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You Be Mother

By: Meg Mason
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
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About this listen

What do you do when you find the perfect family...and it's not yours?

The only thing Abi ever wanted was a proper family. So when she falls pregnant by an Australian exchange student in London, she cannot pack up her old life in Croydon fast enough, to start all over in Sydney and make her own family.

It is not until she arrives, with three-week-old Jude in tow, that Abi realises Stu is not quite ready to be a father after all. And he is the only person she knows in this hot, dazzling, confusing city, where the job of making friends is turning out to be harder than she thought.

That is, until she meets Phyllida, her wealthy, charming, imperious older neighbour and they become almost like mother and daughter.

If only Abi had not told Phil that teeny tiny small lie, the very first day they met....

©2021 Meg Mason (P)2021 Orion Publishing Group Family Life Genre Fiction Psychological Fiction Heartfelt Tear-jerking Suspense

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Critic reviews

"Rare and delightful.... A beautifully crafted novel about female relationships. I couldn't put this book down." (Marie Claire)
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Beautifully crafted and narrated, I dreaded coming to the end.

How do people manage to write such books? I wish I could write.

You Be Mother

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Yes I really enjoyed this book. It made me feel something..like a beautiful song that sticks once every so often. I cried for Abbey..more than once..
overall 9/10

Soul felt

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Compelling and moving story with great narration by Kristin Atherton. Could not put it down.

Loved it!

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I read Sorrow and Bliss first and didn’t think that this could live up to how much I had loved Meg Mason’s more famous book. But this is excellent and the narration is pitch perfect. Lots of accents so beautifully done. Very sad in places. A gorgeous portrait of motherhood in many guises. It made me ache for my own mother, but also comforted: your mum is not the only one who can mother you.

Beautiful narration

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I felt a real emotional connection to the characters in this well formed story. The narration was excellent and brought the characters and story to life.

Emotional connection

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