louise O'Neill's writing. This is a tightly written, gripping and cleverly done family drama that looks closely at coercive control, domestic violence and the secrets that we keep, both from ourselves and from each other. But that’s simply reflective of the contradictions and injustices women and victims of abuse do encounter on a regular basis, and however complex or difficult it becomes to contend with, it’s impossible to read the novel and claim it’s depictions are anything but genuine. By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file.This book is so beautifully written with a story that is totally engrossing and keeps you guessing until the end. Now a documentary crew has arrived to the Irish island of Inisrún to interview all those involved - including Henry and Keelin Kinsella - and possibly discover who is keeping the most secrets from the night the three Crowley girls became two. Ten years later a documentary crew arrives, there to lift the lid off the Kinsella’s carefully constructed lives, determined to find evidence that will prove Henry’s guilt and Keelin’s complicity in the murder of beautiful Nessa. The bad weather isn’t the only danger sweeping across the island that night though, with old resentments and new revelations leading to a worse tragedy than superficial storm damage.
After almost a decade of being shunned by the locals and even having their hotel burnt down, Henry sees it as his chance to be heard.Keelin strikes up an unlikely friendship with one of the filmmakers, and does everything in her power to protect Henry and Alex from the consequences of the true events of that night. Social control, church, and even doctors (generally men) made 'leaving an abuser impossible for most women. The documentary film-makers are a bit of a distraction, and having one of them the victim of abuse feels perhaps a bit glib.
In a society where even women had to leave government positions on marriage (inference being that you were looked after by a husband) control passed along to men and showed it was institutionalised across society. Your voice is going to be integral to the whole documentary, Noah Wilson had saidThe victim is one of the community’s beloved daughters – one of three sisters revered from the moment they were born. Although this is being marketed as a murder mystery/psychological thriller, what makes it stand out is not the revelation (there are so few suspects, anyway, in a tiny island community that it's not hard to unravel) but the acute and genuinely disturbing portrait of domestic abuse and coercive control. I loved following an older character as I think in the past Louise O'Neill has excelled in writing teenagers and women tackling their mid-twenties. Louise O’Neill has turned her hand to many different genres; young adult, contemporary fiction and now a psychological thriller. In this bold, brilliant, disturbing new novel Louise O'Neill shows that deadly secrets are devastating to those who hold them close.
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