Becoming Ted

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Becoming Ted

By: Matt Cain

Narrated by: Samuel Barnett

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From the author of The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle.

A charming, joyful and surprising story about love, friendship and learning to be true to yourself, Becoming Ted will steal your heart.

Ted Ainsworth has always worked at his family's ice cream business in the quiet Lancashire town of St Luke's-on-Sea.

He doesn't even like ice cream, though he's never told his parents that. When Ted's husband suddenly leaves him, the bottom falls out of his world.

But what if this could be an opportunity to put what he wants first? This could be the chance to finally follow his secret dream: something Ted has never told anyone ...

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"One of the best uplifting books of the year." (Independent)

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