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Love All
- Narrated by: Joanna Lumley
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
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Summary
From the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Love All is a heartfelt story of love and adulthood in the 1960s.
The late 1960s. For Persephone Plover, the daughter of distant and neglectful parents, the innocent, isolated days of childhood are long past. Now she must deal with the emotions of an adult world.
Meanwhile in Melton, in the West Country, Jack Curtis – a self-made millionaire – has employed Persephone's aunt. A garden designer in her sixties, she is to deal with the terraces and glasshouses of the once beautiful local manor house – one that he has acquired at vast expense. He also has plans to start an arts festival, as a means to avoid the loneliness of divorce.
Also in Melton are the Musgrove siblings, Thomas and Mary, whose parents originally owned and lived in Melton House. They are still trying to cope with emotional consequences of the tragic death of Thomas's wife, Celia. As is Francis, Celia's brother, who has come to live with them and thereby, perhaps, to find his way through life.
As Jack's festival comes together, so shall these disparate souls – their relationships intertwining, and their loves transformed.
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'Graceful, moving' – Daily Express
'Her talent seemed so effervescent, so unstoppable, that there was no predicting where it might take her' – Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall
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- kate
- 07-06-17
Not as good as her others....
I love EJH normally. This story had poor character development and a a rather boring and depressing plot!
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- Julie Bail
- 05-04-15
not a very good writer's best
If you’ve listened to books by Elizabeth Jane Howard before, how does this one compare?
I am very fond of Elizabeth Jane Howard's books and have listened to the others. This is well worth listening to when you have heard the others and want one more, but not the best to try first. The title sums up the ending which is perhaps why I found it less satisfying and and a bit of a downer.
Would you listen to another book narrated by Joanna Lumley?
I adore Joanna Lumley but found the other narrators better for EJH's style.
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- Adrian E.
- 21-10-24
Hmmn
Not nearly as good as the Cazalet Chronicles - surprisingly full of cliches. An unsatisfying narrative.
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- Perry Mason
- 13-01-21
Not her best
Engaging but ultimately rather slight. Joanna Lumley’s voice is beautiful to listen to but she “reads”and there isn’t much characterisation. The lack of a beat between switching between stories leads to a confusing listen.
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- thomas
- 24-10-22
Very disappointing
The characters and their behaviours were largely implausible and the ending was a huge anticlimax would not recommend
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- Wendy L Moore
- 16-11-20
Really Beautiful
The story is lovely and refreshing x I could almost smell the flowers x Loved the way Joanna Lumley brought it to life as she described each character x Amust to get x
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