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Light Perpetual
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
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Summary
November 1944. A German rocket strikes London and five young lives are atomised in an instant.
November 1944. That rocket never lands. A single second in time is altered and five young lives go on - to experience all the unimaginable changes of the 20th century.
Because maybe there are always other futures. Other chances.
Light Perpetual is a story of the everyday, the miraculous and the everlasting. Ingenious and profound, full of warmth and beauty, it is a sweeping and intimate celebration of the gift of life.
From the best-selling, prize-winning author of Golden Hill, a novel of the everyday, the miraculous and the everlasting.
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- adventuresome
- 13-05-23
The performance makes it…
I started reading the book but ended up reading and listening to finish in time for book group, and wow, the story is only enhanced by the narration. I ended listening more purely for the added depth and tone. Brilliant.
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- liz
- 29-05-22
Perfect
Wonderful book wonderfully
Read I went back and listened all over again
I simply loved it
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- Anonymous User
- 18-02-21
A fantastic epic, perfectly read!
A really beautiful story told across eras with pitch perfect narration. Would recommend to fans of David Mitchell.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-08-21
Wow! What a novel.!
This book is definitely worth reading or listening to - such excellent writing- you feel you have lived through the 50 years these children tread.
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- JJ Malpas
- 17-03-21
A dip into people's lives over the years.
This was a really good listen, following the lives of a group of children (at the start) and their varies paths through life, up and downs, good and bad.
It is a great book, with lots to think about by the end.
I listened at 1.45 speed (as I'd forgotten how soon my bookclub meeting was!) and it seemed to be a natural speed.
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- InkSplasher
- 22-01-23
Beautifully written but poorly performed
The story is beautifully written and deals with the subject matter in a very imaginative and interesting way, but it is impossible to listen to, as the narrator delivers it like a pantomime dame almost! Will have to return the book, not something I often do, but this is impossible to listen to in my humble opinion!
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- Anonymous User
- 27-05-23
Scintillating
Superb writing read with accuracy and truth to the characters.
As well as getting to know the fascinatingly ordinary characters through glimpses of their lives over the years, London is laid out to the reader - in all its messy wonder.
Excellent.
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- Barry Winters
- 27-02-21
Bloody Brilliant
as a dedicated South Londoner born in north London and schooled in Peckham and East Dulwich before moving to Welling and now living in Sidcup via Belvedere and Bow, this story really resonates with me. I know Becksford is fictional but I really really would like to meet Francis down the pub to talk over the old places and times. We probably went to the same school? Who knows. tt was the exact kind of descriptive listen that I like allowing me to picture exactly what is going on and where it is. The narrator was bloody marvellous as well with all the right voices, sounds and inclinations that enhance the the wording perfectly. Thoroughly recommended and if Francis is reading this, get in touch and I will buy you that beer or white wine if you prefer, Bazzer
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- Dp
- 07-03-21
brilliant
Really good story. Well read, beautiful example of how to use English in novels. enjoy
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- I Walker
- 18-01-22
A Splendid Experience
I loved the book, brilliant feat of imagination, I was deeply moved by it. I thought the narration was wonderful too
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