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Instructions for a Heatwave
- Author
- Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrator
- Dearbhla Molloy
- Publisher
- Headline
- Publish Date
- 28 February 2013
- Run Time
- 9 hours 50 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction
- Rating
- 4.5 (2 reviews)
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What to expect
It's July 1976. In London, it hasn't rained for months, gardens are filled with aphids, water comes from a standpipe, and Robert Riordan tells his wife Gretta that he's going round the corner to buy a newspaper. He doesn't come back. The search for Robert brings Gretta's children - two estranged sisters and a brother on the brink of divorce - back home, each with different ideas as to where their father might have gone. None of them suspects that their mother might have an explanation that even now she cannot share.
(P)2013 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
Critics Review
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An accomplished debut that excellently conveys the experience of being deaf in a hearing world. A Sign of Her Own gives a fascinating insight into a moment in history when the invention of the telephone was poised to connect countless people, yet deaf communities were being silenced by a movement against the use of sign language. Beautifully written, absorbing and illuminating
Priscilla Morris, author of Black Butterflies
User Reviews
Book 4.5
Narration 5.0
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Details
- Author
- Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrator
- Dearbhla Molloy
- Duration
- 9 hours 50 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 February 2013
- ISBN
- 9780755398591
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Headline
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction
- Rating
- 4.5(2 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(2 reviews)
Synopsis
A story of a dysfunctional but deeply loveable family reunited, INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HEATWAVE by Maggie O'Farrell already feels like a contemporary classic. It was shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Novel Award and was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller.It's July 1976. In London, it hasn't rained for months, gardens are filled with aphids, water comes from a standpipe, and Robert Riordan tells his wife Gretta that he's going round the corner to buy a newspaper. He doesn't come back. The search for Robert brings Gretta's children - two estranged sisters and a brother on the brink of divorce - back home, each with different ideas as to where their father might have gone. None of them suspects that their mother might have an explanation that even now she cannot share.(P)2013 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
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