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Darling
- Narrated by: Sophie Winkleman
- Length: 8 hrs
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Summary
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Marooned in a sprawling farmhouse in Norfolk, teenage Linda Radlett feels herself destined for greater things. She longs for love, but how will she ever find it? She can't even get a signal on her mobile phone. Linda's strict, former rock star father terrifies any potential suitors away, while her bohemian mother, wafting around in silver jewellery, answers Linda's urgent questions about love with upsettingly vivid allusions to animal husbandry.
Eventually Linda does find her way out from the bosom of her deeply eccentric extended family and moves to London to become a model. She knows she doesn't want to marry 'a man who looks like a pudding', as her good and dull sister Louisa has done, and marries the flashy, handsome son of a UKIP peer instead. But her new life is unromantic: darker, wilder and more complicated than she expected.
Then one day, at her lowest ebb, Linda spontaneously boards the Eurostar to Paris. There she is swept up in a feverish love affair that will upend her life completely.
A razor-sharp, laugh-out-loud novel that re-imagines the cast of Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love.
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- Sally Margulies
- 08-01-23
So enjoyable ….
Wonderfully funny, beautifully written and read with such professionalism.
A light hearted delight.
To be enjoyed.
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- Elinor
- 16-06-23
Very funny
Excellent narrator. Charming story. Laughed throughout. Will def check out more by both author and the narrator
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- Mrs. Julie A. Keary
- 17-06-23
An unexpected delight
Took a couple of chapters to get into this but then was swept up in the fabulous writing. It was subtly funny and the characters were drawn beautifully. I loved it! The narrator is incredible and brings the story and the comedy to life. Brilliant!
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- gillimoss
- 09-07-23
Lovely narrator
Loved the narrator and took a wee while to get into the story but it was really captivating a few chapters in . Highly recommend.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-10-23
Enjoyed but a little disappointed
Really enjoyed this until the last 2 minutes. Felt it ended ridiculously quickly, like the author had been told to wrap it up! After listening for so long, it left me very disappointed. Sorry
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- Mad Mary
- 14-02-24
Darling book
This book was strangely compelling, funny and incredibly well narrated. Gutted with the last short chapter though which I found a tad upsetting.
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- Kim
- 17-01-23
Lovely clever re telling
A lovey and very clever retelling of a long treasured story, only a little too pleased with itself and deservedly so! Narration was perfect
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- Anonymous User
- 25-10-22
Nancy Mitford retold as a Jilly Cooper
The original story by Nancy Mitford is a firm favorite of mine and India Knight has made an entertaining re-boot. Uncle Matthew is now a aged rock star rather than a lord etc, Linda a model/cook- Knight's observations and details are good and she could step into the shoes of Jilly Cooper, writing funny, slightly sexy stories of fancy folk. Sophie Winkleman reads charmingly.
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- Kindle Customer
- 08-06-23
Wonderful story
Charming book and perfect narrator and so lovely characters. I will read this again.
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- claire
- 17-06-23
Delightful retelling of a classic
I was initially nervous about this retelling of one of my favourite novels, but I was won over. Charming and beautifully read! It lacks the acerbic wit of Mitford's original, but that would be hard to emulate and it is very funny in places. Because it doesn't have the hard edge of the original I actually found the ending more moving. Overall a very enjoyable listen.
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