TY - BOOK AU - Elliot,Rachel TI - WHISPERS THROUGH A MEGAPHONE SN - 9780992918262 U1 - F PY - 2015////01/01 CY - London PB - One KW - Fiction KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Mothers--Death KW - Psychotherapists KW - Agoraphobia KW - Bashfulness KW - Friendship KW - Hermits KW - Interpersonal relations N1 - 35-year-old Miriam hasn't left her house in three years, and cannot raise her voice above a whisper. But today she has had enough, and is finally ready to rejoin the outside world. Maybe it's time to stop living in the shadow of her abusive dead mother? Meanwhile, Ralph has made the mistake of opening a closet door, only to discover with a shock that his wife Sadie doesn't love him, and never has. And so he decides to run away. Miriam and Ralph's chance meeting in a wood during stormy weather marks the beginning of an amusing, restorative friendship; Sometimes the world can seem too much for just one person ER -