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Simple and thoughtfu

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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 28-11-24

A nice simple story woven around a life that was coming to an end and all the lives that are involved on the way.
I found the narrator difficult to listen to but when I got used to her, the voice seemed to fit the story somehow! Don’t be put off…..it’s a good story!

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Honesty and Courage

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-11-24

This book is a very powerful true story told in a way that makes it absolutely gripping. It is harrowing and many times it is difficult to listen to because it is so honest and the majority of us do not want to hear such pain and anguish in the lives of children and vulnerable adults.
Misty Griffin should be awarded an award for ‘ Woman of Courage’ she has risked so much in the fight not only for her own freedom but for that of many others.
I am left asking one question. Why are the Hamish still called a church when they are so obviously a cult?

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Life Changing Honesty

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-11-24

This book will be life changing for many people who live with energy diminishing conditions such as M.E.
This wholly different and ‘real’ Miranda is very exciting! I felt I related to her at so many levels and she made me laugh and cry and shout ‘Yes!’ over and over again! I want others who sufferM.E as I do, to listen or read this book and I want all my family, friends and acquaintances to read it so that they will maybe understand what I have been trying to tell them for years! I intend to buy a hard copy so that I can use it as my reference book! Thank you Miranda!

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Life Affirming

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 19-09-24

I loved it all. The story of lives interwoven over the passage of time. The story of Sisterhood and family with it’s light and shade……So many things that resonated with me and my life relationships, I wanted to remember to help and affirm my own journey!
I thought the narrator had just the right voice / voices for the story and the characters.

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Very Moving

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 31-08-24

I am so pleased I have discovered this excellent author! This was yet another outstandingly brilliant story written and performed wonderfully! At times it was so heart rending and extremely moving I could hardly bear to listen, but knowing that although fiction the happenings described did happen and people were unbelievably brave, I felt I needed to hear ‘ their stories’ It made me realise with gratitude that my troubles and struggles are minuscule and I need to stop complaining and look around me at what good I may do!!

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Too long and detailed.

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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 15-08-24

There were many parts of this story that kept me listening but others that I found tediously boring and unnecessary in the whole context, such as the dreams and fantasies the Dr was having of his landlady and his ultimate relationship sexual with her!

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Excellent writing!

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 31-07-24

I love the way this author describes people and scenes in a way that draws the listener in. The characters are real whilst being completely unbelievable in the adventures they go through! I felt as if I was watching an epic drama that drew me into the world of the characters and let me escape from the world I inhabit, which is what fiction should do!! I have ordered both this author’s other books so that I can stay in her wonderfully exciting world!!



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Brilliantly written and narrated.

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 16-06-24

Another brilliant story from Philippa Gregory and Bianco Amato deserves praise too for her excellent performance!
It was a ‘can’t put it down’ story and my only complaint is that it didn’t go on longer!! I would have liked an epilogue to let me hear what happened to the other main characters in the story, but it’s good for my imagination to create my own ‘ending’ beyond the very exciting climax where Philippa left us!!

Keep writing long stories please Ms Gregory!!

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A very good listen!

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-06-24

This was a very good story from beginning to the very last word! Well narrated and good characterisation.

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Beautifully written and read.

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 05-06-24

This is the 3rd of Bryce Courtney’s books I have listened to and I will be choosing more! His writing is poetry in pro’s and the narration is perfect!
The story is interesting from the start and has a wonderful array of different characters throughout. The story is of great historical significance and I learned a part of Australian history I had never been sure of before. I am so sorry this book has now ended, it will take some following!

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