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Notwithstanding

Stories from an English Village

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By: Louis de Bernières
Narrated by: Mike Grady
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Casting his mind back to the village where he grew up, Louis de Bernières brings us a forgotten England: where a lady might dress in plus fours, a retired general might give up wearing clothes and a spiritualist might live with her sister and the ghost of her husband. Here we find the atmosphere of those times as it was in the countryside, and the people whose lives are worth celebrating.©2009 Louis de Bernières (P)2011 W F Howes Ltd Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Village Heartfelt
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loved this book, every character and their story were so real, I even shed a few tears!

a great listen

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I absolutely loved this audiobook. Gorgeously evocative, beautifully and engagingly read.
I suspect it will join a couple of others in my library (e.g. Restoration [Tremain, Degas]) that withstand periodic re-listening.

Superb

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This wonderful story has just ended. It has brought back memories of a pre war childhood spent in a small Yorkshire village just outside York. A lost England that lives on in my heart. Thank you Louis.

Enchanting

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Not sentimental but compassionate. Notwithstanding has been such an enjoyable listen that the book could easily have been twice as long and I would have loved every bit of it.

Delightful

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I love this book as it takes me back to how village life was, even though
I'm in my early 50's,
i do remember people being more respectable and understanding
and the buzz of the village day to day goings on to the maypole dancing to the cows being moved to one end of the village to the other ready for milking to the goats being pegged down to eat the grass of the village green.
all this is gone .
this book brings it all back with wonderful much loved memories.

fantastic fabulous and very endearing,

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