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Stories to Make You Smile

By: Fanny Blake, Mark Watson, Veronica Henry, Eva Verde, Richard Madeley, Katie Fforde, Dorothy Koomson, Vaseem Khan, Helen Lederer, Rachel Hore, Jenny Eclair
Narrated by: Samantha Bond, Hugh Bonneville, Adjoa Andoh, Madhav Sharma

Summary

A seriously entertaining collection of feelgood stories guaranteed to put the smile back on your face written especially by ten bestselling novelists:

Jenny Éclair
Mark Watson
Veronica Henry
Eva Verde
Richard Madeley
Katie Fforde
Dorothy Koomson
Vaseem Khan
Helen Lederer
Rachel Hore

From a hilarious race against time to a moment of unexpected eavesdropping, from righting wrongs in rural India to finding joy in unlikely places, these stories are all rich in wit and humour, guaranteed to lift your spirits and warm your heart.

Stories to Make you Smile is a co-commission between The Reading Agency and Specsavers as part of World Book Night 2021.
©2021 Fanny Blake, Jenny Éclair, Mark Watson, Veronica Henry, Eva Verde, Richard Madeley, Katie Fforde, Dorothy Koomson, Vaseem Khan, Helen Lederer and Rachel Hore (P)2021 Simon & Schuster UK
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Thoroughly enjoyable

A wonderful variety of stories that do indeed bring a smile about. Highly recommended for some easy listening.

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Hit an miss

I enjoyed a couple of stories a lot but most of them were not funny, interesting not thought provoking.

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'Blind Justice' is just delightful

The selection offers an engaging opportunity to experience the writing of new authors and old friends. And as happens with collections of short stories by various authors, we will enjoy some more than others..
A new author I really enjoyed was written by Vaseem Khan called 'Blind Justice' offering the most delightful characters and situations. Give it a try and you wont be disappointed.

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Quaint 😊

Lovely short stories with happy endings...... just what you need sometimes for your sanity 🌞

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Really great little stories! Fun listen

Throughly enjoyed :) would highly
Recommend lovely little stories! Always made me smile wish there were more

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Great stories

I just finished Stories to make you smile on audible I loved the stories and the narration it was amazing to here it

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very enjoyable

I loved these stories. In the last story there is a lesson many could do with learning. The narrator add to the story with her very expressive voice. I also rather like the one about the reporter. While the stories themselves are great they are enhanced by a superb collection of incredible narrators. A very enjoyable listen.

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Short, Witty and Relatable

I really enjoyed all of these stories. They were short, the narration kept me glued and except for one story, I was satisfied with all the endings.

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Variety

This is a Wonderful collection of short stories. Narrators were well suited and I enjoyed every one

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Stories to make you cry

You will cry. I made it through the first three. First story is really not nice tbh, second kinda better, third was nice but ended in happy tears. You’ve been warned

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