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Ask Again, Yes

By: Mary Beth Keane
Narrated by: Molly Pope
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane.

Gillam, upstate New York: a town of ordinary, big-lawned suburban houses. The Gleesons have recently moved there and soon welcome the Stanhopes as their new neighbours. Lonely Lena Gleeson wants a friend but Anne Stanhope - cold, elegant, unstable - wants to be left alone.

It's left to their children - Lena's youngest, Kate, and Anne's only child, Peter - to find their way to one another. To form a friendship whose resilience and love will be almost broken by the fault line dividing both families, and by the terrible tragedy that will engulf them all. A tragedy whose true origins only become clear many years later....

A story of love and redemption, faith and forgiveness, Ask Again, Yes reveals the way childhood memories change when viewed from the distance of adulthood - villains lose their menace, and those who appeared innocent seem less so. A story of how, if we're lucky, the violence lurking beneath everyday life can be vanquished by the power of love.

©2019 Mary Beth Keane (P)2019 Penguin Audio Coming of Age Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Urban Women's Fiction

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Stick with this story, which becomes all the more intricate and woven as it progresses through decades, exposing how deeply our lives and experiences, good and bad, influence our relationships. Mental illness and alcoholism are examined rigorously and dispassionately.
I couldn't give it 5 stars as the narration didn't work well for me, with the Irish accents particularly dodgy.

Families and experiences interwoven

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I bought this book at it was recommended by Jimmy Fallon. It was well worth the time spent.

Great read

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narrator is not good - very bad accents, and the book requires American, Irish, Polish, etc. the story is good - but not mind blowing; certainly enjoyable - good character development and covers topics from mental to alcoholism to romance and relationships

good, not mind blowing; narrator bad at accents!

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Loved this book, I enjoyed all the characters and found the alcohol and mental health struggles very compelling. I will forgive the narrator’s Irish accent as her overall performance was great.

Coming from an Irish person, this book is Definitely worth the bad Irish Accent

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Why commission a reader who can’t do an Irish accent at all when there are several Irish characters. It was just silly at times.
Story isn’t that engaging. Bored and irritated I gave up.

Molly Pope’s APPALLING accents ruined this

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