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Cass Wheeler - a British singer-songwriter, hugely successful since the early '70s, whose sudden disappearance from the music has been the subject of intense speculation among her fans - is in the studio that adjoins her home, taking a journey back into her past. Her task is to choose 16 songs from among the hundreds she has written since her early teens, for a uniquely personal greatest hits record, describing the arc of her life through song.

It has been over a decade since Cass last put out an album, 10 years since a tragedy catapulted her into a breakdown. In the course of this one day - both ordinary and extraordinary - each song Cass plays sets off a chain of memories, leading us deep into her past and into the creative impulse that has underpinned her work.

This is the story of a life - of highs and lows, love and separation, success and failure. Of what it is to live a fulfilled life and how to make peace with our mistakes.

Read by Imogen Church. This audiobook features extracts from the album Songs from the Novel Greatest Hits by Kathryn Williams. Songs from the Novel Greatest Hits is available from One Little Indian Records. Full copyright details and the complete lyrics to each song are included in the PDF that accompanies this audiobook. For more about Kathryn Williams' music, and One Little Indian Records, visit indian.co.uk.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2017 Laura Barnett (P)2017 Orion Publishing Group
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Thoroughly enjoyed this. Absolutely brilliantly read by Church. A novel that examines our capacity to grow and forgive. The audiobook has excerpts from an album of greatest hits by our heroine to structure the novel as she looks back over her music career. A minor quibble would be that the female characters are perhaps better drawn than the male, but a sincere and thoughtful piece, not scared to pursue sadness. Definitely worth a read!

Excellent

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I enjoyed this book so much! Great story and the songs! Must get the album

Best book I've read in ages

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Liked the idea of the book with music but the story was a very clichéd 70s singer tale, abusive partner on drink and drugs, troubled daughter.... Too predictable unfortunately.

Unoriginal

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