When 17-year-old Laura is attacked, the prime suspect is her boyfriend Joe. But as the weeks pass, Laura's mute sister Tessie is entrusted with secrets about what really happened. Can she ever be brave enough to tell Laura's story?
What I Couldn't Tell You
โ Scribed by Faye Bird
- Book ID
- 110640683
- Publisher
- Usborne Publishing
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 964 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781474903073
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โฆ Synopsis
When love turns to jealousy, when jealousy turns to rage, when rage turns to destruction...
Laura was head over heels in love with Joe. But now Laura lies in a coma and Joe has gone missing. Was he the one who attacked her?
Laura's sister Tessie is selectively mute. She can't talk but she can listen. And as people tell her their secrets, she thinks she's getting close to understanding what happened on that fateful night.
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