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Starlings

By: Russell Tovey
Narrated by: Andrew Scott, George MacKay, Jason Patel, Julian Kostov, Michele Austin, Russell Tovey
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Donald is a forty-something aspiring drag queen with a lifetime of bitterness hiding behind his nail polish. He's not been back to his northern home-town since his father kicked him out after catching him wearing his dead mother's clothes. But his past is about to catch up with him, when his strange, beautiful younger brother arrives on his doorstep. Will Owen’s unexpected presence pull him out of his depression? Or is he destined to drag his little brother down with him?

The debut novel by actor Russell Tovey, Starlings features a multi-cast, led by Andrew Scott as Donald and George MacKay as Owen.

Also featuring Jason Patel, Julian Kostov, Michele Austin, and Russell Tovey.

Available in Dolby Atmos.

©2025 Russell Tovey (P)2026 Audible Ltd. Contemporary Editors Select Family Life Genre Fiction LGBTQIA+ Creators Funny Heartfelt Tear-jerking
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This was a poignant beautiful story with some strong characters. Parts of it made me laugh out loud. Relationships are so tricky and they were well drawn in this story.

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The characters are truly 3 dimensional and complicated. It didn’t take me long to love them all and be so invested that I laughed aloud, shouted “what are you doing?” etc. Sad and beautiful and most of all honest.

Raw and beautiful

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Excellent characters, very well drawn, with big personalities. It was a raw story, nothing twee or easy about any of their lives. Russel Tovey needs to write more.

Superb writing.

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Made me laugh, made me cry. What a joy to listen to even with some hysterical characters. Highly recommend.

Fantastic story and performance

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I was captivated by this tender story of family: Chosen and Biological and the indistinguishable love that can exist.
Great performances from all the cast.

Thank you Audible for making this free!

Wonderful and engrossing!

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