The Night Child

A Novel

By: Anna Quinn

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Exquisitely nuanced and profoundly intimate, The Night Child is a story of resilience, hope, and the capacity of the mind, body, and spirit to save itself despite all odds.

Nora Brown teaches high school English and lives a quiet life in Seattle with her husband and six-year-old daughter. But one November day, moments after dismissing her class, a girl’s face appears above the students’ desks—“a wild numinous face with startling blue eyes, a face floating on top of shapeless drapes of purples and blues where arms and legs should have been. Terror rushes through Nora’s body—the kind of raw terror you feel when there’s no way out, when every cell in your body, your entire body, is on fire—when you think you might die.”

Twenty-four hours later, while on Thanksgiving vacation, the face appears again. Shaken and unsteady, Nora meets with neurologists and eventually, a psychiatrist. As the story progresses, a terrible secret is discovered—a secret that pushes Nora toward an even deeper psychological breakdown.

This breathtaking debut novel examines the impact of traumatic childhood experiences and the fragile line between past and present.

©2018 Anna Quinn (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Not for everyone

Although the story line is about sexual abuse it explains how it affects a person's life and how the main character dealt with it... how she survived.

couldn't put it down!

phenomenal story. I was hooked from the beginning. It was very descriptive of what someone who experienced trauma may go through so may not he suited for everyone. I would definitely listen to more by this author and narrator.

Bad ending

Terrible ending! Great story but the abrupt ending leaves a lot of questions and loose ends

Good Listen

This is a good story. It was hard to listen to in a couple of scenes and probably should come with a warning for victims of sexual assault when they were children.

But overall, it was a good book, and the ending was nice if you think about it metaphorically. I wouldn't read it again due to the uncomfortable content but I do not regret reading it.

Blah blah blah

I finally finished it, and still have no clue what it was really about. I would have loved it if it made sense. Multiple personalities are rare. I wish it had been better written. I LOVED Sybil! No love for this book, except the narration.