Twenty Years Later Free Audiobook Download by Charlie Donlea

Twenty Years Later is a novel of suspense and twists by Charlie Donlea. The novel follows a woman who wakes up not knowing anything about her life, only to find that her memories are fading quickly. All she has left of the twenty-eight years of her life is a diary that someone with sinister motives keeps rifling through. Twenty Years Later audiobook download has been released in its entirety earlier this year on Audible and iTunes with narration provided by [Vivienne Leheny].

In this memoir, author Charlie Donlea tells the story of what happened to him and his family in the twenty years following the death of his young son. The book covers topics such as how he was able to overcome devastating heartache with the help of his wife and their adopted daughter, how he dealt with day-to-day struggles, and how he created a legacy for their son.

Charlie Donlea is a surfer living in the shadow of Big Sur. As a teenager, Charlie's life changes when he falls in love with a local girl, and she has to leave town. Twenty years later, Charlie comes back to go surfing by the old spot one more time before leaving forever. On this last trip, he runs into Vivienne Leheny who makes his fall into depression all the more difficult. The story follows Charlie as he goes through his own personal hell on Earth while trying to get over her.

The audiobook download of Twenty Years Later narrates the story of Charlie's life. This starts in his childhood where he loses his mother, aged eight. He then goes on to narrate how he was expelled from school, followed by a police chase involving him and his friends beating up a student who gets too close to Charlie's girlfriend. Charlie then narrates how he escapes death after having a brush with death when jumping out of a moving car at speeds of 60mph during a road-rage incident. He also recalls how he starts working for the mob and finally gets out of it by being shot.

Halfway through the audiobook and I am already emotionally drained. As a 20-year-old, I felt like the narrator was speaking from my experience. I cried a lot during this book, especially at points when Vivienne's family was mentioned. The story made me think about what my future would be like if something were to happen to Charlie, who remains a mystery throughout the entirety of the audiobook.

Twenty Years Later is about a young woman who thought she was going crazy, but realizes that she's not. She is the only one left of her family and witnesses their deaths in a horrific car accident. The narrator comes to find out that one of the reasons that she is going crazy is because of the guilt from killing someone else in the accident.