
All the Good Things
- Author Clare Fisher
- Narrator Emily Atack
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Run Time 7 hours and 14 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Family life fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Interior life, Thriller / suspense fiction.
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What to expect
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of All the Good Things by Clare Fisher, read by Emily Atack.
Twenty-one year old Beth is in prison. The thing she did is so bad she doesn't deserve ever to feel good again.
But her counsellor, Erika, won't give up on her. She asks Beth to make a list of all the good things in her life. So Beth starts to write down her story, from sharing silences with Foster Dad No. 1, to flirting in the Odeon on Orange Wednesdays, to the very first time she sniffed her baby's head.
But at the end of her story, Beth must confront the bad thing.
What is the truth hiding behind her crime? And does anyone - even a 100% bad person - deserve a chance to be good?
All the Good Things is a story about redemption and hope for fans of Nathan Filer, Stephen Kelman and Emma Healey
Praise for All the Good Things
Heartfelt, heartbreaking, and genuinely joyous (Francis Spufford, author of 'Golden Hill')
Compassionate and beautifully written (Carys Bray, author of 'The Museum of You')
I raced through this beautiful novel, which oscillates between pain and hope, anger and joy. An important novel which celebrates the fact that good things exist inside every person, no matter how ignored or hidden. (Sarah Butler, author of 'Ten Things I've Learned About Love' and 'Before the Fire')
A heartbreaking, vital and seamless insight into a life that might otherwise be ignored or judged. The voice of Bethany is perfect - compelling, whip-smart and deeply affecting. (Emma Jane Unsworth, author of 'Animals')
If I could have given this book six stars I could. . So beautifully written and so insightful (5* Goodreads review)
In this profoundly moving but surprisingly funny debut novel, Clare Fisher has given voice to people on the fringes of society, people with a story like any of us (5* Netgalley review)
This empathetic beautiful story will have you bawling your eyes out (5* Goodreads review)
'All The Good Things' is a well written and heartbreaking novel (5* Goodreads review)
Utterly riveting, cunningly written and bursting full of character (4* Netgalley review)
This really is a wonderful debut... a beautiful story about social exclusion, the vulnerability of women and girls, and the unfortunate ones who fall through the cracks (4* Goodreads review)
[This] novel will challenge preconceptions about the kind of people who end up in care; the kind of people who end up in prison; the kind of people who do terrible things (4* Goodreads review)
Critics Review
Heartfelt, heartbreaking, and genuinely joyous
Compassionate and beautifully written
A funny and hopeful story… Clare writes with compassion and insight
I raced through this beautiful novel, which oscillates between pain and hope, anger and joy. An important novel which celebrates the fact that good things exist inside every person, no matter how ignored or hidden.
A heartbreaking, vital and seamless insight into a life that might otherwise be ignored or judged. The voice of Bethany is perfect – compelling, whip-smart and deeply affecting.
Clare Fisher’s novel addresses poverty, fear, and desperation. The protagonist, Beth, must fight for every good thing in her life. She has grown up in foster care and has no friends or family to protect her when she moves London. In many ways, it is a novel about loneliness and isolation. Yet throughout there is an indomitable love. It is a book that burns with compassion, both Beth’s and Fisher’s. The reader is left with the desire to find whatever resources of empathy they have and to live with greater kindness.
A moving, compassionate account of someone struggling hard for redemption
A sparky and unsettling debut
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