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The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes

By: Anna McPartlin
Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
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Summary

Rabbit Hayes loves her life, ordinary as it is, and the extraordinary people in it. She loves her spirited daughter, Juliet; her colourful, unruly family; the only man in her big heart, Johnny Faye. But it turns out the world has other plans for Rabbit, and she's OK with that. Because she has plans for the world too, and only a handful of days left to make them happen.

©2014 Anna McPartlin (P)2014 W F Howes Ltd

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"What a beautiful book. I cried and smiled my way through" Jane Green

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Heartwarming

This isn’t my normal genre of book but I thought I’d give it a go, broaden my horizons and all that, and it was beautiful. I actually laughed out loud, I cried and I empathised. It was a wonderful book.

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Beautiful

I loved this book. Heart warming, funny, sad. A definite 5 stars. Not depressing at all. Didn’t want it to finish.

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Beautifully written, full of real people

Anna McPartlin portrays captivating characters who deal with past memories, present grief and real love.

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A book full of amazing characters in a poignant setting

It feels like it should be super sad and it is and it isn’t. Less about a dying woman and more about a woman with family and friends learning to cope with her future loss but also relationships and mutual love.

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Sad, funny, poignant and uplifting.

Sad, funny, poignant and uplifting. A wonderful story about love, loss and the being human.

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What did you like most about The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes?

took a difficult subject and created a beautiful story

What did you like best about this story?

the way the book was constructed

What about Caroline Lennon’s performance did you like?

her range of voices

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

made me sad at the end but in appositive way

Any additional comments?

Heard Simon Mayo interview with Anna.After a chapter of thinking will I like this getting to know the characters it just got better and better.The final scene which I am sure you can imagine was very cleverly written

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so moving so realistic. beautifully written

I lost my mum in 6 wks of overian cancer and my dad a yr later . my dad though with cancer for 27yrs . this was so truthfully written it was very sad and made me cry a lot. s0 be warned. it's worth listing to .but plse be warned. this is about a lady dying of cancer and leaving her family behind. I congratulate the author on this amazing work

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Love this book.

I found this book in paperback on a Turkish holiday hotel book cupboard. I read it and put it back for someone else to read. This book is so many things, a wonderful, bittersweet love story, a story of the importance of family and friends. I am a palliative care nurse, so the telling of hospice care resonated quite profoundly with me. As an audiobook I use it going to sleep, in the gym and ironing. It’s a wonderful story 👏🏻

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A beautiful book

I started this twice. The first time I had too much upset in my life to cope with the subject matter but I returned to it a few weeks later and am so glad I did. Beautifully read and written. You are in safe hands listening to this, so relax and enjoy!

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Amazing Book.

I loved this book. It's the saddest of subjects beautifully written. Highly recommended not forgotten.

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