A Terrible Kindness
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A Terrible Kindness
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Narrated by:
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David Dawson
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By:
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Jo Browning Wroe
About this listen
*INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*
*AN OBSERVER DEBUT OF 2022*
*AS FEATURED ON FRONT ROW*
When we go through something impossible, someone, or something, will help us, if we let them . . .
It is October 1966 and William Lavery is having the night of his life at his first black-tie do. But, as the evening unfolds, news hits of a landslide at a coal mine. It has buried a school: Aberfan. William decides he must act, so he stands and volunteers to attend. It will be his first job as an embalmer, and it will be one he never forgets. His work that night will force him to think about the little boy he was, and the losses he has worked so hard to forget. But compassion can have surprising consequences, because - as William discovers - giving so much to others can sometimes help us heal ourselves.
Biography: Jo Browning Wroe grew up in a crematorium in Birmingham. She has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia and is now Creative Writing Supervisor at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. Her debut novel, A Terrible Kindness, was shortlisted for the Bridport Peggy Chapman-Andrews award. She has two adult daughters and lives with her husband in Cambridge.
©2022 Jo Browning Wroe (P)2022 Faber AudioListeners also enjoyed...
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"It's a long time since I've read a debut novel that moved me so much." (Rachel Joyce)
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- barbara
- 11-03-22
A touching yet unsentimental story.
I’m quite picky, but this fitted the bill. Every now and again I choose a book that isn’t in my usual genre of Crime and thrillers. This was a good choice with an intriguing story and believable characters. Very touching and enjoyable listen .
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- Anonymous User
- 15-02-23
What a superb book
Don’t be put off by the subject matter. This novel is a little gem. Covers many topics - family disagreements, love, death, ptsd, grief, homelessness, and how with kindness some people make this world a better place.
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- Evroy Deer
- 09-02-22
Heartbreakingly moving
Such a compelling story of human tragedy, with integrity and told with hope. Heartbreaking, good humoured and moving, all in equal measure
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- Devoncollection
- 08-02-22
Beautiful
I loved this story about the complexities of life and death.
Laughed and cried.
Well read.
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- Sarah Kennedy Norquoy
- 20-01-23
Beautiful and moving
An incredibly moving and powerful story. I grew up in Sutton Coldfield and moved to Cambridge so for me it was enjoyable to hear of the wel trodden paths too. Such a delicate story telling of a most terrible and unimaginable event.
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- alexandra
- 13-07-22
Absolutely brilliant story
Amazing book and story loved every word, deeply moving would highly recommend, you will be thinking about this long after you finish it!
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- lulu
- 22-08-22
Brilliant story
Not the type of book I’d normally listen to but I absolutely loved it. Recommended!
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-09-22
Touching Story
An absorbing tale - a mixture of fact and fiction reflecting the awful tragedy that happened in Aberfan in 1996. I was drawn in by the descriptions of the event itself and the long-term effects on those caught up in it.
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- Susan Taylor
- 21-01-23
Fantastic !! I
devoured this book in a couple of days .. highly recommend - David Dawson nailed every accent perfectly .. a truly epic tale so beautifully told .. love love love
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- June Howley
- 31-01-23
Unusual but fascinating
Not a content to jump at. Rather harrowing at first but such an interesting and well narrated story.
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