Listen free for 30 days
-
Mum & Dad
- Narrated by: Yolanda Kettle
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Listen with a free trial
Buy Now for £14.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
Heart and Soul
- By: Maeve Binchy
- Narrated by: Maureen O'Brien
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate. Her daughters are a handful and Clara, a senior cardiac specialist, has a new job to cope with.... For Ania, meeting Clara Casey is a miracle: she had never intended to leave her beloved Poland, but after the love of her life has turned sour, her world seems rather empty. Perhaps a new job in a new country will mend her broken heart?
-
-
Good Listen
- By Lesley on 14-03-09
-
The Men and the Girls
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Lifelong friends, now in their sixties, James, a teacher, and Hugh, a TV personality, both live with attractive women 25 years their junior. But the age difference is a time bomb, ticking away at the heart of both relationships. Kate's hunger for a life more in keeping with her own age threatens to bring her eight years with James to an end. And how is Julia to cope when her own career begins to blossom while Hugh's is withering before their eyes? The arrival of Miss Beatrice Bachelor, a razor-sharp Oxford spinster, fuels the discontent in both girls.
-
-
uninteresting
- By moniquebreakell on 26-01-20
-
Playing with Fire
- The 14th DCI Banks Mystery
- By: Peter Robinson
- Narrated by: Simon Slater
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Playing with Fire is the 14th novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, following on from The Summer That Never Was. In the early hours of a cold January morning, two narrow boats catch fire on the dead-end stretch of the Eastvale canal. When signs of accelerant are found at the scene, DCI Banks and DI Annie Cabbot are summoned. But by the time they arrive, only the smouldering wreckage is left, and human remains have been found on both boats.
-
Mum in the Middle
- By: Jane Wenham-Jones
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Tess has downsized to a lively new town and is ready for 'me' time. But her Zen-like calm is tested by her boomerang offspring, who keep fluttering back to the nest (usually with a full bag of dirty washing) and by her elderly mother’s struggle to hold on to her independence. Tess is also surprised to discover that there are dark resentments simmering beneath the vintage charm of her new hometown and a spate of vandalism has exposed the rift between the townsfolk and new arrivals like Tess.
-
-
Enjoyed, easy to listen too , sharing the ups & downs of Life with a happy ending
- By Patience is a virtue ..apparently on 04-08-21
-
Next of Kin
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Dairy farmer Robin Meredith has just buried his Californian wife Caro who, though a central figure at the farm for more than twenty years, had remained a mystery to the family. With Caro gone, her adopted daughter Judy feels cut adrift. To Robin’s brother, Joe, Caro had been the emblem of a freedom he’d glimpsed in America and his grief is far deeper than the family suspects. Even Robin and Joe’s parents, entrenched in the adjoining farm, feel suddenly vulnerable to time and change as well.
-
-
wonderful story
- By Lucy Anne Barber on 19-07-22
-
Joanna Trollope: Parson Harding’s Daughter, A Spanish Lover, Second Honeymoon
- Three BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Rebecca Egan, Jemma Redgrave, Caroline Langrishe, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Best-selling author Joanna Trollope has been described as one of the most insightful chroniclers and social commenters writing fiction today. Her books have been translated into over 25 languages, and several have been adapted for television. This collection comprises the BBC Radio dramatisations of her historical novel Parson Harding's Daughter (written under the nom de plume Caroline Harvey) and two of her most popular contemporary novels, A Spanish Lover and Second Honeymoon, as well as an edition of the literary chat show The Book Café.
-
-
OVER ALL - PATHETIC NESTING SCREAMING
- By Highlight on 31-05-22
-
Heart and Soul
- By: Maeve Binchy
- Narrated by: Maureen O'Brien
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate. Her daughters are a handful and Clara, a senior cardiac specialist, has a new job to cope with.... For Ania, meeting Clara Casey is a miracle: she had never intended to leave her beloved Poland, but after the love of her life has turned sour, her world seems rather empty. Perhaps a new job in a new country will mend her broken heart?
-
-
Good Listen
- By Lesley on 14-03-09
-
The Men and the Girls
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Lifelong friends, now in their sixties, James, a teacher, and Hugh, a TV personality, both live with attractive women 25 years their junior. But the age difference is a time bomb, ticking away at the heart of both relationships. Kate's hunger for a life more in keeping with her own age threatens to bring her eight years with James to an end. And how is Julia to cope when her own career begins to blossom while Hugh's is withering before their eyes? The arrival of Miss Beatrice Bachelor, a razor-sharp Oxford spinster, fuels the discontent in both girls.
