family drama
Broken Country is the story of a woman who loves two men with tragic results. After Beth and her first love ended their relationship, she fell into the arms of a steady, solid, kind school friend. The book goes back and forth between the late 1960s and earlier “before” periods. This engrossing family drama becomes unputdownable toward the end.
The writing was done very well and the audiobook narrator made the English countryside town and its inhabitants very atmospheric. I looked forward to my time listening to this one. The enjoyment of this novel was in the way Clare Leslie Hall drew out the mysteries and built the characters so clearly. She added depth to the situations little by little. And then she threw in some surprises. This reader couldn’t help but care about everyone involved and desire to find out how things ended for all of them. I can’t say much about it without giving things away but it’s a book about family, passions, farming, acceptance, and sacrifice.
The audiobook was narrated by Hattie Morahan. She was a wonderful voice actor and had a decent vocal repertoire. I do believe she added to my enjoyment of this story and will give her a solid A.
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