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Bellies

By: Nicola Dinan
Narrated by: Nathaniel Curtis, Octavia Nyombi
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It begins as your typical boy meets boy. While out with friends at a university drag night, Tom buys Ming a drink. Confident and witty, a charming young playwright, Ming is the perfect antidote to Tom's awkward energy, and their connection is instant. Tom finds himself deeply and desperately drawn into Ming's orbit, and on the cusp of graduation, he's already mapped out their future together. But, shortly after they move to London to start their next chapter, Ming announces her intention to transition.

From London to Kuala Lumpur, New York to Cologne, we follow Tom and Ming as they face shifts in their relationship in the wake of Ming's transition. Through a spiral of unforeseen crises - some personal, some professional, some life-altering - Tom and Ming are forced to confront the vastly different shapes their lives have taken since graduating, and each must answer the essential question: is it worth losing a part of yourself to become who you are

©2023 Nicola Dinan (P)2023 Penguin Audio City Life Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Romance Urban Witty England

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Critic reviews

"Bellies announces Nicola Dinan as a genuine literary talent, a gimlet-eyed cartographer of the human heart." (Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti)

"Thoughtful, seductive, and entirely engrossing - Bellies is already a classic." (Bryan Washington, author of Memorial and Lot)

"Smart, hilarious and deeply moving." (Elliot Page, author of Pageboy)
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The second narrator performance of ‘Ming’ pales in comparison to ‘Tom’. Brings the book down overall for me.

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This is the best audiobook I've listened to. the story is absolutely stunning, and the voice actors are incredible. I could listen to it all over again right now

Beautiful story

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I wish it was all read by Toms character, the inflection in Mings characters voice was unbearable

Maybe one to read rather than listen

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The voice for Ming is irritating because the intonation and mispronunciation of words is so distracting and doesn’t match the character at all. The overall story is somewhat cliche but not bad.

Ok story but not well told

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Beautifully written - cried loads! Gorgeous depiction of falling in love, coming out, having relationships challenges and of course grief.

Beautifully written - cried loads!

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