-
-
uninteresting
- By moniquebreakell on 26-01-20
-
Playing with Fire
- The 14th DCI Banks Mystery
- By: Peter Robinson
- Narrated by: Simon Slater
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Playing with Fire is the 14th novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, following on from The Summer That Never Was. In the early hours of a cold January morning, two narrow boats catch fire on the dead-end stretch of the Eastvale canal. When signs of accelerant are found at the scene, DCI Banks and DI Annie Cabbot are summoned. But by the time they arrive, only the smouldering wreckage is left, and human remains have been found on both boats.
-
Mum in the Middle
- By: Jane Wenham-Jones
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Tess has downsized to a lively new town and is ready for 'me' time. But her Zen-like calm is tested by her boomerang offspring, who keep fluttering back to the nest (usually with a full bag of dirty washing) and by her elderly mother’s struggle to hold on to her independence. Tess is also surprised to discover that there are dark resentments simmering beneath the vintage charm of her new hometown and a spate of vandalism has exposed the rift between the townsfolk and new arrivals like Tess.
-
-
Enjoyed, easy to listen too , sharing the ups & downs of Life with a happy ending
- By Patience is a virtue ..apparently on 04-08-21
-
Next of Kin
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Dairy farmer Robin Meredith has just buried his Californian wife Caro who, though a central figure at the farm for more than twenty years, had remained a mystery to the family. With Caro gone, her adopted daughter Judy feels cut adrift. To Robin’s brother, Joe, Caro had been the emblem of a freedom he’d glimpsed in America and his grief is far deeper than the family suspects. Even Robin and Joe’s parents, entrenched in the adjoining farm, feel suddenly vulnerable to time and change as well.
-
-
wonderful story
- By Lucy Anne Barber on 19-07-22
-
Joanna Trollope: Parson Harding’s Daughter, A Spanish Lover, Second Honeymoon
- Three BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Rebecca Egan, Jemma Redgrave, Caroline Langrishe, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Best-selling author Joanna Trollope has been described as one of the most insightful chroniclers and social commenters writing fiction today. Her books have been translated into over 25 languages, and several have been adapted for television. This collection comprises the BBC Radio dramatisations of her historical novel Parson Harding's Daughter (written under the nom de plume Caroline Harvey) and two of her most popular contemporary novels, A Spanish Lover and Second Honeymoon, as well as an edition of the literary chat show The Book Café.
-
-
OVER ALL - PATHETIC NESTING SCREAMING
- By Highlight on 31-05-22
-
Marrying the Mistress
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Lindsay Duncan
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Merrion Palmer has been Judge Guy Stockdale's mistress for the last seven years and his wife and two grown-up sons know absolutely nothing about her. Up until now, Guy and Merrion have enjoyed a blissfully, uncomplicated relationship in stolen moments in Merrion's flat, and to the rest of the world, Guy has played the part of model husband, father and grandfather. But now the time has come for things to change.
-
-
Joanna Trollope at her best !
- By thomas on 07-05-14
-
The Other Family
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Chrissie knew that Richie had loved her for all the twenty-three years they’d been together, loved their three daughters and their house in Highgate and their happy, chaotic existence. Richie gave her everything, except the one thing that would have made her life perfect. She even had a sparkling ring - but it was not a wedding ring, and did not bring with it the security of marriage. That belonged to Margaret, back in Newcastle where Richie had started off as a musician, before he became famous.
-
-
Still as talented as ever!
- By Frances G on 06-02-15
-
Other People's Children
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Clare Higgins
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When a man and a woman get married, things can get complicated. When they have children from previous marriages, "complicated" can become the understatement of the year.
-
-
disappointing
- By Mrs on 15-08-13
-
Instructions for Bringing Up Scarlett
- By: Annie Sanders
- Narrated by: Suzy Aitchison
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Alice is living the life she always dreamed of: no ties, no constraints and no worries. An intrepid travel writer, her life is one of carefree adventure, full of spa days, dinner parties and self-indulgence. Virginia finally has everything she ever wanted. The loving husband, the beautiful daughter, and the successful career. Life hasn't always been easy, but she knows now that her family can weather any storm and come through it stronger. Best friends since university, Alice and Virginia are unlikely allies, but their bond deep.
-
-
Well worth a listen
- By Graeme on 07-03-14
-
Girl from the South
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Lorelei King
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Set partly in London and partly in America, this story follows the fortunes of a small group of the young and the single. They are the children of '60s swingers. Their lives are blighted by indecision and too many choices with too little time.
