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Mrs Tempest's Marriage Bureau
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
Just when she thought there was nothing left to live for, middle-aged underachiever Phyl is handed £65,000 and told to go out and turn her life around.
Inspired by a 1920s book on relationships by the bewitching Mrs Natalia Tempest, she sets her heart on opening an old-fashioned marriage bureau and bringing together lost souls just like herself.
But the lost souls who come to her door are about to embroil her in the strangest adventure of her life.
Though her every move is dogged by a puritanical barrister who wants her business shut down, Phyl is determined to engineer at least one lasting love-match.
If it isn’t for the sex-obsessed estate agent, then it might be the pretty City boy, or the bovine young woman whose job is to think up book titles. Surely, someone among them can find a partner!
But there are mysterious forces working against Phyl and even her beloved Mrs Tempest is not entirely what she first seemed to be.
Comic, heart-warming and as eccentric as its heroine, Mrs Tempest’s Marriage Bureau is part romantic comedy, part mystery and a big part farce. For fans of PG Wodehouse and Helen Fielding, HA Ferdinand’s books combine sharp wit with a fondness for the oddballs, misfits and cynics of this world.
H. A. Ferdinand is the author of An Evening with the Dymond Sisters, Intelligent People and The Baron. She is a Londoner who also writes under other names and you can follow her blog at haferdinand.com.
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- Jay-BFG
- 10-05-24
Very cosy listen
enjoyed this story, a very easy listen, with a lovely narration, a nice break from the norm
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- Lavender Jade
- 22-04-24
A lot of humour.
A fantastic book with a lot of humour and laugh out loud moments, but in times also deep and emotional. It is wonderfully narrated by Georgina Sutton.
A review copy of this book was sent to me by the publisher. All of the above opinions are my own.
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- Mrs L Lingwood
- 05-03-24
A great story wonderfully read
I really enjoyed this audio book. It’s such a refreshingly eccentric tale that you never know what’s around the corner. The story revolves around Phyl, a self-confessed loser who inherits some money and decides to open a marriage bureau. Along come a host of weird and wonderful singletons and she soon gets entangled in their lives. I want to call this a romantic comedy but I’m not sure that’s right. It’s almost anti-romance. Very funny, in a wry way, but warm and engaging. I recommend it if you want something very British, very entertaining and very life-affirming. Would make such a nice film.
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