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The Missing Letters of Mrs Bright

By: Beth Miller
Narrated by: Marian Hussey
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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.

©2020 Beth Miller (P)2019 Bookouture Family Life Fiction Friendship Genre Fiction Women's Fiction Feel-Good Heartfelt Funny

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A story of friendships and family and how our decisions can affect everyone around us. Kay makes the momentous decision to walk out of her marriage, to see her friend Ursula and complete some of the dreams she had years ago. Her family don't understand what has changed and why, but this heart warming story brings together all the pieces of Kay's life both past and present. With a good narrator, you find yourself involved in both Kay's and her daughter Stella's story and their new beginnings.

Heartwarming

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This story was reminiscent of Shirley Valentine but not as funny. The story was bland, predictable and the narrator spoiled it for me with her weak attempt at being a 50 something year old woman, she came across as more of a 65 year old so I just found the narration irritating. I hurried to get through it, skipping parts that seemed ridiculous to me.

Predictable story

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This is a nice light holiday read, well written but not wholly credible and a little predictable.

Enjoyable if a little predictable

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It's such a lovely story. The words flow off the page and into the ears. Really enjoyed it and massively recommend it if you want an easy going listen. Don't get me wrong, the book covers some very strong subjects but handles them with delicacy and grace. The humour is subtle in places but definitely had me chuckling out loud. Just brilliant!

Melts your heart

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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.

A bit predictable

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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

listenable but not revalatory

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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.

Undervalued and fed up - great listen!

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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.

A very well written journey through Kay’s life. Makes you laugh and cry!

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A gentle, touching and moving look at relationships with family and friends. I found this particularly interesting as it was exploring these relationships at different stages of life: Kay making a momentous decision in leaving her husband in later life to explore what she might have been missing and also to discover a mystery about her friend Bear; and this is contrasted with her daughter Stella's reactions to this departure as she assesses her own situation and life choices. It poses lots of questions that would be interesting to discuss [a good book club read] and I found it an engaging listen.
The audio version had great narration and this drew you into the story - well worth a read or listen!

A look at relationships and new beginnings

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There are two stories the mum and the daughter. The bad accents put me off and the Mothers story just became boring.

It’s alright

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