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The Marble Collector

By: Cecelia Ahern
Narrated by: Aoife McMahon, Aidan Kelly
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A forgotten childhood. A discovered life. The poignant new bestseller from Cecelia Ahern.

What if you only had one day to find out who you really were?

When Sabrina Boggs stumbles upon a mysterious collection of her father’s possessions, she discovers a truth where she never knew there was a lie. The familiar man she grew up with is suddenly a stranger to her.

An unexpected break in her monotonous daily routine leaves her just one day to unlock the secrets of the man she thought she knew. A day that unearths memories, stories and people she never knew existed. A day that changes her and those around her forever.

The Marble Collector is a thought-provoking novel about how the most ordinary decisions we make can have the most extraordinary consequences for how we live our lives. And how sometimes it’s only by shining on a light on someone else, that you can truly understand yourself.

 Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Satire Small Town & Rural Women's Fiction Heartfelt Thought-Provoking

Critic reviews

‘Cleverly constructed, full of flavour and moving’ Daily Mail

‘An illuminating and touching father/daughter story about memory, childhood and secrets’ Woman & Home

‘Beautiful and unexpected … both thought-provoking and life-affirming’ Sunday Express

‘Intricate and emotional … really completely lovely’ Grazia

‘Brilliant characters, piles of pathos and intrigue…quite simply fantastic’ Heat

‘Both moving and thought-provoking’ Irish Independent

‘A must read’ Marie Claire

‘Enchanting’ Good Housekeeping

‘Really touching, quite, quite beautiful’ Lovereading.co.uk

‘A unique read’ Closer

‘Another hit!’ Essentials

Praise for Cecelia Ahern:

‘A wry, dark drama’ Daily Mail

‘Ahern cleverly and thoughtfully turns the tables, providing thought-provoking life lessons.’ Sunday Express

‘An unusual and satisfying novel’ Woman

‘Life-affirming, warm and wise’ Good Housekeeping

‘Cecelia Ahern is an undisputed master when it comes to writing about relationships…Moving, real and exquisitely crafted.’ Heat
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The story was interesting, with enough action and information to draw you in, but by no means a challenging listen.
The chapters were cleverly titled to fit the narrative of each character, so it felt like the story was well-structured and easy to follow, even with a few days' gap between listening.
Both narrators were engaging and their voices suited the characters well.

Easy and entertaining

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I’ve been a reader of Cecelia Ahern’s books since her debut P.S. I Love You first released back when I was a teenager. Her books tend to be a bit hit or miss for me but The Marble Collector was one that I really enjoyed.

The book is told in alternate chapters between a daughter and her father and for the audiobook these chapters are narrated by Aoife McMahon and Aidan Kelly. Their Irish accents really helped set the scene for this book and I enjoyed both of their voices.

The book follows a daughter whose father has lost his marbles - quite literally! Throughout his life he has collected marbles and each one has a deep connection to his identity. Now that her father is struggling with his memory she goes on a journey to find his lost marble collection and reunite them and the memories they represent to her dad.

This book really touched my heart, it’s not often you see books about father/daughter relationships and I loved exploring this one. Fergus was a particularly fascinating character and I loved recovering his memories and learning more about his life.

The Marble Collector is such a brilliant book about identity and memory and how they go hand in hand. One of my favourites by Cecelia Ahern.

One of my favourites by Cecelia Ahern

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Started off good but didn't really amount to much. The readers were excellent. Was disappointed with the ending.

Nice story but didn't amount to much

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the story was not my usual but quite interesting .....until it just stopped that is!!

the ending though

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loved it.... listened over 4 days in a very quiet office. lovely story by Ms Ahern as usual

thoroughly enjoyable

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