Jo searches for answers, but is she prepared for what she uncovers? She must decide where her loyalties lie and if she is really ready to confront the darkness of her past. It harbours some sinister secrets - and so does Gabe. Miserable, desperate and traumatised by a brutal event at the farm, Jo decides to run.īut the paradisal free-diving haven that embraces her without judgement is not all it seems. He tells her of an idyllic off-grid community which seems like a refuge to her. There she meets an American, Gabe, with whom she has an immediate connection. This time, her escape will bring her to the remote northwest region of Western Australia, where she must work for 88 days on a farm in order to extend her visa. From her childhood in small town England to art school in London to the messy end of a relationship in Sydney, Jo has chosen to run again and again, each time moving further from where her troubles began. Jo Ainsley has been running for a long time. It raises so many questions about belonging, the nature of trauma and the power of community to both heal and destroy.' - Eliza Henry-Jones, author of Ache Electrifying, atmospheric and thrilling with characters that will stay with you. ' Out of Breath is impossible to put down. A compulsive, nail-bitingly tense psychological thriller that takes its readers deep into the heart of a seemingly idyllic intentional community - that proves to be anything but.For readers of Anna Downes' The Safe Place and Sarah Bailey's The Housemate.
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