The State We’re In: Unabridged edition

By Adele Parks, Read by Ioanna Kimbook and Michael Fox

What are the odds that the stranger sitting next to you on a plane is destined to change your life? Especially when they appear to be your opposite in every way…

The perfect read for fans of Ruth Jones, Jane Green and Sheila O’Flanagan, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Just My Luck and Both Of You

Jo is a hopeless romantic. Worried she let her soulmate slip away, she’s chasing her past all the way to Chicago to break up her ex-fiancé’s wedding.

Dean is a resolute cynic. After a brief (but not brief enough) trip to London, he’s returning to Chicago, where he moved to escape his dysfunctional past.

In the time it takes to fly from London to Chicago, each finds something in the other that they didn’t even realise they needed.

But it’s only when they get off the plane that their true journey begins…

What Readers are Saying about The State We’re In:

‘This book is full of surprises and twists that keep you guessing until the end. It is one of those books that I was absolutely devastated to have finished’

‘You will laugh, you may cry, but on the whole it is an extremely heart-warming tale that delivers a generous dose of optimism’

Praise for Adele Parks:

‘As always with Adele Parks this is an absolutely gripping read’ Richard Osman

‘Gripping, moving and elegantly written’ Marian Keyes

‘Brilliantly twisty… but is also so insightful about human nature. A triumph’ Lucy Foley

‘Chilling, gripping and entirely unputdownable’ Lisa Jewell

‘Kept me guessing and had me gasping at the twist’ Ian Rankin

‘Ambitious, nail-biting, darkly voyeuristic – I tore through it in two sittings’ Louise Candlish

‘Addictive, provocative and thoroughly relatable’ T.M. Logan

‘An absolute joy: gripping, shocking and surprising’ Jane Fallon

Format: Audio-Book
Release Date: 08 Aug 2022
Pages: None
ISBN: 978-0-00-843997-2
Detailed Edition: Unabridged edition
Adele Parks MBE was born in North Yorkshire. She is the author of 21 bestselling novels including most recently the Sunday Times and eBook Number One bestseller Both Of You. Over four million UK editions of her work have been sold and her books have been translated into 31 different languages. Adele’s recent Sunday Times Number One bestsellers Lies Lies Lies and Just My Luck were shortlisted for the British Book Awards and have been optioned for development for TV. She is an ambassador of the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency: two charities that promote literacy in the UK. She is a judge for the Costa Awards. Adele has lived in Botswana, Italy and London and is now settled in Guildford, Surrey. In 2022 she was awarded an MBE for services to literature. Find Adele on Twitter @adeleparks, Instagram @adele_parks and Facebook @OfficialAdeleParks or visit www.adeleparks.com.

Praise for Adele Parks: -

”'As always with Adele Parks this is an absolutely gripping read” - Richard Osman

'Gripping, moving and elegantly written' Marian Keyes -

”'Brilliantly twisty… but is also so insightful about human nature. A triumph” - Lucy Foley

”'Chilling, gripping and entirely unputdownable” - Lisa Jewell

”'Kept me guessing and had me gasping at the twist” - Ian Rankin

‘Ambitious, nail-biting, darkly voyeuristic - I tore through it in two sittings' Louise Candlish -

”'Addictive, provocative and thoroughly relatable” - T.M. Logan

”'An absolute joy: gripping, shocking and surprising” - Jane Fallon

”'A gripping and unpredictable read hiding some deliciously dark secrets and lies” - OK!

”'Stupendous! I read this totally compelling modern-day morality tale over a weekend - I couldn’t put it down. As ever, Adele Parks does not disappoint - you’ll love it” - Ruth Jones

”'Like a deft magician, this book reveals its twists only at the very end, I was completely astonished” - Rosamund Lupton

”'A dark, gripping thriller” - Woman’s Weekly

”'Fabulous… her best yet” - Daily Mail

”'Brilliant, moving and deeply satisfying, Parks is the queen of the domestic dark side” - Veronica Henry

”'I devoured Lies, Lies, Lies… so engaging, well written. It is one of those rare books that earns the title, unputdownable” - Sally Hepworth

‘I’m not going to lie! Adele Parks takes you straight into the heart of her characters. Her twists about human nature form the icing on the cake’ Jane Corry -

”'Addictive page-turner” - Good Housekeeping

”'A perfect summer read” - Cosmopolitan