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Narrated by:
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Joshua Riley
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By:
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Clare Chambers
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
From the highly acclaimed author of Small Pleasures - longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021.
When aspiring novelist Christopher Flinders drops out of university to write his masterpiece (in between shifts as a fish delivery man and builder's mate), his family is sceptical.
But when he is taken up by the London editor Owen Goddard and his charming wife, Diana, it seems success is just around the corner. Christopher's life has so far been rather short of charm - growing up in an unlovely suburb, with unambitious parents and a semi-vagrant brother - and he is captivated by his generous and cultured mentors.
However, on the brink of realising his dream, Christopher makes a desperate misjudgment that results in disaster for all involved. Shattered, he withdraws from London and buries himself in rural Yorkshire, embracing a career and a private life marked by mediocrity.
Twenty years on, a young academic researching into Owen Goddard seeks him out, and Christopher is forced to exhume his past, setting him on a path to a life-changing discovery.
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- Beteboop
- 08-03-22
Unexpected ending
I really enjoyed this book. easy listening but intriguing at the same time. Would recommend.
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- Lynda Shaw
- 26-08-22
An engaging story of the triumph of love
A many tiered tale following the lives and fates of individuals trying to win at the game of life. I highly recommend this to you x
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- Anonymous User
- 05-06-22
A story, but not more
The author is clearly a natural storyteller and that is her strength as a novelist. However, in this account of love and happenstance, for good and ill, she has done little more than tell her story. It is a book of incidents and characters, and it holds the interest without ever exciting the interest. So, a warm bath then, not a rousing spa.
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- NicJ
- 04-09-21
Enjoyable
The Editor’s Wife is a book that’s well written in the kind of way that you have to pause and appreciate how easy it is to get swept up in the story. I got this on the strength of Clare Chamber’s Small Pleasures (which was LL for the Women’s Prize and a great read), noting this appears to be a re-issue.
Chris Flinders has taken voluntary redundancy. Living on a farm outside of York we know that he started out as an idealistic novelist. However, it takes some big events to get from undergraduate writer to a man with untold stories. Gerald, his nomadic brother lends further colour along with Owen, his editor and Owen’s wife Diana.
The whole ensemble are well crafted and believable. The observations from Chris are often warm and witty, adding to the thrust of the book. With an engaging beginning and throughly satisfying ending, I thought it lost its way a little in the middle. Overall a solid 3.5*
Thanks to Penguin Random House, Cornerstone and Netgalley for an ARC
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-09-22
Strong story, shame about the narration
I think Clare Chambers is a great writer and I was looking forward to listening to this book, as I haven’t read it… But I have had to give up because of the terrible narration! Emphasis on strange words, tone doesn’t match the content, meaning mangled - it’s as if he doesn’t understand what he’s reading at all. The book deserves better. Would love it if this one was re-recorded!
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- Joann Robertson
- 24-08-24
Ok. Don’t really seem to have a plot.
Ok. Don’t really seem to have a plot. Characters OK.
Narration ok. Weak storyline. Became background noise as opposed to an active listen
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- Jojobeth
- 20-05-23
I enjoyed this!
I did enjoy this gentle story and I thought it was really well written. I loved the character of Gerald! I have to say that the narrator had a sweet voice but I agree with other reviews. If you are going to be a voice artist, you really should work on your TH sound. It does grate! There were strange moments when words were emphasised wrongly and that was quite annoying. A good producer should listen through and get the artist to do repairs. I don't want to be mean! I still listened to the end.
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- Mrs. S. G. Hart-jones
- 10-12-24
Charming, very well observed
I loved the turn of phrase, the well observed emotions of the characters which are well drawn and empathetic. The sibling rivalry rings true. The parental relationships are also very credible. Ultimately it is a love story with tragedy and pain, honour and gentlemanliness manners. We’ll set in the 1980’s/90’s. Throughly enjoyed and relived long after finishing the book.
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- K. Beggin
- 14-04-22
Great characterisations
I really enjoyed this book, the characters were well developed and quite endearing. The story unfolded well and kept my interest to the end. The only thing I didn’t like was the narrator’s inability to say “th” which was replaced by a “v” sound. I found this very offputting and gritted my teeth to get to the end.
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- Rika
- 18-04-22
Good book, but didn’t annoy as much as the others
Although a good book, I didn’t enjoy this as much as others by this author. Maybe it was the narration, which, although not terrible, was a little wooden and seemed to deteriorate towards the end of the book… this story seemed to lack the comfortable, homely sense that are characteristic of her other novels.
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