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Love Is a Curse
- Narrated by: Catrin Walker-Booth
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
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Summary
'A modern Gothic novel unlike any other, about love and loss echoing through the ages. Sad, sweet, funny and hopeful' --- Emilia Hart (author of Weyward)
From acclaimed author Keith Stuart, author of A Boy Made of Blocks and The Frequency of Us, comes a daring and unique story of heartbreak and hope.
A single sentence was all it took to define Cammy's life. They came as her beloved artist aunt was dying, a teenage Cammy standing by her bedside: 'Did your mother ever tell you about the curse?'
Cammy is warned that the women in her family are destined always to lose the one they love. She thinks nothing of it - until the day when, in her late twenties, her new boyfriend is hit by a car. Convinced she is to blame, Cammy begins to investigate the one-hundred-and-fifty-year story of a family that is both ordinary and remarkable, tragic and beautiful.
But is the curse real, or is there an answer lurking in the letters, diaries and paintings of generations of women whose hearts were broken?
'An original yet entirely universal story - sweeping in its scale, yet sweet-tempered, moving, and just the right amount of spooky. I loved it' --- Samuel Burr (author of The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers)
'Love Is a Curse uses Gothic so cleverly. I binged the ending in one sitting and was absolutely gripped (and may have had a tear or two in my eye!)' --- Sarah Brooks (author of The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wasteland)
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- Liana Vignoni
- 27-04-24
More Keith Stuart brilliance
I've waited an absolute age since the fabulous 'Frequency of Us' for another novel from this author. I think it's a miracle I haven't embodied Kathy Bates in Misery, locking him in a house and demanding he write.
This novel has not disappointed. A twisty, gothic masterpiece, which weaves the tales of several protagonists together. The narrative is so powerful you can almost smell this book, filled with fire and patchouli. I'm always partial to something that references Joy Division too... Couldn't put it down. The audio narration is also exceptionally good. Highly recommend this.
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- F K PARISH
- 29-04-24
A long awaited book that did not disappoint in anyway
I've loved every Keith Stuart book and this lived up to every expectation. Most of all I loved the amazingly positive loving characters. The history particularly the first world war was so well portrayed and so interesting
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