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The Year of Taking Chances

By: Lucy Diamond
Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
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About this listen

It's New Year's Eve, and at a house party, three women bond over dodgy cocktails and fortune cookies, and vow to make this year their best one yet. But as the months unfold, Gemma, Saffron, and Caitlin find themselves tested to their limits. Under pressure, they are each forced to rethink their lives. But dare they take a chance on something new?

©2015 Lucy Diamond (P)2015 W F Howes Ltd Contemporary Family Life Genre Fiction Women's Fiction Feel-Good Heartfelt Funny

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Critic reviews

Praise for the author: ‘Delicious, delightful, and warm, Lucy Diamond never fails to make you laugh out loud and cheer for her colourful cast of characters.’ (Rowan Coleman)
‘Charming, funny and as satisfying as a giant tiramisu. Loved it.’ (Milly Johnson)
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Great characters and enjoyable story, a lovely read! Good narration and story telling. Would recommend as a nice relaxing read.

Enjoyable!

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Bought to listen in the car . The story line is simple and therefore not distracting but this doesn’t mean boring. It’s chick lit at its best , you are drawn into the lives of the three main characters in a sleepy Suffolk village and how chance brings them together .
The only slight irritation was the performance by the narrator , it didn’t quite work for me in places at first but I soon got used to her and only occasionally did it grate .

Easy listening

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Awful narration. Almost stopped listening because of it. Rolling Rs and overpronouncing of words very irritating. Got better after 6 chapters as the narrator seemed to get into the story. The story itself was a perfect holiday listen.

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Once the backstories were in place the main story began.

I spend a lot of time multitasking, so occasionally I lost the thread due to wanting to listen to this none stop. The short chapters meant just popping back a few minutes and I was back on track 😀

An enjoyable listen

Heart warming story

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I really enjoyed this story. It is so lovely to just enjoy having a story read to me.

Very enjoyable

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It took me a while to settle with the narration because it was a little halting but after a while as the story progressed I didn’t notice it as much. There was nothing novel about the story but it was easy listening and enjoyable.

A nice easy listening story

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Enjoyed this book. The characters are relatable and likeable. There is the odd stutter in the recording at the start of chapters

Easy listen

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Love a Lucy Diamond book, well read and nice easy voice to listen to, always my go to on a nice quiet dog walk

Fabulous as always

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I really enjoyed this, storyline was lovely and narration was great.

It was a nice easy listen that I know I will listen to again.

Heartwarming and Enjoyable

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This was my first read of 2018 and it was a lovely way to start the new year. A heartwarming story, that had me hooked.

Lovely read the start to new year

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