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Title: Forgotten Places

Author: Johanna Craven

Narrator: Rebecca McKernan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-07-17

Publisher: Johanna Craven

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Van Diemen's Land, Australia, 1833

English settler Grace Ashwell flees an abusive lover in Hobart Town, with six-year-old Violet in tow. In her head, escape is easy: find work in the northern settlements and earn enough for passage home to London. But the terrain beyond the settled districts is wilder than Grace could ever have imagined. She and Violet find themselves lost in a beautiful but deadly land where rain thunders down mountains, the earth drops away without warning and night brings impenetrable darkness.

Deep in the wilderness, they find a crude hut inhabited by Alexander Dalton, an escaped convict long presumed dead. Hiding from civilization in an attempt to forget his horrifying past, Alexander struggles to let Grace into his world.

When Violet disappears, Grace's fragile trust in Alexander is put to the test. And while she searches for answers, he will do anything to keep his secrets inside.

Based around the true story of the Macquarie Harbor bolters; one of the most horrifying events from Colonial Australia's bloody history.

Members Reviews:

Great historical fiction!

At the end of the story, the author gives the historical facts that this book is based around. Johanna Craven creates a whole cast of fictional character and builds a story around an actual event in history. Amazing! The story takes place in the early 1800s in Australia. The main character, Grace Ashwell, moves to Australia with her lover and his two children to start a new life together. Soon after arriving, her lover has her committed to an insane asylum. Grace escapes and kidnaps one of his daughters, Violet, to rescue her from his abuse. She wanted to rescue both but wasn't able to. She would try to return later for Nora. They flee to one of the other colonies only to get lost in the bush. Instead of finding another colony, she finds an escaped convict who has been hiding in the woods for years. Alexander Dalton had been presumed dead. Once Violet goes missing in the night, Grace blames him for her disappearance. The truth is much darker and sadder.

Great job by narrator Rebecca McKerran. She does an excellent job telling the story and bringing the characters to life. I love all the accents as well!

Very good!

Johanna Craven took me to a place I had never been before, and I have read a lot of books. The story of Grace, the twins Violet and Nora, Harrison and Alexander is so well written, so intriguing, that I could hardly put the book down. I say book, but I listened to the audio book and Rebecca Mckernan did a FANTASTIC job of narrating the story. I believed I was right there. Her attention to detail with the story made my heart race at times and completely break at others. I enjoyed this and will look for others by both talents.

Excellent book

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Forgotten Places. It grabbed my attention and kept it. I would recommend everyone to read or listen to this book.

Splendid Book

The imagery is beyond exceptional and the story is just full of wonderful turns and smart writing. I deeply appreciate the ability the author has to make the reader connect with the characters, even those you don't expect to understand at first.

Excellent

Had me from page one. Couldn't put it down once I started it. The performance was exceptional. Great story.