TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sussman,Fiona
TI  - The last time we spoke
SN  - 0749020261
AV  - PR9639.4.S923 
U1  - NZ823.3 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London
PB  - Allison & Busby
KW  - Suspense fiction
KW  - Life change events
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Country life
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Rural families
KW  - Home invasion
KW  - Violent crimes
KW  - Victims of crimes
KW  - Murder victims' families
KW  - Juvenile delinquents
KW  - Women
KW  - Crimes against
KW  - Victims of crime
KW  - fast
KW  - Loss (Psychology)
KW  - Domestic fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - New Zealand fiction
KW  - 21st century
KW  - local
KW  - gsafd
KW  - Psychological fiction
N2  - One mild summer evening in rural New Zealand the lives of Carla Reid, a middle-aged farmer's wife, and Ben Toroa, an illiterate teen, brutally collide. Neither will be the same again, their futures forever linked. In the bleak aftermath of this home invasion, The Last Time We Spoke traces both Carla and Ben's journey as they each try to make sense of their new reality. Carla's long road from rage and resentment interleaves with Ben's time in prison as he hardens into manhood. Set again these parallel stories is also the voice of a Maori ancestor who looks down from Beyond, transporting the story to a wider historical stage. Many years after their first encounter, Carla and Ben's lives once more intersect, again with astonishing consequences. This is an astonishing story about two people trying to make sense of their broken lives. It is a provocative and dark tale, but ultimately one of hope and human possibility
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