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The Good Daughter by Laure Van Rensburg
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The Good Daughter

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Length 12 hours 24 minutes
Language English
Narrators Ina Marie Smith, Kate Handford, Carl Prekopp & Christopher Thompson

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'A stark, stunning and deeply affecting thriller. The Good Daughter takes a tender, chilling look at family and fear, the illusion of safety and the power of inner-resolve. I loved it'
CHRIS WHITAKER

Abigail is a proud member of the New America Baptist Church. Living miles away from the nearest town in South Carolina, she is safe from the depraved modern world.

She is a good daughter. A valued member of the community.

So when she is the sole survivor of a fire that burns her family's home to the ground, it seems like a tragic accident.

Until a surprising discovery is made: before the fire, Abigail let a stranger in.

Who was the stranger? What started the fire? And was the outside world always the threat - or did danger lurk within the community's walls?

PRAISE FOR LAURE VAN RENSBURG

'Reads like a glossy 90s thriller . . . OBSESSED' JUNO DAWSON

'Not to be missed' EVENING STANDARD

'Fresh & sharp. It grips like a vice' WILL DEAN

'Brutal, tense, utterly compelling, Laure Van Rensburg is an electrifying new voice' LOUISE O'NEILL

ยฉ2023 Laure Van Rensburg (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Laure Van Rensburg is a French writer living in the UK. She is an Ink Academy alumna whose short stories have appeared in online magazines and anthologies. Her debut novel, Nobody But Us, was shortlisted for several awards. The Good Daughter is her second novel.

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Reviews

A powerful literary thriller charting a woman's complicated & brutal struggle to escape a puritanical modern-day cult. Immersive vividly-realised settings + beautiful prose. An unflinching spotlight on patriarchy, coercive control & the thorny paths to liberation A powerful Southern Gothic thriller about the dangers of blind faith, the strength of women, and the deceptive nature of memory Laure Van Rensurg has established herself as a master of the literary thriller with her sophomore novel, The Good Daughter. Intricate and carefully nuanced, this story will grip readers as it explores themes of family, faith, and the power of memory. An eerie, chilling, gorgeously written novel that is unafraid to challenge and question its subject matter. A thrilling read that really gets you thinking A stark, stunning and deeply affecting thriller. The Good Daughter takes a tender, chilling look at family and fear, the illusion of safety and the power of inner-resolve. I loved it. An atmospheric, vividly-told story of belief and betrayal, of family bonds stretched to breaking point - and beyond Expand reviews
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