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It's Now or Never

By: Carole Matthews
Narrated by: Julia Franklin
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About this listen

THE FEEL-GOOD NOVEL FROM THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY-SELLING AUTHOR

Two sisters. One important birthday. A year of taking chances.

When twins Annie and Lauren attend their older sister Chelsea's 40th birthday party at the Dorchester Hotel, they wonder why their lives are so different. Chelsea's husband is twirling her round the dance floor, while Annie's husband has gone fishing and Lauren's lover is at home with his wife and children.

Annie and Lauren decide it's time to make a change and turn their lives around, it's time they starting living for again. But have they left it too late? It's now or never.

©2010 Carole Matthews (P)2010 Hachette Audio UK Fiction Women's Fiction Marriage Feel-Good

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Enjoyable book
Characters were very well described and had the twin bonding it was an easy read

Easy listening with a good storyline

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One of Carole’s best
I listened while driving and towards the end found myself grinning for the last 15 minutes of the book.

Such a heart warming story

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A really great story of relationships good and bad , I love the way Carole brings it all together without the fairytale type ending.
Julia’s narration suits the story and the characters

Such an encouraging story

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This book felt like it was really drawn out - constant repeats about fish/fishing. It seemed to really slow in the middle then rushed at the end. I felt the author made Annie and Lauren seem way beyond their years the way they were described, yet they are only 39. It was narrated as if they were in their late 60s to be honest. I did enjoy it and listened to it right to the end but I'm not sure I would recommend this one. Love Carole Matthews but this one wasn't for me 👍

Dragged on a bit

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I thought the narrator Julia Franklin sounded like a grannie rather than a 39 year old, her voice was wrong for this book.

Carole Matthews however never disappoints and this story about 39 yr old identical twin sisters and their 40 year old sister was lovely.

I laughed in parts, especially when the sisters dressed up as playboy bunnies to wash cars to fundraise money for Alana's altruistic trip away to Peru. I also loved the family aspect of the book with 2 of the sisters married with 2 children and the other having a 5 year long affair with a married man.

Yes I recommend this listen if it was in one of the sales🌠

A LOVELY STORY 3 STAR 🌟🌟🌟

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