Carolyn L.
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The Marriage Portrait
- By: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Genevieve Gaunt
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
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Florence, the 1560s. Lucrezia, third daughter of Cosimo de' Medici, is free to wander the palazzo at will, wondering at its treasures and observing its clandestine workings. But when her older sister dies on the eve of marriage to Alfonso d'Este, ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: the duke is quick to request her hand in marriage and her father to accept on her behalf.
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Second time for me
- By Amazon Customer on 31-08-22
- The Marriage Portrait
- By: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Genevieve Gaunt
fabulous
Reviewed: 20-10-22
stunningly haunting, I loved the main character and how beautifully written the story was. Will read again
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Still Life
- By: Sarah Winman
- Narrated by: Sarah Winman
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
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1944, in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa, as bombs fall around them, two strangers meet and share an extraordinary evening. Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier; Evelyn Skinner is a sexagenarian art historian and possible spy. She has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the wreckage and relive memories of the time she encountered EM Forster and had her heart stolen by an Italian maid in a particular Florentine room with a view.
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Gentle and accomplished memory-telling
- By Earnest on 24-06-21
- Still Life
- By: Sarah Winman
- Narrated by: Sarah Winman
Exceptional
Reviewed: 10-07-22
Loved this. Beautiful and moving. Will want to re-read ❤️
I am absolutely in love with the characters and will have to revisit Florence
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Unsheltered
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
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2016 Vineland. Meet Willa Knox, a woman who stands braced against the vicissitudes of her shattered life and family - and the crumbling house that contains her. 1871 Vineland. Thatcher Greenwood, the new science teacher, is a fervent advocate of the work of Charles Darwin, and he is keen to communicate his ideas to his students. But those in power in Thatcher's small town have no desire for a new world order. Thatcher and his teachings are not welcome. Both Willa and Thatcher resist the prevailing logic. Both are asked to pay a high price for their courage.
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Over-stuffed with good things
- By Rachel Redford on 29-10-18
- Unsheltered
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver
Just brilliant
Reviewed: 04-09-20
A wonderful take full of interesting characters. Didn't want to it to finish. A must read.
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Himself
- By: Jess Kidd
- Narrated by: Aidan Kelly
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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When Mahony returns to Mulderrig, a speck of a place on Ireland's west coast, he brings only his handsome face, a photograph of his long-lost mother and a determination to do battle with the village's lies. Mahony also somehow wakes the dead from their graves, with their foggy memories and hidden stories floating greyly amongst the unseeing living. No one, though - living or dead - will be able to guess what happened to the teenage mother who abandoned him as a baby.
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Don't do animal cruelty
- By Saffron R on 05-05-20
- Himself
- By: Jess Kidd
- Narrated by: Aidan Kelly
Fantastic!
Reviewed: 23-07-20
Full of rich characters, humour and human frailty.
Loved it and didn't want it to end.
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The Silent Companions
- By: Laura Purcell
- Narrated by: Katie Scarfe
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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Inspired by the work of Shirley Jackson and Susan Hill and set in a crumbling country mansion, The Silent Companions is an unsettling Victorian gothic ghost story that will send a shiver down the spine.... Newly married, newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country estate, The Bridge. With her new servants resentful and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie only has her husband's awkward cousin for company. Or so she thinks.
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Eerie and fabulous
- By Caz on 24-03-18
- The Silent Companions
- By: Laura Purcell
- Narrated by: Katie Scarfe
Brilliant
Reviewed: 01-07-20
Loved it!!
captivating and unsettling. Loved the different time settings. Really want to listen again!!
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Things in Jars
- By: Jess Kidd
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Milne
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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London, 1863. Bridie Devine, the finest female detective of her age, is taking on her toughest case yet. Reeling from her last job and with her reputation in tatters, a remarkable puzzle has come her way. Christabel Berwick has been kidnapped. But Christabel is no ordinary child. She is not supposed to exist.
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A wonderful delight of a book
- By Michelle Callaghan on 15-05-19
- Things in Jars
- By: Jess Kidd
- Narrated by: Jacqueline Milne
Magical story
Reviewed: 23-05-20
fabulous
loved it ♥️
Great characters and descriptive language
didn't want the story to end.
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The Summer of Impossible Things
- By: Rowan Coleman
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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Thirty years ago something terrible happened to Luna's mother. Something she's prepared to reveal only after her death. In settling her mother's affairs, Luna finds more questions than answers until something impossible and magical happens.... Luna meets her mother as a young woman back in the summer of 1977. If she can truly travel back in time, she can change things. But in order to save her mother's life, will she have to sacrifice her own?
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So lovely
- By Emma on 02-09-17
- The Summer of Impossible Things
- By: Rowan Coleman
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
Brilliant
Reviewed: 03-01-19
Fantastic!!!!!
Loved everything about this story. Really clever and thought-provoking. Definitely interested in listening to more by this author.
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