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River of Silence
by Adelina Leo
Pub Date
Jun 11 2025
| Archive Date
Aug 01 2025
Description
Buenos Aires 1976: Seven-year-old Isabel Hartley wakes to find her mother gone. Her father doesn’t know why or where to and his own search for her had led to nowhere. Could she have been a victim of the Argentinean dictatorship? He doesn’t know but takes Isabel back to his native Scotland to keep her safe.
London, 2001: Now in her thirties, Isabel Hartley knows she’ll be forever haunted by her mother’s disappearance unless she goes to Buenos Aires to find her. She quits her job as a top lawyer and connects with a handsome local detective, recently widowed and fighting his own demons. As Buenos Aires descends into political and economic chaos, their search reveals little but their feelings for each other. But secrets don’t stay hidden for long. And as Isabel continues her relentless search, she comes face to face with her childhood trauma as a heartbreaking discovery shatters her identity and gives her renewed hope for love and the future.
Buenos Aires 1976: Seven-year-old Isabel Hartley wakes to find her mother gone. Her father doesn’t know why or where to and his own search for her had led to nowhere. Could she have been a victim of...
Description
Buenos Aires 1976: Seven-year-old Isabel Hartley wakes to find her mother gone. Her father doesn’t know why or where to and his own search for her had led to nowhere. Could she have been a victim of the Argentinean dictatorship? He doesn’t know but takes Isabel back to his native Scotland to keep her safe.
London, 2001: Now in her thirties, Isabel Hartley knows she’ll be forever haunted by her mother’s disappearance unless she goes to Buenos Aires to find her. She quits her job as a top lawyer and connects with a handsome local detective, recently widowed and fighting his own demons. As Buenos Aires descends into political and economic chaos, their search reveals little but their feelings for each other. But secrets don’t stay hidden for long. And as Isabel continues her relentless search, she comes face to face with her childhood trauma as a heartbreaking discovery shatters her identity and gives her renewed hope for love and the future.
A Note From the Publisher
Adelina lives in the UK with her family after years of living and working abroad. Her love for travel and writing started whilst backpacking around South America in her twenties, when blogging was just taking off. She still looks longingly at her backpack, dance shoes and her notepad but these days, sticks to writing stories about characters who find themselves in difficult situations and the contexts that create them.
Adelina lives in the UK with her family after years of living and working abroad. Her love for travel and writing started whilst backpacking around South America in her twenties, when blogging was...
A Note From the Publisher
Adelina lives in the UK with her family after years of living and working abroad. Her love for travel and writing started whilst backpacking around South America in her twenties, when blogging was just taking off. She still looks longingly at her backpack, dance shoes and her notepad but these days, sticks to writing stories about characters who find themselves in difficult situations and the contexts that create them.
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ISBN |
9781836289005 |
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£4.99 (GBP)
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PAGES |
200
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Additional Information
Available Editions
EDITION |
Ebook |
ISBN |
9781836289005 |
PRICE |
£4.99 (GBP)
|
PAGES |
200
|
Available on NetGalley
NetGalley Reader (EPUB)
NetGalley Shelf App (EPUB)
Send to Kindle (EPUB)
Send to Kobo (EPUB)
Download (EPUB)
Average rating from 2 members
Featured Reviews
Kate T, Reviewer
the cover of this book immediately bought me to it and even then i hadn't looked into it properly. as i looked on ,just like this story, the full cover and ingredients of it revealed itself to me. and it truly took in my feelings surrounding the book and the story.
this book was so deep into human emotions and caught me by surprise with how much i ended up caring for all hose involved. and it lended me to many a time googling of the issues that presented itself throughout. Isabel was such a courageous young woman and watching her determination to find out what happened to her mother felt at times daunting but always filled with strength. her mother vanished during the dictatorship in Argentina. its something that never leaves either daughter or father. but her father is unsure of what happened. years later Isabel drops everything to pursue the answers. she quits her job in London and travels across to Buenos Aires to search for her mother. its there she meets with a detective to help her on her task. but its their shared connection which might bring more answers both in heart and future than Isabel though possible going in to this journey. they both have their demons, losses and weights on their shoulders. but there blooming feelings for each others is the balm that a thankless task and search needs. there is more to come for Isabel and some extremely hard things to face. can love give her the hand hold and heart hold she needs to face what is brought to her door.
this book is such a powerful and important book. the under layers i felt throughout, the things that weren't said but i felt. the things that were said and i felt. its a brilliant book with a compassionate telling.
Reviewer 1290184
A really nostalgic emotional story which I found really gripping. I resonated with the characters which helped bring the emotions to life.
Featured Reviews
Kate T, Reviewer
the cover of this book immediately bought me to it and even then i hadn't looked into it properly. as i looked on ,just like this story, the full cover and ingredients of it revealed itself to me. and it truly took in my feelings surrounding the book and the story.
this book was so deep into human emotions and caught me by surprise with how much i ended up caring for all hose involved. and it lended me to many a time googling of the issues that presented itself throughout. Isabel was such a courageous young woman and watching her determination to find out what happened to her mother felt at times daunting but always filled with strength. her mother vanished during the dictatorship in Argentina. its something that never leaves either daughter or father. but her father is unsure of what happened. years later Isabel drops everything to pursue the answers. she quits her job in London and travels across to Buenos Aires to search for her mother. its there she meets with a detective to help her on her task. but its their shared connection which might bring more answers both in heart and future than Isabel though possible going in to this journey. they both have their demons, losses and weights on their shoulders. but there blooming feelings for each others is the balm that a thankless task and search needs. there is more to come for Isabel and some extremely hard things to face. can love give her the hand hold and heart hold she needs to face what is brought to her door.
this book is such a powerful and important book. the under layers i felt throughout, the things that weren't said but i felt. the things that were said and i felt. its a brilliant book with a compassionate telling.
Reviewer 1290184
A really nostalgic emotional story which I found really gripping. I resonated with the characters which helped bring the emotions to life.