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Title: We Come Apart
Author: Sarah Crossan, Brian Conoghan
Narrator: Rosie Jones, Oliver Hembrough
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-09-17
Publisher: Audible Studios for Bloomsbury
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Teens, Romance & Friendship
Publisher's Summary:
Rising stars Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan join forces to break listeners' hearts in this contemporary story of star-cross'd lovers.
Jess would never have looked twice at Nicu if her friends hadn't left her in the lurch. Nicu is all big eyes and ill-fitting clothes, eager as a puppy, even when they're picking up litter in the park for community service. He's so not her type. Appearances matter to Jess. She's got a lot to hide.
Nicu thinks Jess is beautiful. His dad brought Nicu and his mum here for a better life, but now all they talk about is going back home to find Nicu a wife. The last thing Nicu wants is to get married. He wants to get educated, do better, and stay here in England. But his dad's fists are the most powerful force in Nicu's life, and in the end he'll have to do what his dad wants.
As Nicu and Jess get closer, their secrets come to the surface like bruises. The only safe place they have is with each other. But they can't be together forever and stay safe - can they?
An extraordinary, high-impact, high-emotion collaboration between two Carnegie short-listed rising stars of YA.
Members Reviews:
Wonderful
Fantastic quick read. A touching story written in verse, showing the difficulty of immigration, & the naïvety and beauty of young love.
Powerful short YA collaborative novel
What made the experience of listening to We Come Apart the most enjoyable?
Enjoyed the dual narration, from two voices that DID sound like the characters they were portraying
What was one of the most memorable moments of We Come Apart?
Some bullying incidents at school - quite tense and realistic
Have you listened to any of Rosie Jones and Oliver Hembrough s other performances? How does this one compare?
Neither before, no
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Both talking about their home lives, in the way of teenagers - a little blaze, as if it is normal, or naively, making it all the more heartbreaking
Any additional comments?
Review from Amazon:
Such a wonderful book, and an excellent collaboration between two YA authors I've admired and read before.
Sarah Crossan writes beautifully in verse - it can feel like poetry but when read aloud (I audio-read this), it simply sounds like a story in short chapters. Brian Conaghan, I assume, took Nicu's story, while Crossan took Jess's, though I may be wrong.
This short novel reminded me of Crossan's debut - The Weight of Water - both short novels with rather dark hearts, and topics of racism and intolerance at the forefront.
Jess has a troubled family life. Nicu, no less so, but as an immigrant, has other problems as well. Both end up, as young offenders, on a community scheme where they gradually become friends and very close, sharing their secrets and forming a strong attachment. It all must come to a head though - can they make their own happy ending?
There are some quite upsetting scenes both in the teenagers' family lives and at school, of abuse, violence and bullying.