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Dear Lina

By: Jess Glaisher
Narrated by: Amélie Roch, Dervla Kirwan
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England is recognisable on the surface: the buildings are the same, there is still a government, the tube still runs through London. For Lina, however, the England she knew when she was little, when her mum was still around, has disappeared completely.

Arriving home one day to find her mum gone, Lina finds in her place a leather-bound notebook containing hundreds of pages of her mum’s handwriting: letters of advice and memories, all the things her mother would no longer have the chance to teach her. Through these pages, Lina learns that her mother, Eve, left in the middle of the night to avoid being arrested. The government crackdown on immigrants meant that Eve either had to flee or risk the same fate as her friends, friends who were taken away from their homes and families and never made it back to their country of birth.

Taking Eve’s advice, Lina leaves her life behind and sets off on a journey north to Scotland to find freedom and, she hopes, her mother.

©2020 Jess Glaisher (P)2020 Audible, Ltd Genre Fiction Emotionally Gripping Scary
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Laudable principles but low energy storytelling. Still, it's always good to hear someone sticking it to the Tories

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An all too believable look back at the next few years from the vantage of 2030: "Dear Lina" is a gripping tale of individuals struggling against the State and those who choose conformity over freedom. What would you do if the place you called "home" overnight classed you as "other"? Even if you were safe, for now, would you go along with the persecution or help to hinder it? This story is as thought provoking as it is entertaining.

A Warning from the Future

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I loved this story and the wonderful narration was the icing on the cake. The main characters are beautifully drawn and the setting is all too plausible. It is a timely reminder of the perils of intolerance and the insidious consequences of popularism. But, it is also a very good story/listen.

Engaging and thought provoking

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I don’t usually leave reviews but this was simply marvellous. I’m a huge fan of dystopian novels, but often find them somewhat far fetched. Dear Lina is current, believable and a warning of what may come should society lean too far in the wrong direction. I thoroughly enjoyed this and look forward to more from Jess Glaisher.

A must read!!!

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I thought the dystopian future described in the book was very plausible and realistic. It didnt seem too far removed from what has been experienced in the UK with Brexit and the pandemic. Some of the story like Linas escape I felt were a little bit unrealistic and how she didnt realise she would be followed through her device was not very plausible. But in general I enjoyed the story it was more realistic when she got to the refugee camp. The narrator was really good she did the accents well.

very plausible dystopian future

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