Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
Sal
- Narrated by: Sharon Rooney
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
99p for the first 3 months
Buy Now for £14.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Summary
This is a story of something like survival. Sal planned it for almost a year before they ran. She nicked an Ordnance Survey map from the school library. She bought a compass, a Bear Grylls knife, waterproofs and a first aid kit from Amazon using credit cards she'd robbed. She read the SAS Survival Handbook and watched loads of YouTube videos.
And now Sal knows a lot of stuff. Like how to build a shelter and start a fire. How to estimate distances, snare rabbits and shoot an airgun. And how to protect her sister, Peppa. Because Peppa is ten, which is how old Sal was when Robert started on her.
Told in Sal's distinctive voice, and filled with the silent, dizzying beauty of rural Scotland, Sal is a disturbing, uplifting story of survival, the kindness of strangers and the irrepressible power of sisterly love - a love that can lead us to do extraordinary and unimaginable things.
Critic reviews
More from the same
Author
What listeners say about Sal
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Joanne
- 27-06-18
beautifully written & read
This story was funny moving and poignant enjoyed it so much I didn't want it to end, the depth to the characters was brilliant and it evoked a beautiful minds eye picture of the landscape the story was set in.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
35 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Sarah
- 14-05-18
What a gem!
Loved this book, so easy to imagine as I’ve spend many hours walking in the Galloway Forestry. Adventure, lost innocence, dysfunctional family and survival. Totally recommend this listen, perfectly read and when they make the film it’ll be brilliant!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
30 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Sumaki
- 07-03-18
Extraordinary tale of remarkable young girl
A very interesting read. Original storyline kept me hooked. Love Sal and Ingrid characters. I really enjoyed all the details of living wild and Ingrid's medical/science background. A refreshing tale overall. I look forward to more from this author.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
21 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- CJsquirrel
- 13-01-19
couldn't have had a better narrator!
the story was absorbing and read perfectly by Sharon Rooney. I would love a sequel
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
9 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- GW
- 08-01-19
Troubling, charming
Beautifully narrated, this tough, savagely sharp story gives voice and hope to girls. Abandoned by the people who should help, Sal sets out to be her sister’s saviour. She is such a likeable character: savvy, intelligent, unforgiving but maternal.
The landscapes, life and hopes of these brilliant characters weave in adults as unreliable as the weather, and pull together a story of hope and self-reliance.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
9 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Katherine
- 10-01-19
Absolutely brilliant, a must listen
I could not put this down, it is such a wonderful, difficult yet beautiful story, and the narration is excellent.
I didn’t wanted to end and I cried when it finished
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
8 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Anna Fern
- 27-05-19
Sorry not for me
I gave it half an hour and not for me!! Not into bear grylls type of books. Bought it by mistake on the deal option. Gave it a go but when it got the the killing of the rabbit that was it!!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
5 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Amazon Customer
- 09-01-19
loved it
gripped right from the start, Sal is a brilliant story with such down to earth characters
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
5 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Dan Watford
- 10-01-19
Brilliant story, fantastic narration.
I really enjoyed this book, it's hilarious whilst also being heartbreaking. The awesome story is made even better by the flawless narration, highly recommended.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
4 people found this helpful
-
Overall
- Kathleen Anne Stalker
- 09-01-19
Wow
So good on so many levels.I listened in one day as I sneezed and spluttered with a headcold.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
4 people found this helpful