Author: Diane Chamberlain
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Publication Date: 15th July 2013 (1st published 1997)
Time: 10hrs 52mins
Narrator: Coleen Marlo
Book Source: own audio
Synopsis: Susanna Miller loses custody of her eleven-month-old son, Tyler, but rather than turning the little boy over to her ex-husband and his new wife, she goes on the run. She dyes her hair, changes her name, and escapes from Boulder, Colorado, leaving behind everyone she knows, including Linc Sebastian, the man who has been her best friend since childhood and who knows her better than anyone. Susanna lands in Annapolis, Maryland, alone, frightened, and always looking over her shoulder for someone who might recognize her. Just as she's beginning to feel safe in her new surroundings, she stumbles across information that could save the lives of many people . . . if she's willing to take it to the police. But going to the authorities means revealing her identity, admitting her guilt, and worst of all, losing her son.
Equal parts family drama, love story, and thriller, The Escape Artist is the poignant story of a mother's unbreakable bond with her child and the resiliency of a love that transcends distance and time.
My Thoughts:
The Escape Artist is an entertaining story, relatable if a little dated but that's to be expected considering it was first published in 1997. Coleen Marlo is a narrator I haven't tried before; smooth voice, an easy listen, a narrator I'd be happy to listen to again.
The Escape Artist held my interest and pulled at my heart strings, I was rooting for Susanna from the get go, understanding the lengths she went to to keep her son. Well paced, the plot is a little transparent, somewhat predictable and one of the sub plots a bit left field but overall it's an enjoyable, worthwhile listen.
I'm a fan of Diane Chamberlain's work ... I've read 5 or 6 and have been slowly working my way through her backlist. My favourite is still The Midwife's Confession but I have her new book, The Silent Sister coming up soon.
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Unless she kidnapped the kid because his father was abusive to him, I have no sympathy for her. Maybe because of what I went through this last year, I find the notion of automatically siding with a mother, over a father, rather abhorrent. Unless the father was a physical danger to his son, the mother should be in jail. Sorry for my soapbox :-)
ReplyDeleteNo worries Ryan, it's all good ... there's no 'automatic' siding in this story but it's not quite the scenario you mention ... that's all I'm saying. You'll have to read it and with the personal circumstances you mention, I'm pretty sure you'd be ok with the outcome :)
DeleteAnd I still haven't read this one
ReplyDeletelol B, I still have a pile of Diane Chamberlain's to read.
DeleteI'll keep this one in mind. I looked on Audible but no Diane Chamberlain books there for our area of the world. Nor any audio on our Library site either. However quite a few of her books are there in paperback so will be borrowing, I intend to read the follow up to the one I have just read first.
ReplyDeleteWhich one did you just read Katherine? I've got her new one up next and then I think I'll read Necessary Lies :)
DeleteI read Keeper of the Light which was written back in 1992. I'm going to reserve the next one at the library, three in the trilogy. I have requested her latest on NetGalley, but doesn't matter if I don't get it as will catch up on her other books anyway.
DeleteThis sounds interesting .. will have to check her work out!!!!
ReplyDeletewe have similar taste, I'm sure you'll like her writing Julie :)
DeleteI too love this author, and aside from feeling dated it sounds pretty good.
ReplyDeletefor sure, a quick read that held my interest so even though it's not her best I'd still recommend it :)
DeleteStill haven't read Chamberlain but I'm waiting on her newest from the publisher :)
ReplyDeleteI have this one on Sparky....and I'm eager to read it. There is always a risk when reading an author's earlier works, but this one sounds like one I'd enjoy. Thanks for sharing...and I hope you LOVE The Silent Sister.
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