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The Perfect Present
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
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Summary
The Perfect Present is glamorous and festive read from Karen Swan, author of Christmas at Tiffany's.
Haunted by a past she can't escape, Laura Cunningham desires nothing more than to keep her world small and precise - her quiet relationship and growing jewellery business are all she needs to get by. Until the day when Rob Blake walks into her studio and commissions a necklace that will tell his enigmatic wife Cat's life in charms.
As Laura interviews Cat's family, friends and former lovers, she steps out of her world and into theirs - a charmed world where weekends are spent in Verbier and the air is lavender-scented, where friends are wild, extravagant and jealous, and a big love has to compete with grand passions.
Hearts are opened, secrets revealed and as the necklace begins to fill up with trinkets, Cat's intoxicating life envelops Laura's own. By the time she has to identify the final charm, Laura's metamorphosis is almost complete. But the last story left to tell has the power to change all of their lives forever, and Laura is forced to choose between who she really is and who it is she wants to be.
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- Nikki
- 12-01-23
Fantastic
First Karen Swan book I’ve listened to. It was recommended by a friend. Fantastic book. I’ve already downloaded another!
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- Liz C
- 11-01-19
Addictive listen
Great story and characters. Was a new author for me and will definitely be seeking out her other audiobooks!
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- Woody
- 24-05-18
Excellent Story
loved it, could not put it down ,loved the storyteller, gripping to the end. Brilliant
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- Debbie L.
- 09-10-23
Fantastic story
Great narration, beautiful story, couldn’t put it down. One of her best book, can’t wait for the next one
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- Truffle Guernsey
- 24-08-18
Irresistible summer listen
Having listened to several Karen Swan books and enjoyed Imogen Church’s reading of other novels I decided to give this a listen. The more I listened the more I struggled to switch this off, listening late into the night. I even looked forward to ironing as I couldn’t walk the dog further to listen to the story...
The prologue sets the scene for Laura and Lillie’s loss and it soon becomes clear that there is more of a mystery and that the main character is hiding something as she is asked to create the ‘perfect present’ for a clients wife. This is not the only secret and at times I felt on edge waiting for the inevitable to happen, but still desperate to know what would happen next. Not as predictable as I first thought, a well paced story.
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- Tracy Warner
- 21-12-18
No words
No words can describe how brilliantly written and narrated this book was. laugh, cry I did the lot.
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- S A Webb
- 08-05-21
Simply Perfect
Karen Swan has such an amazing way of putting a story together. I found this book riveting and the narrator brought it to life brilliantly.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-12-21
Loved it
I really loved this book, it’s well worth a listen. Had me smiling and tearing up.
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- L
- 16-01-21
A fab festive story to listen to anytime anywhere
I found the story took a little while for me to get into it and to become gripped but once I was there I listened to it whenever I could grab even just a chapter. The characters were an interesting lot and I found myself thinking about them when I was wasnt even reading the book. I loved Imogen as the narrator!
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- Dopeydora
- 19-11-24
A story with so many twists and turns.
As the title states this story has so many twists and turns and just when I think I know what is going to happen, it takes me somewhere else.
The characters are fantastically written and at times you will want to slap, shout or hug them.
I was completely drawn in and was desperate to find out what charms Laura decided on for Cat and what was in Laura’s past that she was running from.
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