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Amazing Grace Adams
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Narrated by:
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Claire Skinner
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By:
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Fran Littlewood
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**
Is this the best worst day of her life?
Once, Grace Adams was poised for great things. Now, she barely attracts a second glance as she strides down the street carrying her daughter's sixteenth birthday cake.
But behind the scenes, Grace's life is in freefall. Her husband is divorcing her. Her daughter has banned her from her birthday party. And Grace has just abandoned her car in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Because Grace Adams has finally had enough. She's sick of being overlooked and underappreciated, and she's particularly tired of being polite. She's about to set off on a journey to rediscover who she is, and confront the secret that has torn her family apart.
What is that secret? You're about to find out . . .
'Littlewood writes with ferocity and compassion. Read it and weep (then cheer)' THE TIMES
'I just adored this . . . An unforgettable read' LIANE MORIARTY
'Compelling, funny and poignant. I devoured it' PAULA HAWKINS
'A rip-roaring, empowering story. Glorious' DAILY EXPRESS
'An absolute gut punch of a book' RED
New York Times bestseller, September 2023
Jenna's Book Club Pick, September 2023
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- C S.
- 13-04-23
Amazing read
Glad I ignored the negative reviews and made my own mind up. A great ‘listen’
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- Alyce King
- 31-05-24
Brilliant
I didn't want it to end!! Really enjoyable, great reader . just didn't feel very long and felt there was more to come when it ended!!!
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- Steve
- 12-05-23
Loved this!!
Really enjoyed. Good story, relatable as a fellow almost-empty nester.
The narrator was fabulous. Happy to recommend
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- Linds G.....i
- 11-06-23
Amazing Claire Skinner
Good book, brilliant narration. I was right there. Claire Skinner did a fabulous job. Thank you.
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-01-23
Menolit
I’ve known about this book for a long time thanks to a woman in one of my book groups. So my expectations were high. Claire is a good narrator especially to those of who remember her as the mother in ‘outnumbered’. It starts off in quite a light way but gets deep and dark. I think this should be nominated for the women’s prize. It ticks the style and subject box but not the diversity one. I have reserved the book from the library and think it will improve on reading as the time jumps got confusing at times. There is a clever twist about 2/3 through I didn’t anticipate
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- LK
- 29-01-24
Laugh out loud farcical funny, perfect narrator
Absolute perfect choice of narrator for this - I was envisaging Clare Skinner throughout in this character. Wonderful farcical comedy of errors, then catching you off guard with heart breaking poignancy. I thought this would be a relatively light easy listen, and while it was easy to listen to, I was totally invested in the stories, rooting for Grace to make it to her destination. Would recommend to anyone.
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- Kindle Customer
- 02-07-23
A challenging listen but great writing and narration
It was a sad story for most of it but it builds the nuance bit by bit expertly so that you can really see how one thing after another stacks on top of each other to lead to what happens. I thought the inner world of characters was very well observed. And so many things from being a parent to a baby and toddler I recognised.
Definitely a tough listen in places but I think there is hope in there too.
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- Angharad
- 15-09-23
It was ok
I thought this book started off well, but it kept going back-and-forth and back-and-forth, and I got confused at times. I just really wanted to know what happened to her daughter and almost wanted to forward the book till I got to that point. Plus I found Grace quite annoying at times. However, it was performed and read very well in days.
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- scrunchieang
- 13-02-23
Amazing!
I loved this book so much. It definitely needs to be a film and Claire Skinner would be amazing in the lead role. I was really invested in all the characters and it was funny, sad and everything in between. Definitely recommend.
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- mummypig
- 17-07-23
Amazing read
Relatively new to audible. I loved this. Claire skinner was perfect Addressed so many issues. A dark turn two thirds through that you knew was brewing. But not the extent. Was recommended through a guardian review which was spot on
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