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  • Practically Perfect

  • By: Katie Fforde
  • Narrated by: Jan Cramer
  • Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (24 ratings)

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Practically Perfect

By: Katie Fforde
Narrated by: Jan Cramer
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Summary

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Will Anna's grand designs prove just a pipe dream?

Anna, a newly qualified interior designer, has decided it's time to put her money and her expertise where her mouth is. She's risked everything on buying a tiny but adorable cottage so she can renovate it, sell it on, and prove to her family that she can earn her own living.

Outside, the chocolate-box cottage is perfect, but inside all is chaos: with a ladder for a staircase, no downstairs flooring, candles the only form of lighting and a sleeping bag and camping mat for a bed, Anna's soon wondering whether she's bitten off more than she can chew.

Her neighbour Chloe comes to the rescue, providing tea, wine and sympathy - and a recently rescued greyhound, Caroline. But just as Anna's starting to believe she's found the perfect idyll, the good-looking yet impossible Rob Hunter arrives on the scene, putting up more obstacles than the Grand National. Can Anna get over all of life's hurdles?

©2006 Katie Fforde (P)2020 Penguin Audio
  • Unabridged Audiobook
  • Categories: Romance
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Good book but poor narration

I liked the story but it was rather ruined by the narrator who is more suited to comedy or children’s books

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Love the book - found the reader annoying.

Great book from Katie as usual.

However the narrator had a lot of ‘inflections’ at the end of sentences which was annoying and a distraction.

Why couldn’t she just read it normally?

A shame as it spoiled the enjoyment.

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Gave up at chapter 16

Narration was irritating and, disappointingly, I wasn’t interested in how the story ended. Will stick to reading Katie in future

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Story good, narration not

The story is ok if you get past the men are clever & strong, girls are a bit silly vibe but the narration was very strange, it didn’t flow, it was like someone was reading without understanding what they were saying

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Good story spoiled by terrible narrator

The story was good although the ending was a bit abrupt. I have listened to lots of the Katie fforde books but this narrator is the worst. She is whiney, dragging words at parts and to be honest annoying. If I hadn’t paid for this I would have returned it! I slogged through but her narration spoilt the story. Jilly bond much better. I wish I had bought the book to read instead

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