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  • An Unremarkable Body

  • By: Elisa Lodato
  • Narrated by: Emma Powell
  • Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (36 ratings)

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An Unremarkable Body

By: Elisa Lodato
Narrated by: Emma Powell
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Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2018

When Katharine is found dead at the foot of her stairs, it is the mystery of her life which consumes her daughter, Laura.

The medical examiner's report, in which precious parts of Katharine's body are weighed and categorised, motivates Laura to write her own version of events. To bear witness to the unbearable blank space between each itemised entry.

What emerges is a picture of a life lived in the shadows as well as an attempt to discover how and why her mother died. To make sense of her own grief, Laura must piece her mother's body back together - and in doing so, she is forced to confront a woman silenced by her own mother and wronged by her husband. A woman who felt shackled by motherhood and unable to love freely.

With the heart of a memoir and the pace of a thriller, An Unremarkable Body reveals the overwhelming desire of those who mourn to protest that an unremarkable body does not mean an unremarkable life.

©2017 Elisa Lodato (P)2017 Orion Publishing Group
Family Life Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Suspense Women's Fiction
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A pleasant surprise!

I came to this book with no great expectations at all but quickly found myself well and truly hooked!
There was only one bit of the story that jarred for me - I won’t say what it is because it might be a spoiler.. but it was at around the 94% mark.. I just don’t think that character would have done that?
Despite that small distraction, I absolutely loved this book and have recommended it to friends.
I’ll definitely be looking out for this author’s next book.

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