Interesting

A learning curve on the topic of transplants, and mainly what happens afterwards, written with flair and style.rcommendable.

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Easy listening but thought provoking

Enjoyed the performance of the book as really felt I got to know Ailsa and I easily lost myself in the story.
Both light hearted and funny whilst dealing with an interesting and complex character whose life’s challenges addressed themes I think most people could identify with despite her unique circumstances.
Well worth a listen.

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Gripping story, most beautifully narrated

Ailsa is only a few months past the heart transplant that, at the eleventh hour, had saved her life. As this happened only shortly after she had lost her best friend and former lover the new regained prospects arrive as a surprise call back to life received while she started drifting into oblivion. While the relationship with her mother is at a breaking point, she would like to meet her biological father is, who cowardly left the young mother with her disabled daughter shortly after her birth. Feeling quite helpless and isolated Ailsa uses polls on her blog to obtain hardly needed advice on any key decisions. She barely knows where to start on her own. However, it turns out that with her new heart she grows ever bolder and quickly regains lost ground in terms of self-confidence and determination. This is where the story turns from the initially gloomy to a tentatively optimistic and increasingly confident tone and assumes its main subject - how to kick start an independent life from scratch with all but unhelpful experiences and a very incomplete idea of her own identity....

This gripping story is beautifully narrated by providing different voices to its numerous characters. Unfortunately, this great narrating performance by Cathleen McCarron fails to make up for some weaknesses in the development the peripheral characters, who, unlike Ailisa and her mother, are at time lacking in depth and credibility. As otherwise this book boasts with an admirable attention to detail conferred in an expressive and engaging language, this lovely audiobook is a warmly recommended listen to anybody interested in contemporary fiction.

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Easy to listen to, an inside perspective on a tricky subject. Not a lot seems to happen and at the same time it does. We go from the past to the present and back on this journey as the life story of Ailsa unfolds. And there's tango!

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After a slow start, this becomes a lovely story.

Great narration by Cathleen McCarron... I could listen to her lovely accent all day.
The story gets off to a slow start with possibly too much 'information' pushed at the listener/reader. However, this settles into a lovely story. The central character is easy to relate to and I do care about her (a good sign that it is well written).
I would recommend this book to others... and advise them to stick with the first bit because the rest is worth it.

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A page turning great read.

I loved this book from start to finish. I will be Listening to it and reading it again.

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wonderful

If I had read the Blurb I probably wouldn't have listened to this book because recently in December 2017 I lost my sister it was the hardest thing in my life. This book was so sad, happy and all different emotions to me but I'm so glad I didn't read the Blurb and I just listened to the story because I absolutely loved it, it was a beautiful story.

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