Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Waiting for the Miracle cover art

Waiting for the Miracle

By: Anna McPartlin
Narrated by: Avena Mansergh-Wallace, Roisin O’Neill
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £27.99

Buy Now for £27.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

Below the Big Blue Sky cover art
The Moment of Truth cover art
The Dandelion Clock Boxset cover art
The Missing Wife cover art
Liars cover art
There's Something I Have to Tell You cover art
The Girl I Used to Know cover art
The Missing Daughter cover art
Paper Cup cover art
Three-and-a-Half Heartbeats cover art
Overdrawn cover art
Surviving Me cover art
Happiness for Beginners cover art
The Color of Our Sky cover art
The Factory Girls of Lark Lane cover art
The Truth About My Mother cover art

Summary

Anna McPartlin's new novel is a powerful and emotional exploration of motherhood, filled with unique and unforgettable characters, as funny as it is moving and as poignant as it is wise.

2010

Caroline has hit rock bottom. After years of trying, it's clear she can't have children, and the pain has driven her and her husband apart. She isn't pregnant, her husband is gone and her beloved dog is dead.

The other women at her infertility support group have their own problems, too. Natalie's girlfriend is much less excited about having children than she is. Janet's husband might be having an affair. And then there's Ronnie, intriguing, mysterious Ronnie, who won't tell anyone her story.

1976

Catherine is 16 and pregnant. Her boyfriend wants nothing to do with her, and her parents are ashamed. When she's sent away to a convent for pregnant girls, she is desperate not to be separated from her child. But she knows she might risk losing the baby forever.

©2021 Anna McPartlin (P)2021 Bonnier Books UK

Critic reviews

"Beautiful, heart-wrenching and raw. A joy." (Sinéad Moriarty)

"An enthralling read with brilliant characterisation, heartbreaking plotting, and so many laughs along the way." (Liz Nugent)

What listeners say about Waiting for the Miracle

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    67
  • 4 Stars
    13
  • 3 Stars
    3
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    60
  • 4 Stars
    13
  • 3 Stars
    2
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    57
  • 4 Stars
    14
  • 3 Stars
    3
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

A real gem !

What a wonderful read, full of interesting characters that you really cared for, such a brilliant story… I thought I had it worked out ..( however I hadn’t !)
A real page turner that I wanted to keep listening to at every available opportunity ….
Beautifully written & first class narration … highly recommended … off to discover my next audible by this gem of an author !

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

5 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Beautiful book

A beautiful story with excellent performances. It’s a rollercoaster of emotion and an empathic insight into the fraught world of fertility and the shameful history of mother & baby homes.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

4 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Great audiobook

I was hesitant about this book because I’ve been through fertility treatment and it’s a triggering subject, some of the medical info wasn’t 100% but it didn’t stop me listening. The juxtaposition of the two stories/eras really worked and the narrators were spot on. Tearful and humorous. Lots of emotions felt throughout.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

I loved this book Great narration , happy and sad in equal measure but hopeful and honest

I can't think of anything at all I disliked
I loved it
will look at other titles by author

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Katherine's story

what a lovely , sad, fun,gripping, and determined story about women and their journeys with pregnancy. Katherine was an inspirational lady

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

From start to finish

Loved this book from start to finish. cried hard at the end for all the young women who had such similar stories. Highly recommend.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Great book.

Loved the book from start to finish. Storyline very good with happy and sad moments. All you can want in a good book. Good narration too. Highly recommended.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful

This book certainly brought out all the emotions , and one of those books that stays with you long after reading it.
A group of women coping with infertility in various ways , each person’s personal story being unraveled along the way . Catherine’s story in particular is heartbreaking. Wonderfully told

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
  • VB
  • 26-08-23

Wow!

I listened to this book over one weekend whilst decorating and laughed and cried - it was simply brilliant in every way ❤️

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

A really gripping read well told

A really great read. The four main modern day characters’ various struggles with fertility were well told as was the collateral emotional fall out for all involved.
The parallel telling of Catherine’s heart wrenching experience as an unmarried mother during Ireland’s shameful ‘Magdalene laundry’ era was skilfully merged.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!