The American Girl

About This Audiobook

Imagine being fired from the job you’ve worked six years to get, only to receive a call from your 90-year-old grandmother in the sun-drenched South of France. That’s the jolt Amy Sullivan experiences in *The American Girl*, Eoin Dempsey’s gripping tale of identity, family, and the shadows of WWII. Dempsey weaves a dual narrative—one thread follows Amy’s present-day crisis in New York, the other plunges into her grandmother’s hidden history in occupied France. It’s a story about secrets that refuse to stay buried, and the way the past can rewrite the future in ways no one expects. The prose crackles with tension, but never feels overwrought, balancing emotional depth with the urgency of a thriller. If you’ve ever wondered what your family might be hiding behind polite smiles, this novel will keep you hooked from the first chapter to the last. Narrator Angela Ellis turns in a magnetic performance, her voice shifting seamlessly between Amy’s weary cynicism and the grandmother’s frantic, halting revelations. Ellis nails the French cadence in the grandmother’s dialogue, adding a layer of authenticity that pulls you deeper into the story.