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Charlie Elizabeth Culverhouse

Need a good cry? Amanda Lambe recommends a book that left her a ‘gibbering wreck’ and will stay with her ‘for a very long time’

Amanda Lambe reccomends reading Broken Country by Clare Louise Hall.

We might still be working our way through the best new reads of summer 2025, but there’s no harm in adding another book to our growing reading list, is there? In fact, it would be impossible not to after watching Amanda Lambe’s tearful review of one of the best new crime fiction and thriller stories to hit shelves.

“I have just finished reading – and I read it in 24 hours – probably one of the most beautiful books that I have ever, ever read,” she said through tears and hiccups in an Instagram video. “It’s one of those books that’s going to stay with me for a very long time and I’ve had a little cry.

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