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The Turning

By: Tim Winton
Narrated by: Humphrey Bower, Caroline Lee
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About this listen

 2007 Audie Award finalist. From the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of Dirt Music comes an outstanding work of fiction that will resonate with readers everywhere.

Here are turnings of all kinds - changes of heart, nasty surprises, slow awakenings, sudden detours - where people struggle against the terrible weight of the past and challenge the lives they've made for themselves. Beautifully crafted, and as tender as they are confronting, these elegiac stories examine the darkness and frailty of ordinary people and celebrate the moments when the light shines through.

©2004 Tim Winton (P)2005 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd. Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Heartfelt

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Critic reviews

"Plot and prose combine to create what might just come close to being the perfect Australian novel." ( Herald Sun)
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This was my fourth Tim Winton audio book and it was as wonderful as the other three.
So cleverly put together, it seems like short stories at first but they’re all interconnected and relevant to each other. It’s just beautiful, sad and thought provoking. I love the musical interlude between each chapter.
The reader is faultless to my ears, perfect reading for the content.

Another wonderful Tim Winton novel

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My new favourite author, a perfectly narrated audio book , such a sad but lovely book , like others I’m going to re listen

Just wow!

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as always with a pen in his hand, the iconic writer creates a taste of Australian life and brings his characters to the front.

utterly addictive.

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So good I listen led twice. The first time I didn’t fully appreciate how all the stories related to each other. The second time it was even better.

Second time even better…

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