-
Hens Reunited
- By: Lucy Diamond
- Narrated by: Beth Lilly
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Katie, Georgia and Alice were at each other's hen nights but now the chickens have come home to roost, their marriages have fallen apart and their friendships have been tested to the limits. Control-freak Katie has become a commitment-phobe—there's no way she wants to get married again. Is there? Ambitious Georgia always puts her career first. If anyone gets hurt, it's their look-out—right? And faithful Alice wants to make a fresh start, but can't get over her cheating ex—and Georgia's betrayal.
-
Not That Sort of Girl
- By: Mary Wesley
- Narrated by: Anna Massey
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For the whole of Rose's respectable married life, she had kept faith with two men. To Ned she was a perfect wife, mother of his son, and elegant hostess of Slepe. To Mylo, Rose was an impetuous and unconventional mistress, answering his erratic and impassionate calls throughout 50 years of tactful duplicity. After Ned's funeral Rose looks back on a life of dual constancy, passion, humour, and the ambiguities of love - and chooses her future.
-
-
Favourite Mary Wesley!
- By Mel Chambers on 08-08-17
-
Relative Love
- By: Amanda Brookfield
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 21 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Relative Love is a heart-rending story of loss and love, covering one year in the lives of the Harrison family, a sprawling clan doing their best to hold together in the face of a changing world. The story opens as the Harrisons gather for Christmas at their big country house. But when tragedy strikes, of the most unforeseeable and devastating kind, they are torn apart. Harsh truths emerge, about the past as well as the present, laying bare the fragility of their happiness and all that they have taken for granted.
-
-
A good story of a family lifestyle
- By Kindle Customer on 25-08-21
-
The Truth About My Mother
- By: Jemma Wallace
- Narrated by: Carolyn Bonnyman
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A multi-generational novel that follows two women from the same family as each embarks on her own journey through single parenthood in the 1950s and the present day. It explores the varying perception of single parenthood and was inspired by Wallace's family as her grandmother raised her mother alone in the 1950s.
-
-
An impressive debut novel brilliantly narrated.
- By Poppa G on 25-02-20
-
Peas, Carrots and an Aston Martin
- Peas and Carrots Series, Book 1
- By: Hannah Lynn
- Narrated by: Rafe Beckley
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Eric Sibley loves his upscale job and the good life it provides. So when the corporate climber inherits his father’s Aston Martin DB4, he’s excited to drive his wife and daughter around in style. But he’s shocked to discover he can only have the flashy auto if he agrees to get a little mud on his polished shoes. Confined to the will’s strict guidelines, he has no choice but to venture far from his London office and keep his father’s community veggie patch growing.
-
-
Light-hearted
- By Bethany Gordon on 24-10-19
-
The Impulse Purchase
- By: Veronica Henry
- Narrated by: Fenella Woolgar
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Cherry, Maggie and Rose are mother, daughter and granddaughter, each with their own hopes, dreams and even sorrows. They have always been close, so when, in a moment of impulse, Cherry buys a gorgeous but run-down pub in the village she grew up in, it soon becomes a family affair. All three women uproot themselves and move to Rushbrook, deep in the heart of Somerset, to take over The Swan and restore it to its former glory. Cherry is at the helm, Maggie is in charge of the kitchen, and Rose tends the picturesque garden that leads down to the river.
-
-
Heartwarmingly gripping, the awesome book will move you!
- By Mr on 28-03-22
-
Cousins
- By: Salley Vickers
- Narrated by: Maggie Mash, Gabrielle Glaister, Melody Grove
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Brilliant and mercurial Will Tye suffers a life-changing accident. The terrible event ripples through three generations of the complex Tye family, bringing to light old tragedies and dangerous secrets. Each member of the family holds some clue to the chain of events which may have led to the accident, and all hold themselves to blame. Most closely affected is Will's cousin Cecelia, whose own life will change forever depending on how she responds to such unbelievable and shocking truths.
-
-
Complicated family saga
- By tuliptree on 18-02-17
Summary
Sunday Times number-one best seller Joanna Trollope explores the issues at the heart of a modern family with her trademark wit and warmth, in Mum & Dad.
What a mess, she thought now...what a bloody, unholy mess the whole family has got itself into.
