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“This story is SOUL-WRENCHING. Striking, evocative, and intense. From the very first page, I was completely immersed, so deeply connected to the characters that I had to keep reminding myself it’s just fiction. CALM DOWN. STEP OUTSIDE AND TOUCH SOME GRASS. It’s rare to find a book that captures the full depth of human emotion the way this one does. ”
— Shelby • Cavalier House Books
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“I could not stop listening to BROKEN COUNTRY! The wonderfully complex characters, the traumatic and heartbreaking history, and the stories of love and relationships were all so wonderfully written and plotted. I will be recommending this book to everyone!”
— Sam • Blue House Books
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“This heartbreaking and complex story about life, love, and loss was good to the very end. Hall depicts life as a complicated beautiful struggle with its many uncertain challenges. This novel is gripping and kept me wanting more. With truths to uncover I was unable to put this down, enjoying every second. My heart strings were tugged at by the beautiful and painful story of love and loss. Highly recommend!”
— Alex • White Rabbit Books & Gifts
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“Heartbreakingly poignant family saga told in straightforward prose. Multiple timelines are expertly handled ”
— Alisa • Napa Bookmine
A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK | A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall is an unforgettable story of love, loss, and the choices that shape our lives…but it’s also a masterfully crafted mystery that will keep you guessing until the very last page. Seriously, that ending?! I did not see it coming.” —Reese Witherspoon
“Stirring and mysterious…fires directly at the human heart and hits the mark.” —Delia Owens, New York Times bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing
A love triangle unearths dangerous, deadly secrets from the past in this thrilling tale perfect for fans of The Paper Palace and Where the Crawdads Sing.
“The farmer is dead. He is dead, and all anyone wants to know is who killed him.”
Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth’s brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, Beth doesn’t realize that the gunshot will alter the course of their lives. For the dog belonged to none other than Gabriel Wolfe, the man Beth loved as a teenager—the man who broke her heart years ago. Gabriel has returned to the village with his young son Leo, a boy who reminds Beth very much of her own son, who died in a tragic accident.
As Beth is pulled back into Gabriel’s life, tensions around the village rise and dangerous secrets and jealousies from the past resurface, this time with deadly consequences. Beth is forced to make a choice between the woman she once was, and the woman she has become.
A sweeping love story with the pace and twists of a thriller, Broken Country is a novel of simmering passion, impossible choices, and explosive consequences that toggles between the past and present to explore the far-reaching legacy of first love.
Clare Leslie Hall is a novelist and journalist who lives in the wilds of Dorset, England, with her family. She’s the author of Broken Country, Pictures of Him, and Days You Were Mine.
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Audiobook details
Author:
Clare Leslie Hall
Narrator:
Hattie Morahan
ISBN:
9781668129487
Length:
8 hours 56 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Audio
Publication date:
March 4, 2025
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#22 Overall
Genre rank:
#5 in Fiction - Literary
Reviews
“Stirring, poetic and mysterious, Clare Leslie Hall’s novel, BROKEN COUNTRY, reveals how tender and innocent love between a boy and a girl can alter the lives of families for generations. Even on a quaint and quiet sheep farm of rural England, misguided passion brings murder and criminal charges against the most innocent of players because human nature is far from tame. Yet, even as love destroys, it can return to heal on the same sacred meadow where it was first conceived. This evocative, sensitive and compelling novel fires directly at the human heart and hits the mark.” –DELIA OWENS, New York Times bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing“BROKEN COUNTRY is a beautifully observed and brilliantly constructed page-turner of novel. It has everything – love, loss, fury, forgiveness – and I was absolutely immersed from page one.”—MARY BETH KEANE, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes and The Half Moon
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