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The New Woman
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin, Maggie Mash
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
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Summary
A Radio 2 Book Club choice.
Luke Livingstone is a lucky man. He’s a respected solicitor, a father and grandfather, a pillar of the community. He has a loving wife and an idyllic home in the Oxfordshire countryside. Yet Luke is struggling with an unbearable secret and it’s threatening to destroy him.
All his life, Luke has hidden the truth about himself and his identity. It’s a truth so fundamental that it will shatter his family, rock his community and leave him outcast. But Luke has nowhere left to run, and to continue living, he must become the person – the woman – he knows himself to be, whatever the cost.
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- Tracy TW
- 08-05-23
Overall positive
I found this an uncomfortable listen at times but given the subject, I can see now this was necessary.
A very interesting storyline. Very thought provoking. I found myself with more empathy for Lucia and Chloe than any other character..
I’m glad I listened to the end…it was touch and go for a while there!
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- Mrs
- 29-07-18
Sensitively written
Challenging head long the challenges of someone locked in the wrong body and the effect this has on the people that love them. Beautifully written.
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- Kindle Customer
- 12-02-23
So very dull
This book was just so dull and boring. The narration at times literally made me cringe!
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- Ms Alison C
- 19-10-19
real thought provoking
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. it was chosen for my craft shop's A Novel Read book club.
I did wonder at the end though how different the story would have been had he not had a good job and money,
I felt that it had a kind of 'and they all lived happily ever after' feel to it when the reality of this for a lot of people in the situation is completely different.
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- mrs P Garvey
- 18-11-21
Why is this book not a film yet
Absolutely excellent. Sympathetically written. I am sad I did not find this author before now. Need I say more?
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- fran walker
- 29-10-17
Loved the story, disliked the narration
I really enjoyed the story, but the experience was somewhat spoiled by the female narrator. Her dialogues I found very unnatural and grating to such an extent that it made me dislike some of the female characters.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-07-22
terrible narration nearlly spoiled a good book
the voices just did not fit. please.do not put on baby lisps for children. it was as if the story was read by 1930s people
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- A.Mac
- 24-06-22
Narration so annoying!
For such a sensitive subject, this book scratches on the surface. I couldn’t work out when it was meant to be set, the male narrator was like a Richard Biers from the 50’s and the female narrator just yelled. So distracting and, for me, unpleasant to listen to. The story itself was sound but the delivery was very superficial.
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- Daisokie
- 23-05-22
Good but for the narration
If it wasn’t for the fact that I like Charity Norman’s books so much, I would have returned this early on. The narration was so overblown, particularly the female narrator, whose shouty delivery and peculiar voicing of males as though she was reading a kids’ storybook I found really off-putting. I’ve never heard anyone talk like that in real life. The story was good.
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- Danielle-mia Scotton
- 11-12-22
Beautiful story
I loved this book. It so beautifully and delicately explored gender transition. A book that everyone should read.
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