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Ghosts
- Narrated by: Holliday Grainger
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
The first novel from the award-winning, bestselling author of Everything I Know About Love
Narrated by Holliday Grainger, star of Lady Chatterley's Lover, Tell it to the Bees and Animals.
Nina Dean has arrived at her early thirties as a successful food writer with loving friends and family, plus a new home and neighbourhood. When she meets Max, a beguiling romantic hero who tells her on date one that he's going to marry her, it feels like all is going to plan.
A new relationship couldn't have come at a better time - her thirties have not been the liberating, uncomplicated experience she was sold. Everywhere she turns, she is reminded of time passing and opportunities dwindling. Friendships are fading, ex-boyfriends are moving on and, worse, everyone's moving to the suburbs. There's no solace to be found in her family, with a mum who's caught in a baffling mid-life makeover and a beloved dad who is vanishing in slow-motion into dementia.
Dolly Alderton's debut novel is funny and tender, filled with whip-smart observations about relationships, family, memory, and how we live now.
Critic reviews
"I love this book. It is wise, funny, tender and true, sharply-observed and utterly hilarious. Dolly Alderton's talent is phenomenal." (Elizabeth Day)
"I loved it - Dolly Alderton has clearly mastered every form of writing. Which is a surprise to nobody." (Candice Carty-Williams)
"Loved it from start to finish, really laugh out loud: well-written, packed with ideas and observations and so engaging I can't put it down." (Philippa Perry)
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- Jamie-Max C.
- 06-04-21
Beautiful and thoughtful
I loved this book. So beautifully written and thoughtful. The characters were well thought out and the details of human nature and relationships were beautifully explored and unpacked. Loved it and would recommend it to anyone.
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- Jess
- 09-05-21
Enjoyable and additive!
I couldn't stop listening to this book! As a 29 year old a lot resonated with me. The only thjnk that I didn't think fitted was the relationship with the neighbour, I thought that was bizarre!
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- Sharon Copestake
- 30-10-20
Loved it!
Great narration. I laughed and cried in equal measure. Sentimental and hopeful. A modern day Bridget Jones without the idiocy.
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- Jenny Cutler
- 22-10-20
Loved the refreshing look at early, crazy love.
Brilliantly written without using words I've never heard of. Fabulous totally new phrases for my enjoyment drop in all over the place. I loved the take on child-men, or adults who aren't grown up, declare their love too soon, don't realise what it means and then disappear, thinking they've done nothing wrong, damaging or unkind. I love the way Nina dealt with everything. Particularly her 'troubled' neighbour. Though the way she dealt with it was a huge shock. But clearly, it worked. Very original.
Loved Holliday Granger's protagonist voice, but the 'male' voices were something else! Hard to do.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-11-20
Not bad not good
I love Dolly I don’t love the book. I know Dolly can do better. This was too much of a millennial version of all the other rom coms we’ve seen and read before. Sorry!!
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- Katy Evans
- 10-11-20
Gorgeous book, beautifully read
Loved this. Such a lovely, bittersweet tale of life as a single woman in London.
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- S Lewis
- 28-01-21
Loved it!
Great narration by Holliday Grainger, an early review nearly put me off but I’m glad I went for it! Very sensitively written, on life and love.
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- Zsuzsi
- 13-12-20
Keen to hear more from both Alderton and Grainger!
I enjoyed this audiobook a lot, Nina and Dolly were very relatable characters. It gave me a lot to reflect on being a similar age to the protagonists. Holliday Grainger is a brilliant narrator, really brought this book to life and I'm glad I chose to listen rather than read it. I look forward to more from both author and narrator!
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- Emma
- 17-12-20
Brilliantly relatable
It took my by surprise how comforting it was to listen to a character go through the exact same experience myself and so many of my friends have gone through, and gave me some hope for the future!
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- vicki anderton
- 30-01-21
Great feel good book!
Excellently written and brilliantly read! Lots of twists and turns that make it hard to 'put down' and stop listening. Loved it!
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