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The Life You Left

By: Carmel Harrington
Narrated by: Breffni Holahan
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The life you lived. The life you loved. The life you left…

For fans of Jojo Moyes and Cecelia Ahern.

Meet Sarah…

It started out like any other day for Sarah Lawler; getting the kids ready for school, making the pack lunches and juggling baby Ella’s feeds.

There was no way of knowing that her husband, Paul, would leave for work that morning and simply not come home.

Now the questions are piling up quicker than the unpaid bills and, unable to answer her children’s questions about where their Daddy is, Sarah is getting desperate.

But it turns out she isn’t quite as alone as she thought she was. When her beloved childhood friend, Edward, comes back into her life, Sarah thinks she’s finally been thrown a life line.

There’s just one problem with Edward: Sarah is the only person who can see him.

©2014 Carmel Harrington (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

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‘Engaging...at times emotional, at others thoughtful, The Life You Left will make you see life in a different way.’ – Women’s Way

‘Heartwrenching and heartwarming.’ – The Evening Herald

'Guaranteed to brighten your day – once you have dried your tears!' – Novelicious

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Having been charmed by Carmel’s “Woman at 72 Derry Lane” we wanted to check out more.
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