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The State We’re In

By: Adele Parks
Narrated by: Ioanna Kimbook, Michael Fox
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About this listen

 What are the odds that the stranger sitting next to you on a plane is destined to change your life? Especially when they appear to be your opposite in every way…

The perfect read for fans of Ruth Jones, Jane Green and Sheila O'Flanagan, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Just My Luck and Both Of You…

Jo is a hopeless romantic. Worried she let her soulmate slip away, she's chasing her past all the way to Chicago to break up her ex-fiancé's wedding.

Dean is a resolute cynic. After a brief (but not brief enough) trip to London, he's returning to Chicago, where he moved to escape his dysfunctional past.

In the time it takes to fly from London to Chicago, each finds something in the other that they didn't even realise they needed.

But it's only when they get off the plane that their true journey begins…

©2013 Adele Parks (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Contemporary Romance Family Life Fiction Friendship Genre Fiction Romance Romantic Comedy Women's Fiction Comedy Heartfelt Tear-jerking

Critic reviews

"I’m not going to lie! Adele Parks takes you straight into the heart of her characters. Her twists about human nature form the icing on the cake." (Jane Corry)

"As always with Adele Parks this is an absolutely gripping read." (Richard Osman)

"Gripping, moving and elegantly written." (Marian Keyes)
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Lovely well read story with a bitter sweet ending. A very enjoyable listen with a few twists.

Made me cry.

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Really enjoyed this book. Lovely story with great characters and well read on Audible. Good to hear a man’s voice read the male parts for a change

Great story

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I really enjoyed this book, great story and good narration. Only slightly annoyed by some sloppy editing, with occasional duplication including chapter 39 (Dean) which crops up twice! But otherwise I highly recommend

Loved this

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Great story- listen went very quickly . Twists and turns And an ending I won’t spark about as it’s a spoiler .

Great story

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this was a great performance, and really pulled me in, great story line... very moving. would definitely recommend

I just loved this one...

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