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The Missing Letters of Mrs Bright
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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Summary
Sometimes it takes losing something to see where you truly belong.
For the past 29 years, Kay Bright’s days have had a familiar rhythm: she works in her husband’s stationery shop hoping to finally sell the legendary gold pen, cooks for her family, tries to remember to practice yoga, and every other month she writes to her best friend, Ursula. Kay could set her calendar by their letters: her heart lifts when the blue airmail envelope, addressed in Ursula’s slanting handwriting, falls gently onto the mat.
But now Ursula has stopped writing and everything is a little bit worse.
Ursula is the only one who knows Kay’s deepest secret, something that happened decades ago that could tear Kay’s life apart today. She has always been the person Kay relies on.
Worried, Kay gets out her shoebox of Ursula’s letters and as she reads, her unease starts to grow. And then at 10 o’clock in the morning, Kay walks out of her yellow front door with just a rucksack, leaving her wedding ring on the table....
This emotional and heart-warming novel is for anyone who knows it’s never too late to look for happiness. Fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, A Man Called Ove, and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry will fall in love with this feel-good and moving story that shows you that the best friendships truly last forever.
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- miss
- 25-06-23
listenable but not revalatory
been using this to help me get to sleep - bit mundane until the inaccurate Wirral references enrage me. the only Wirral character who keeps their accent is the single mum who also moved away but was the only one with it.
bits seemed a bit ridiculous and bits downright bizarre but it was pleasant enough
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- JACQUI
- 21-11-20
eaay listening
narrative was beautiful.. great accent.
the characters where realistic , felt like I knew them well .
Sad and challenging but urealastically realistic.
If only I had saved some money, maybe would go off too.
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- Alan
- 04-06-22
Enjoyable story.
Very enjoyable story from start to finish no murders just a pleasure to listen to.
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- pookie2shoes
- 19-02-23
A great read / listen.
A great read / listen. Strange choice of title.. But a nice book to hear
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- Anonymous User
- 19-05-23
Brilliant story
Narrator is so pleasant and easy on the ear. Great story to put down then pick up again.
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- Matilda Wormwood
- 07-02-20
Undervalued and fed up - great listen!
We've all felt like Kay, undervalued and fed up with life. One day, she decides to leave her husband and go off to find her friend, Bear, who lives in Australia and who they have written to in alternate months since Bear left nearly 30 years ago.
What follows is a wonderful tale of marriage, friendship and love. The story it told by multiple narrators - Kay, Bear and her daughter Stella and each story was interesting and wove together really well.
I'm not a fan of predictable 'chick lit' and was concerned this book might fall into this category. However, I was pleased to find this book quirky, full of interesting characters with twists and turns.
I listened to the audio which was outstanding.
4.5 *
I'll be looking out for more books by Miller.
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- anne
- 20-01-20
A very well written journey through Kay’s life. Makes you laugh and cry!
A journey into the past, a time of confusion and change in the present and a glimpse into the future life of Kay, her friends and family. A reminder to us all that time is limited and to make the most of each day as it goes by. I found this to be a very well written book by Beth Miller. The story alway moving forward, although revealing events from the past . Tightly plotted and well delivered by Marian Hussey. It is nowhere my usual genre but I can appreciate that it will be a wonderful listen for those who enjoy this style of writing.
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- Mrs. E. D'agostino
- 23-04-20
SoSo
I found this rather predictable, but then I didn't want anything too challenging during lockdown.
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- HB
- 04-05-21
Trudged to the end
A bit slow and predictable, felt like I was waiting for it to really get going it felt a bit flat.. I listened to half then left it and came back. There was too much he said, she said I found that a bit irritating. The narration was good and easy to listen to.
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- Julie
- 15-05-20
A bit predictable
It was ok, a bit boring and predictable for me. The reader struggled with the accents and I wasn’t sure if it was welsh or Scottish at times, she was from Liverpool it turned out.
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