Jenny Cutler
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I'll Never Call Him Dad Again: By the daughter of Gisèle Pelicot
- Turning our family trauma of Chemical Submission into a collective fight
- By: Caroline Darian
- Narrated by: Caroline Darian, Heather Long
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9
In November 2020, Caroline Darian received a call from the police in Carpentras. Her father was in police custody. The seizure of his computer equipment revealed the unthinkable: since 2013, he had drugged his wife before handing her over, in a state of unconsciousness, to men, from all ages and stages of life. With exceptional courage, Darian recounts the earth-shattering discovery that a loved one, her own father, is capable of the worst.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tragic but informative read
- By Amazon Customer on 23-01-25
- I'll Never Call Him Dad Again: By the daughter of Gisèle Pelicot
- Turning our family trauma of Chemical Submission into a collective fight
- By: Caroline Darian
- Narrated by: Caroline Darian, Heather Long
The most important and honest book about the reality of some marriages.
Reviewed: 15-01-25
I honour the guts, the bravery and the capacity to expose the whole gut wrenching truth of these crimes. Also the determination not to forgive and to attempt to eliminate the possibility of future chemical rape.
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Patriot
- By: Alexei Navalny, Arch Tait, Stephen Dalziel
- Narrated by: Matthew Goode
- Length: 16 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 173
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 166
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Story5 out of 5 stars 166
Alexei Navalny began writing PATRIOT shortly after his near-fatal poisoning in 2020. It is the full story of his life: his youth, his call to activism, his marriage and family, his commitment to challenging a world super-power determined to silence him, and his total conviction that change cannot be resisted – and will come. Written with the passion, wit, candour and bravery for which he was justly acclaimed, PATRIOT is Navalny’s final letter to the world: a moving account of his last years spent in the most brutal prison on earth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Witty intelligent and passionate
- By SARAH ADAMS on 25-10-24
- Patriot
- By: Alexei Navalny, Arch Tait, Stephen Dalziel
- Narrated by: Matthew Goode
Utter determination and self sacrifice
Reviewed: 20-12-24
I learnt to much about Russian tyranny and oppression and the lot of ordinary real people. The bravery and audacity of speaking out the truth and constantly enduring the unjust illegal punishment.
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Ultra-Processed People
- Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food...and Why Can’t We Stop?
- By: Chris van Tulleken
- Narrated by: Chris van Tulleken
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,987
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,778
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,777
We have entered a new 'age of eating' where most of our calories come from an entirely novel set of substances called Ultra-Processed Food, food which is industrially processed and designed and marketed to be addictive. But do we really know what it's doing to our bodies? Join Chris in his travels through the world of food science and a UPF diet to discover what's really going on. Find out why exercise and willpower can't save us, and what UPF is really doing to our bodies, our health, our weight, and the planet (hint: nothing good).
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3 out of 5 stars
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A good (ISH) isten.
- By JALE on 28-04-23
- Ultra-Processed People
- Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food...and Why Can’t We Stop?
- By: Chris van Tulleken
- Narrated by: Chris van Tulleken
Should be on school reading list.
Reviewed: 17-10-24
Important stuff. I think it should be at least one compulsory week of education to really get this message through so that the population at large doesn't continue to get sicker and fatter exponentially.
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My Family
- The Memoir
- By: David Baddiel
- Narrated by: David Baddiel
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 245
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 239
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Story5 out of 5 stars 239
A searingly honest, funny and moving family memoir in which David Baddiel exposes his mother’s idiosyncratic sex life, and his father’s dementia, to the same affectionate scrutiny. My Family: The Memoir is David Baddiel’s candid examination of his childhood, family and memory offering a twisted love letter to his parents.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Where is the PDF Audible?
- By J. Cooper on 09-07-24
- My Family
- The Memoir
- By: David Baddiel
- Narrated by: David Baddiel
Fabulous story.
Reviewed: 17-10-24
This book taught me that although I might not 'get' a particular brand of humour, the deliverer might actually be an extraordinary person. David Baddiel is one of those. Absolutely. Very like Justin Webb's book. Another amazing survivor. Nigel Slater too. Golly, there are so many of these amazing men.
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MILF
- Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery
- By: Paloma Faith
- Narrated by: Paloma Faith
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 328
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 321
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 321
Can women have it all? What does it mean to be a woman and a mother in the modern age? In this passionate, funny and fierce polemic, Paloma Faith delves deep into the issues that face women today, from puberty and sexual awakenings, to battling through the expectations of patriarchy and the Supermum myth.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Utter rubbish
- By Mum to Will on 22-07-24
- MILF
- Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery
- By: Paloma Faith
- Narrated by: Paloma Faith
Behind those high viz scenes.
