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Reasons to be Cheerful

By: Nina Stibbe
Narrated by: Gemma Whelan
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Reasons to Be Cheerful by Nina Stibbe.

18 year old Lizzie Vogel finds herself a new job in a dentist's surgery after answering a classified advert in the Leicester Mercury for a 'mature lady with a strong interest in dental issues'. Working for an eccentric dental surgeon who's obsessed with becoming a Freemason, Lizzie's life is uneventful, until Andy Nicolello turns up one day to deliver a crown. Lizzie seizes her chance to find love, and soon begins calling him her boyfriend even though they have never so much as kissed or even sat next to each other on the sofa. But Andy doesn't turn out to be quite what he seems...

Reasons to be Cheerful is a painfully funny account of life as a hapless teenager in 1970s Leicestershire from the bestselling author of Love, Nina, Man at the Helm and Paradise Lodge.

©2019 Nina Stibbe (P)2019 Penguin Audio City Life Coming of Age Contemporary Contemporary Romance Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Romance Urban Women's Fiction Comedy Funny Feel-Good Witty

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Wonderful, moving, thoughtful, extremely funny and not like anything else I've read. I've listened to it about five times now!

Wonderful story

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From start to finish, I totally enjoyed this book. loved the humour and description of life it sparked my teenage memories from the 70s. Even my husband enjoyed the story.

loved loved loved this book

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I love Nina Stibbe's writing. Each book better than the last. This was my first audiobook of her's and I was delighted with it. All of the hilarious tones and subtleties of the writing was carried across in Gemma Whelan's excellent performance. Superb narration of a wonderfully charming book. I wish it could have lasted twice as long!

absolute brilliance as usual

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loved loved loved this - laugh out loud funny, clever observations about human behaviour. brilliant.

wonderful escapism both insightful and hilarious,

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Really well written,- funny, charming, real and brilliant book with the performance being perfect

Funny, thoughtful and enjoyable.

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I didn’t realise that I had begun this series with book 2, so I now have Man at the Helm to look forward to as a prequel! If, like me, you enjoyed Paradise lodge, you will enjoy catching up with Lizzie and the cast of very colourful secondary characters. A gentle and nostalgic read, bitter sweet with some really funny moments that genuinely had me chuckling aloud. A slightly lack lustre ending but over all a very entertaining listen, I hope there is more to come from Lizzie and Co in the future. I must mention the wonderfully talented narrator Gemma Whelan, she’s an absolute pleasure to listen to.

3rd book in the Lizzie Vogel series

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Just a wonderful book and a continuation of the life of Lizzie and wonderfully narrated too! I have loved all of Nina's books, This book will make you laugh out loud and also cry... Highly recommended and i am downloading the next book now! Perfect for anyone in my age range (46) as it mentions quote a lot of stuff from the 80's and brings back memories of the highs and lows and growing up. Just perfect - a real tonic. Massive thanks to Nina Stibbe! Please keep writing!

Perfect! Nina Stibbe does it again!!

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Really enjoyed this, great performance, lovely story with great characters, I loved listening to this.

Hilarious and moving

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This is the final book in the trilogy. It does not disappoint and it does not lose momentum and charts Lizzie‘s further adventures in life, this time as an assistant to a horrible dentist. It is a book full of hope, good humour and Leicestershire. It is superbly read by Gemma Whelan.

Going out with a bang

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lovely book, as always from Nina Stibbe. interesting characters and storyline that seem gentle and slow but which are both incredibly engaging and sometimes quite thrilling. emotional and warm. such lovely exploration of human relationships. thoroughly enjoyed this and would recommend.

lovely, interesting and emotional

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