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    Only One Life: A Novel
    Only One Life: A Novel
    Only One Life: A Novel
    Audiobook9 hours

    Only One Life: A Novel

    Written by Ashley Farley

    Narrated by Sophie Amoss and Elizabeth Wiley

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    About this audiobook

    A reunion between an estranged mother and daughter opens a world of secrets in a poignant novel by the bestselling author of Magnolia Nights.

    Julia Martin grew up wealthy, but it wasn’t until she met her husband, Jack, that she knew true happiness. He made her feel worthy and loved. Their marriage was also an escape from her sister’s bullying, her father’s scrutiny, and her chilly and enigmatic mother. But when tragedy strikes on the night she gives birth, Julia’s happiness is shattered. She has no choice but to return home to her family’s South Carolina mansion, where the grief and guilt buried in her mother’s past await her.

    As a young woman trapped in a bitter marriage, Julia’s mother, Iris, once needed her own means of escape. In Lily, she found a best friend. In the flower shop they opened, she discovered independence. Then came a transgression—unforgivable, unforgettable, and unresolved—that changed Iris’s life forever.

    Now, in Iris’s most desperate hour, her only hope is to regain the trust of the daughter she loves—and to share the secrets of the heart that could rebuild a family’s broken bonds.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateApr 23, 2019
    ISBN9781721376698
    Only One Life: A Novel
    Author

    Ashley Farley

    Ashley Farley is the bestselling author of the Sweeney Sisters series as well as the stand-alone novels Sweet Tea Tuesdays, Magnolia Nights, Beyond the Garden, and other books about women for women. Her characters are mothers, daughters, sisters, and wives facing real-life situations, and her goal is to keep readers turning pages with stories that resonate long after the last word. In addition to writing, she is an amateur photographer, an exercise junkie, and a wife and mother. While she has lived in Richmond, Virginia, for more than two decades, part of her heart remains in the salty marshes of the South Carolina Lowcountry where she grew up. Through the eyes of her characters, she captures the moss-draped trees, delectable cuisine, and kindhearted folks with lazy drawls that make the area so unique. For more information on the author and her work, visit www.ashleyfarley.com.

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      This book made me feel free, frightened, happy and excited.It was very enjoyable
    • 3/5
      Great story, I would have enjoyed it except for the narration. The narrator has a beautiful speaking voice when she is reading, but the voices she used for the characters were very hard to deal with and I couldn't finish the book. I would rather hear a narrator read the whole story in her own voice than to hear it ruined by bad imitations of the different character voices.