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Before She Met Me

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Before She Met Me

By: Julian Barnes
Narrated by: David Bark-Jones
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Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011


Graham Hendrick, an historian, has left his wife Barbara for the vivacious Ann, and is more than pleased with his new life. Until, that is, the day he discovers Ann's celluloid past as a mediocre film actress. Soon Graham is pouncing on old clues, examining her books for inscriptions from past lovers, frequenting cinemas and poring over the bad movies she appeared in. It's not that he blames Anne for having a past before they met, but history has always mattered to him...

©1982 Julian Barnes (P)2020 Penguin Audio
Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction

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I just couldn't buy the premise. I also found the response of the wife a tad unbelievable. Still, it is very well written. The audio performance was decent enough.

Not quite as good as his first book

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