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The Editor's Wife

By: Clare Chambers
Narrated by: Joshua Riley
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Brought to you by Penguin.

From the highly acclaimed author of Small Pleasures - longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021.

When aspiring novelist Christopher Flinders drops out of university to write his masterpiece (in between shifts as a fish delivery man and builder's mate), his family is sceptical.

But when he is taken up by the London editor Owen Goddard and his charming wife, Diana, it seems success is just around the corner. Christopher's life has so far been rather short of charm - growing up in an unlovely suburb, with unambitious parents and a semi-vagrant brother - and he is captivated by his generous and cultured mentors.

However, on the brink of realising his dream, Christopher makes a desperate misjudgment that results in disaster for all involved. Shattered, he withdraws from London and buries himself in rural Yorkshire, embracing a career and a private life marked by mediocrity.

Twenty years on, a young academic researching into Owen Goddard seeks him out, and Christopher is forced to exhume his past, setting him on a path to a life-changing discovery.

©2007 Clare Chambers (P)2021 Penguin Audio Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction England Comedy

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The author is clearly a natural storyteller and that is her strength as a novelist. However, in this account of love and happenstance, for good and ill, she has done little more than tell her story. It is a book of incidents and characters, and it holds the interest without ever exciting the interest. So, a warm bath then, not a rousing spa.

A story, but not more

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The plot twists and coincidences were not believable. In the audio version the narrator did not pronounce ‘th’ which became a distraction.

Disappointing after Small Pleasures

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I really enjoyed this book. easy listening but intriguing at the same time. Would recommend.

Unexpected ending

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Ok. Don’t really seem to have a plot. Characters OK.
Narration ok. Weak storyline. Became background noise as opposed to an active listen

Ok. Don’t really seem to have a plot.

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A many tiered tale following the lives and fates of individuals trying to win at the game of life. I highly recommend this to you x

An engaging story of the triumph of love

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