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FREE FIRST CHAPTER: A Golden Age

By: Tahmima Anam
Narrated by: Tania Rodrigues
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Spring, 1971, East Pakistan. Rehana Haque is throwing a party for her beloved children, Sohail and Maya. Her young family is growing up fast, and Rehana wants to remember this day forever. But out on the hot city streets, something violent is brewing. As the civil war develops, a war which will eventually see the birth of Bangladesh, Rehana struggles to keep her children safe and finds herself facing a heartbreaking dilemma.
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"A real page-turner, with a bravura, heart-stopping ending" (Sunday Telegraph)
"Deftly balances the story of nation against that of family...heart-shattering" (Kamila Shamsie, Guardian)
"Anam has done a service to her country.... No other writer has treated the subject with such clarity before" (Times Literary Supplement)

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Would you consider the audio edition of FREE FIRST CHAPTER: A Golden Age to be better than the print version?

Im not sure

What did you like best about this story?

I enjoy stories that give you a taste and feel of other cultures

What about Tania Rodrigues’s performance did you like?

her voice was easy to listen to and the accents seemed natural not forced

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

it was only one chapter

Any additional comments?

it was good to listen to and get a preview the jury is still out as to whether I shall buy the book I may have to listen to it again

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