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Madam audiobook

  • By: Phoebe Wynne
  • Narrator: Nathalie Buscombe
  • Category: Fiction, Gothic
  • Length: 13 hours 52 minutes
  • Publisher: Macmillan Audio
  • Publish date: May 18, 2021
  • Language: English
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Madam Audiobook Summary

Phoebe Wynne’s Madam is a riveting, modern gothic debut with shades of The Secret History, The Stepford Wives, and a dash of Circe, set at a secretive all girls’ boarding school perched on a craggy Scottish peninsula.

They want our silence…
They want our obedience…
Let them see our fire burn

For 150 years, high above rocky Scottish cliffs, Caldonbrae Hall has sat untouched, a beacon of excellence in an old ancestral castle. A boarding school for girls, it promises that the young women lucky enough to be admitted will emerge “resilient and ready to serve society.”

Into its illustrious midst steps Rose Christie: a 26-year-old Classics teacher, Caldonbrae’s new head of the department, and the first hire for the school in over a decade. At first, Rose is overwhelmed to be invited into this institution, whose prestige is unrivaled. But she quickly discovers that behind the school’s elitist veneer lies an impenetrable, starkly traditional culture that she struggles to reconcile with her modernist beliefs–not to mention her commitment to educating “girls for the future.”

It also doesn’t take long for Rose to suspect that there’s more to the secret circumstances surrounding the abrupt departure of her predecessor–a woman whose ghost lingers everywhere–than anyone is willing to let on. In her search for this mysterious former teacher, Rose instead uncovers the darkness that beats at the heart of Caldonbrae, forcing her to confront the true extent of the school’s nefarious purpose, and her own role in perpetuating it.

A darkly feminist tale pitched against a haunting backdrop, and populated by an electrifying cast of heroines, Madam will keep listeners engrossed until the breathtaking conclusion.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press

“Imagine if Donna Tartt and Margaret Atwood got together to write a creepy, suspenseful novel about a school for young women in the Scottish Highlands…Brooding and unsettling, Wynne paints a gorgeous picture that only serves to camouflage the dark secrets she’s hidden within.”–Chandler Baker, New York Times bestselling author of Whisper Network

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Madam Audiobook Narrator

Nathalie Buscombe is the narrator of Madam audiobook that was written by Phoebe Wynne

PHOEBE WYNNE is the author of Madam and The Ruins. She worked in education for nearly a decade and taught Classics in the UK and English Language and Literature in Paris. She is British and French, and currently splits her time between France and England.

About the Author(s) of Madam

Phoebe Wynne is the author of Madam

Madam Full Details

Narrator Nathalie Buscombe
Length 13 hours 52 minutes
Author Phoebe Wynne
Category
Publisher Macmillan Audio
Release date May 18, 2021
ISBN 9781250803528

Subjects

The publisher of the Madam is Macmillan Audio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Fiction, Gothic

Additional info

The publisher of the Madam is Macmillan Audio. The imprint is Macmillan Audio. It is supplied by Macmillan Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781250803528.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

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