It’s been 25 years since Gus and Monica left England to start a new life in Spain, building a vineyard and wine business from the ground up. However, when Gus suffers a stroke and their idyllic Mediterranean life is thrown into upheaval, it’s left to their three grown-up children in London to step in....
Sebastian is busy running his company with his wife, Anna, who’s never quite seen eye to eye with her mother-in-law.
Katie, a successful solicitor in the City, is distracted by the problems with her long-term partner, Nic, and the secretive lives of their three daughters.
And Jake, ever the easy-going optimist, is determined to convince his new wife, Bella, that moving to Spain with their 18-month-old would be a good idea.
As the children descend on the vineyard, it becomes clear that each has their own idea of how best to handle their mum and dad, as well as the family business. But as long-simmering resentments rise to the surface and tensions reach breaking point, can the family ties prove strong enough to keep them together?
Critic reviews
"Trollope writes about family relationships with intelligence and clear-eyed sympathy." (The Times)
More from the same
What listeners say about Mum & Dad
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Mrs. C. C. Beattie
- 24-04-20
Enjoyable read
Enjoyed this, my first Joanna Trollope read, especially as it was set in beautiful Spain and was about family relationships.
My only slight disappointment was the ending, as the story of this disfunctional family was otherwise very realistic. The happy ending didn't seem in keeping with the problems encountered in the earlier chapters. It was almost too good to be true.
The author's descriptions and insights into the personalities of the different characters was amazing. And great credit to Yolanda Kettle's brilliant and faultless narration. A great introduction to this popular author - I look forward to listening to more of her novels on my daily walks.
5 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Joan
- 09-03-20
Breath of fresh Spanish Air.
Joanna Trollope can write a good story, and she starts at the beginning and she finishes at the end..... and she doesn’t jump backwards and forwards in time. It’s amazingly refreshing in these days of time shifting and characters who have no character.... Joanna is an expert at her craft.
I thoroughly recommend this audiobook, the narration is excellent and it’s an absorbing story of the changes in family life and relationships. My only negative take is that the medical outcome seemed underplayed and a bit unrealistic. I have had a stroke myself so I found the relatives reaction a bit OTT and then all the difficulties concerning the “patient” seemed to be brushed under the carpet. On the whole though it is well worth a listen.
5 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Karen Dawson
- 11-06-21
Such a disappointment
I have just finished this book and was mainly tempted to keep reading by the disbelief that it wasn’t going to get any better! What a shower of tedious, self involved and whining characters. I read Joanna Trollope years ago and remember her as being a much better writer. Perhaps it’s me that’s changed, but for me this book was one dimensional, clichéd nonsense.
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Ffranses
- 14-10-20
Another excellent novel
Again Trollope explores the complexities of family relationships and situations that one can all relate to. We have all been there in the ties that bind and sibling rivalry and feeling heard and unheard in family life. This story excels again in her very real understanding of human behaviour and how families navigate or don't navigate through crises. Very good narration.
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Bridget Nodder
- 12-04-20
Forgettable
Such wimpy characters, albeit confrontational over the most unimportant things. Surely all families don’t get on like that. Monica especially was unbelievably weak and wimpish . Struggled to finish it. Disappointing
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Surrey Moss
- 04-09-21
excellent book
Very enjoyable, engaging book. Interesting to get to know the families and the dynamics of the extended family not knowing how it was going to be resolved.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- JSR
- 24-07-21
Gripping
I always love Joanna Trollope’s books and this is one of the best, a great story and believable characters. Couldn’t stop listening.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- julia sheppard
- 23-02-21
Bit disappointing
Good premise for a story and I enjoyed the settings between Spain and London, however the story lacked depth and was tied up too quickly and neatly.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- LB1
- 25-12-20
A good story, good narration but heavily edited!
I adore Joanne Trollope books - gorgeous descriptions and I always end up caring about the believable characters. I never want her books to end.
The narrator was good but her narration was severely changed, editing out all the 'implosive' words......eg. Bella sounded like Ella, Terry sounded like Erry or Perry and even Jake sounded like 'ache' a lot of the time. Spoilt it a bit because I was very aware of the changes and was waiting for them. Despite this, the voices for the different characters were very believable and I loved the story about sibling rivalry and respect for parents - over many miles, UK and Spain 🇪🇸.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- agnes hackett
- 29-08-20
Excellent book
Great read well written , love the Spanish countryside , the story of the intertwining
Of family and their relationships.
Very well narrated
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Skip
- 30-05-22
Witty and warm
Another delightful listening experience for fans of Trollope.
Lovely narration. Each family member comes alive.