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Their school is about to be taught a lesson...

Beverley Franklin will do whatever it takes to protect her local school's reputation.

So when a scandal involving her own daughter threatens to derail the annual school musical's appearance on national television, Beverley goes into overdrive.

But in her efforts to protect her daughter and keep the musical on track, she misses what's really going, both in her own house and in the insular Glass Lake community - with dramatic consequences.

Glass Lake primary school's reputation is about to be shattered...

“Eithne Shortall mixes humour and tragedy with a deftness reminiscent of Marian Keyes” IRISH TIMES

©2022 Eithne Shortall (P)2022 W. F. Howes Ltd Family Life Genre Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction

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"Eithne Shortall mixes humour and tragedy with a deftness reminiscent of Marian Keyes." (Irish Times)
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My second Eithne book - love the story and characters- but the narration is terrible - had to run on 0.8 and it really affected the enjoyment.
I wouldn’t recommend audio sorry

Great story - terrible narration

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Really enjoyed this book - well rounded characters & a great tale but I was so disappointed with the audio recording :(
the reading was poorly paced (extremely fast, I could barely keep up; I tried slowing it down using the speed feature but it sounded worse) with hit-or-miss emphasis/pronunciation and no rhythm of dialogue.
If I wasn’t enjoying the book so much I would’ve returned it due to the recording.

Great story, disappointing audio

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Enjoyed the overall story but narration was terrible it was rushed sounded like it was done on a lunch break Would have returned it but don't think audible would have let me.

Good story ruined by the narration

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Excellent story with a surprising ending. Narration on the audiobook was poor with even occasions of tripping over words and no variation in tone.

Excellent story

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A decent story but the voices for each of the characters were inconsistent. It was hard to tell if the dialogue was banal or if it was the delivery that was half hearted. You could tell when the narrator got tired of reading as it became garbled and there was no meaning behind the words.
Also, a strange choice to have a Dublin accent narrate a Cork story.

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