Every Day Is Mother's Day
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Every Day Is Mother's Day
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Narrated by:
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Sandra Duncan
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By:
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Hilary Mantel
About this listen
Evelyn and Muriel Axon, mother and daughter, lead a haunted existence. Objects of horror to their neighbours, they evade or terrorise any social worker who crosses their path. Inside their house, they pursue a covert persecution of each other, shrinking from the unseen occupants of their spare room. But change is in the air…
Every Day is Mother's Day is a merciless comedy of colliding lives: of sex, death, madness, adultery and the social services.
©1985 Hilary Mantel (P)2013 W F Howes LtdListeners also enjoyed...
Critic reviews
It does stick in your mind because of the traumatic storylines within. I probably should have given it more stars, but how can you give stars to awful topics. I will give it a 'very good and well written' here though.
Very Odd indeed.
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Hilary Mantel's writing has never been more vivid, more immediate, and her eye for detail more acute: the social worker telling Colin she did not think he was married because he looked too unkempt, or Sylvia looking like a 'badly constructed Christmas decoration that someone had forgotten to put away' as they head for the nightmare dinner party.
The dialogue can make you gasp in shock and delight (especially in Mrs Axon's final talk with her daughter, but spoilers would be unfair).
Sandra Duncan is the perfect reader for this, outstanding with Evelyn Axon's querulous tones.
Altogether an amazing package, and I already have the sequel downloaded.
Utterly addictive
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The narration was perfect.
It has made me want to read more by this author.
Totally enthralled
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Pretty depressing tbh
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Disturbing and enthralling in equal measures!
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A marvelous odd story
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Nevertheless, this was outstanding, from start to finish.
A community of characters, that were engaged in a world of honesty, tension, mystery, frustration, life issues, emotion and reality.
Enjoyable!
Outstanding
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Throughly enjoyable
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Where does Every Day Is Mother's Day rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
not one of the best but amongst my top 10 so far i will certainly listen to it againWould you be willing to try another book from Hilary Mantel? Why or why not?
quite possibly although I have read paper copies of 2 of her books alreadyWhich character – as performed by Sandra Duncan – was your favourite?
I liked mum and daughter the interaction and misunderstanding between themIf you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
would you like to live next door to these people ?Any additional comments?
i enjoyed listening to this book i found it at times quite thought provoking and sada srangly beguiling read
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How Depressing
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