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Love Lessons
- Narrated by: Finty Williams
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
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Summary
Fourteen-year-old Prue and her sister Grace have been educated at home by their controlling, super-strict father all their lives. Forced to wear Mum's odd hand-made garments and forbidden from reading teenage magazines, they know they're very different to 'normal' girls. But when Dad has a stroke and ends up in hospital, unable to move or speak, Prue suddenly discovers what it's like to have a little freedom.
Sent to a real school for the first time, Prue struggles to fit in. The only person she can talk to is her kindly, young and handsome art teacher, Rax. They quickly bond, and Prue feels more and more drawn to him. As her feelings grow stronger, she begins to realise that he might feel the same way about her. But nothing could ever happen between the, could it?
Critic reviews
"Sensitive and insightful story ... Demonstrates perfectly why this author is adored by her legions of fans."
( The Bookseller)
"Deserves three cheers ... The most richly enjoyable Wilson novel for years." ( The Times)
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- Radanke M
- 29-11-21
Good story but a bit weird
Liked the reading but found the whole Teacher and student affair is a bit weird.
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- Amanda Duck
- 06-02-22
Well written but unrealistic
Hello, actual real life 14 year old here. The writing is good, as always from Jacqueline but I didn’t feel any sort of rooting for the main character. Prue is annoying, rude and judgemental. The plot is unrealistic- innocent, ugly girl pulling the hottest boy and the hottest teacher?? Nah.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-11-23
bit disturbing
I can understand a story written of a sheltered girl falling in love with her art teacher, but the fact that it was written like a forbidden love story was a little disturbing especially seeing as the main protagonist is 14! and the teacher is in his late twenties. feel like the story could've taken a different turn educating young teenagers of the importance of not falling into situations like this and even worse the story blamed the protagonist for the relationship between her and the teacher which really upset me because she is FOURTEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- Julia D London
- 13-03-17
Love lessons
Love lessons in an amazing book it makes you have so much empathy for Prudence. The only thing is it could of gone longer like Prudence and TOBY could have fallen in love with each other I don't know.
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- AliTrue
- 07-11-21
It’s not that nice
It’s inappropriate about kissing and her lover is the teacher and her kissing her teacher
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- Zara Nolan
- 24-11-19
Well written but disturbing.
I loved Jacqueline Wilson as a child and have recently been listening to the audiobooks as a bit of nostalgia. I've never read this one before. I think it's commendable that JW challenged such a difficult topic taking into account the way a young person might actually feel i.e. she believes it's a romance rather than abuse because at that age you think you know everything, and are mature even though you really aren't. However, be prepared to feel physically sick at times, I certainly did. I'm not really sure how I feel about this. I think it's good it exists from an educational standpoint but perhaps it needs something explicit at the front or in the blurb explaining that the story is about abuse. Both so that people with trauma can avoid it, but also so that young people reading/listening to it understand that whilst it is the protagonist's perspective that there's nothing wrong with the relationship she is mistaken and when she is older she will likely realise that she is a victim. Otherwise I fear it might make young people reading it feel that pursuing a relationship with an adult is a good thing in some way. This is similar to the Whitney storyline in Eastenders, she believed she was in love with her step-dad, but in fact he was abusing her. I think it's good to be honest about the topic, that victims don't always feel like victims at the time as it helps people to understand the victims position. But I do think as this is a book for young people it needs to be more explicitly stated that something feeling 'right' doesn't mean it is.
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- Gina
- 13-04-13
Mixed Feelings
I listened to this story with my teenage daughter who is a long standing Jacqueline Wilson fan. The narration by Finty Williams is excellent and allowed the story to be a pleasurable listening experience for both of us. Love Lessons is a typical Jacqueline Wilson novel in that it deals with difficult life situations and emotions from a young person's viewpoint. Whereas this is commendable, neither of us enjoyed or appreciated the way in which the plot developed in this particular story. The gritty realism of a schoolgirl crush sadly descended into silly fantasy with the reciprocal feelings and behaviour of the teacher. I have mixed feelings about this title - overall it is very good but with a silly and disappointing ending.
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- Cj
- 28-11-18
Nostalgia with mixed thoughts...
I loved this book when I was younger and the idea of that kind of wild forbidden romance, but now listening to it and re reading it I realise it was a lot darker than I first realised. The progression of the relationship between the characters and knowing what I know now I’m older...still an amazing sorry and really well read. Will be re listened to for sure
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- Miss A Suttle
- 14-12-22
Bad ending
I found that the ending was quite abrupt I think the author should have added an epilogue.
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- charlotte
- 03-04-20
Love lessons
I loved this book as some of the problems in these are actual situations and I love Jacqueline Wilson 😊😊😊😊😜😜😜
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