Lullabies for Little Criminals: A Novel Free Audiobook Download by Heather O'Neill


"Lullabies for Little Criminals" is a novel about a woman living in Toronto, Canada who is struggling with her identity and family relationships. The story is told through the voices of the main character, Lucy, and her best friend, Amanda. It's quickly obvious that these two women have been very close friends their whole lives, but their relationship was destroyed when Amanda got pregnant by their mutual childhood friend. Lucy is now left to pick up the pieces of what once was her life while trying to figure out how to salvage what's left of Amanda's marriage.

In this novel, Heather O'Neill writes about a woman who is charged with the crime of "being a child-murderer" and sentenced to life in prison. The story takes place in Canada where the woman was convicted for the crime of drowning her stepson. O'Neill's main character is sent to an institution for adults that houses criminals who are considered too dangerous for society. The only thing the woman has going for her is her talent as a song writer, which leads to her being assigned an assistant who is also a musician. This becomes their path to survival, as they both learn to sing beautifully and compose music together.

"A story about broken families, lost love and finding your place in the world." The novel is about a young woman who leaves her small town to try and make it big, only to end up involved with crime. While dealing with the aftermath of her choices, she goes back home to help her family.

The book follows an unnamed girl who lives in Toronto. The novel goes back and forth between the present day where the protagonist is a young woman and the last time she was a teenager. The protagonist's father is a violent alcoholic and her mother is largely absent after she left to care for ailing parents in Europe. The protagonist's older sister becomes pregnant at 15, which only adds to the family's turmoil.

In this compelling novel, a group of women in Toronto's Grange Park neighbourhood gather nightly in the back room of their bookshop to share tales of heartbreak, revenge and all-too-human triumphs. Anne is struggling with her husband's infidelity and her own alcoholism. Maggie is constantly regretting marrying an abusive man and saving the baby he sired. Aileen is one of those women who has it all -- a wealthy husband, two beautiful children and an enviable life. But behind closed doors, she can't stop questioning if she's a monster too.

In Lullabies for Little Criminals, author Heather O'Neill follows three different perspectives while they spends their days struggling through the aftermath of a tragedy or in the wake of a triumph. The novel is set in Toronto, Canada with the protagonists being Anna, an escort who has taken to her addiction and Jake, a gay man who struggles to find himself after his father's death.

Published Date 2016-04-26
Duration 9 hours 3 minutes
Author Heather O'Neill
Narrated Heather O'Neill, Miriam McDonald
Reviews
(5 Reviews)
Abridged No
Is It Free? 30-days Free
Category Fiction & Literature
Parent Category Coming of Age, Literary Fiction

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