The Silence Project - Carole Hailey Audiobook

Written by Carole Hailey
Read by Juanita McMahon, Charlotte Worthing
Format: MP3
Unabridged

“We don’t hear each other. To hear you must listen. To listen you must be silent. Everyone is shouting. No one is listening. People are angry, but no one is listening. People are scared, but no one is hearing. We believe our voice must be heard above all others, but all voices deserve to be heard. When no one hears, no one cares. When no one cares, no one matters. Stop shouting. Listen. Hear.”

On Emilia Morris’s thirteenth birthday, her mother Rachel moves into a tent at the bottom of their garden. From that day on, she never says another word. Inspired by her vow of silence, other women join her and together they build the Community. Eight years later, Rachel and thousands of her followers around the world burn themselves to death.

In the aftermath of what comes to be known as the Event, the Community’s global influence quickly grows. As a result, the whole world has an opinion about Rachel - whether they see her as a callous monster or a heroic martyr - but Emilia has never voiced hers publicly. Until now.

When she publishes her own account of her mother’s life in a memoir called The Silence Project, Emilia also decides to reveal just how sinister the Community has become. In the process, she steps out of Rachel’s shadow once and for all, so that her own voice may finally be heard.

“engrossing and original, political and unpredictable… [a book that] will get people talking”
- Bernardine Evaristo

“The prose is frank, and completely believable. It reads like it is an actual account of actual events… This is the kind of quasi-dystopian feminist fiction that will definitely appeal to fans of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ “
- The Penguin Monitor