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Sushi for Beginners

By: Marian Keyes
Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
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Summary

Lisa Edwards, top London magazine editor, has been fantasizing about promotion to New York. Instead, she's asked to launch a new women's magazine in Dublin. She thinks nothing could be worse - until she meets her new staff. They're friendly, helpful, and enthusiastic - in other words, they wouldn't last two minutes in London!

As Lisa struggles to find her feet in this alien world of no back-stabbing or bitchiness, her neurotic assistant, Ashling, is also in trouble. She's just too nice for journalism, and it shows. Who better to help them both than their handsome-but-hassled boss, Jack Devine? Always allowing for the fact that his moodiness could give Heathcliff a run for his money, of course.

©2000 Marian Keyes (P)2001 W F Howes Ltd
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Terrible “Irish” accents are off putting

I’m sure the story is enjoyable but I can no longer listen to the “Irish” accents. The female characters sound male, a mix of pirates and Scottish farmers?! Extremely off putting!

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Terrible Irish accents

A great story completely ruined by an atrocious attempt at Irish accents. This is usually a great part of the Marian Keyes stories but spoilt the listening experience this time.

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worst Irish accents ever

The narrator failed to to do one convincing Irish accent. Half the time sounding like an extra in the Archers.
Nearly spoilt an entertaining book

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Fab story but truly awful narration!

This story was as easily enjoyable as most Marian Keyes and I though I like Juanita McMahons voice, the accents were so dreadful it completely spoilt the story. At times one character was indeterminate from another and the Irish accents were appalling.

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Ruined by narration

Marian Keyes is entertaining as ever - why oh why couldn’t they have found a narrator with an Irish accent so we could be spared the cod Oirish accents and mispronunciations. A lot if the humour would work better if read by an Irish person

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An easy listen

It's dated now but nonetheless I found it a relaxing easy listen and beautifully narrated. I'll be looking up Juanita McMahin now!

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Good, believable characters. A lively warm story with laugh out loud but also real life struggle moments.

Terrible terrible Irish accents! Off putting and made me struggle to continue listening at times. Ms Keyes should have read it herself.

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Funny, sad, moving & uplifting!

I loved it. What a great story. All the characters were believable and likeable, even the bad ones. Laugh out loud moments but gentle in other areas. A really genuine story.

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dreadful accents by narrator

Wonderful like all Marion Keyes books. Narrator was painfully bad when trying and failing to speak in an Irish accent.

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Worst accents

I love Marian Keyes, but the narrator’s attempt at an Irish accent was really off putting. Ruined the experience

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