Reviewed: 17-10-24
I never get over how many successful women have fought their way through so much adversity to get there. It almost seems essential, it is so common. I've started wondering about every 'seemingly happy perfect life'.
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Platform Seven
- By: Louise Doughty
- Narrated by: Olivia Dowd
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 811
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 732
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Story4 out of 5 stars 728
Platform Seven at 4am: Peterborough Railway Station is deserted. The man crossing the covered walkway on this freezing November morning is confident he's alone. As he sits on the metal bench at the far end of the platform it is clear his choice is strategic - he's as far away from the night staff as he can get. What the man doesn't realise is that he has company. Lisa Evans knows what he has decided. She knows what he is about to do as she tries and fails to stop him walking to the platform edge. Two deaths on Platform Seven. Two fatalities in 18 months - surely they're connected?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, moving, unusual
- By None on 04-09-19
- Platform Seven
- By: Louise Doughty
- Narrated by: Olivia Dowd
Good but TV drama was better.
Reviewed: 17-10-24
May be if I had not watch the TV drama I might have an enjoyed it more. It seemed disjointed. Easier to watch.
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I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You
- By: Miranda Hart
- Narrated by: Miranda Hart
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,280
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,249
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,249
Hello to you, I am with news. I have a new book: I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest With You. I know – what an intriguing title! Basically, I have had an unexpectedly difficult decade – there have been surprising joys but also deep revelations and challenging lows. I shall be honest about those, because what I discovered in the difficult times were my, what I call, treasures.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Privileged & chaotic
- By Z.O.M on 16-10-24
- I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You
- By: Miranda Hart
- Narrated by: Miranda Hart
Brilliantly, sensitively and cleverly presented.
Reviewed: 17-10-24
The perfect example of the generosity of person, who has suffered beyond my imagination, being prepared to, not only share the experience, but also to help pull others through the maze of 'Doctor Rejection' onto the path to wellness with her seriously ingenious ideas of how to stand back, internalise, then proceed to forth.
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Strange Sally Diamond
- By: Liz Nugent
- Narrated by: Jessica Regan, Stephen Hogan, Sara Lynam
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,138
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,975
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,974
Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died. Now Sally is the centre of attention, not only from the hungry media and worried police, but also a sinister voice from a past she has no memory of. As she begins to discover the horrors of her childhood, recluse Sally steps into the world for the first time, making new friends, finding independence, and learning that people don't always mean what they say.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Couldn’t put it down (but should come with a warning)!
- By Catriona B on 19-03-23
- Strange Sally Diamond
- By: Liz Nugent
- Narrated by: Jessica Regan, Stephen Hogan, Sara Lynam
Currently my favourite book.
Reviewed: 11-04-24
It felt so real. I learnt so much about so many hidden, important character traits and why they happen. I simply adored listening to the voice of such a surviving and thriving, despite everything, woman. Couldn't stop listening. Am listening for the second time, noticing tiny bits I missed. Really worth a second listen. Want more like this. Want to listen to similar, but explaining what narcissism is.
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A Very Private School
- By: Charles Spencer
- Narrated by: Charles Spencer
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 457
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 444
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Story5 out of 5 stars 444
In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age eight to attend a boarding school. A Very Private School offers a clear-eyed firsthand account of a culture of cruelty at the school Spencer attended in his youth and provides important insights into an antiquated boarding system. Drawing on the memories of many of his schoolboy contemporaries, as well as his own letters and diaries from the time, he reflects on the hopelessness and abandonment he felt aged eight, describing the pain of homesickness and the appalling inescapability of it all.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Harrowing.
- By Campesque on 04-05-24
- A Very Private School
- By: Charles Spencer
- Narrated by: Charles Spencer
A brave honest and crucial public awareness book.
Reviewed: 18-03-24
I read it in one sitting. Unputdownable. Unthinkable shock that had to be revealed.
I thought it was the ultimate gift of generosity to go through such relived pain to help others.
I have so much respect for Charles Spencer. An astonishing man. He writes brilliantly.
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Novelist as a Vocation
- By: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Kotaro Watanabe
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Haruki Murakami's myriad fans will be delighted by this unique look into the mind of a master storyteller. In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author and famously reclusive writer shares with listeners what he thinks about being a novelist; his thoughts on the role of the novel in our society; his own origins as a writer; and his musings on the sparks of creativity that inspire other writers, artists, and musicians.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Decent non-fiction, partially ruined by reader
- By max on 17-01-23
- Novelist as a Vocation
- By: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Kotaro Watanabe
The original information. Indisputable.
Reviewed: 16-03-24
He’s so real. His experience of writing rings so true. True for everyone. Crazy to start writing your first book before absorbing it read it twice on the trot.
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