The Listener - Softcover

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Robert is a Listener. The Good Samaritan. A volunteer who takes calls from people in the depths of despair, and offers them emotional support. Some are on the verge of suicide in a bid to escape mental illness and depression, physical pain, domestic and sexual abuse, violence, drug and alcohol addictions, gender identity, debt, homelessness and many other problems that are all to common in today’s society.He begins a steamy love affair on an overnight shift with Nicola, a beautiful fellow Listener whose marriage is on the rocks, and their romance blossoms into love.But instead of helping victims, Robert suddenly becomes one himself. Stalked by Jade, a caller whom Robert tries to help escape from her brutal criminal boyfriend, his own life is systematically destroyed.His relationship with Nicola is also ruined, and Robert spirals into the dark depths of a mental breakdown, culminating in Robert himself making a desperate final phone call to the Samaritans as he faces his own demise.Will he recover? And will he finally manage to get Jade out of his life … and salvage his love affair with Nicola?This gripping, dramatic novel is the first book by George Clement, who has worked as a Listening Volunteer with the Samaritans for almost three years and has an in-depth knowledge of the types of calls portrayed in this compelling narrative. The reader will live and breathe the tension of the calls and the agony and despair of Robert’s mental struggle.

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