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Mix Tape

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‘This grown-up love story is gorgeously written and romantic without being sentimental’ Good Housekeeping
'This tender tale of second chances... is a nostalgic delight' Sunday Mirror

You never forget the one that got away.

Daniel was the first boy to make Alison a mix tape.

But that was years ago and Ali hasn’t thought about him in a very long time. Even if she had, she might not have called him ‘the one that got away’; after all, she’d been the one to run.

Then Dan’s name pops up on her phone, with a link to a song from their shared past.

For two blissful minutes, Alison is no longer an adult in Adelaide with temperamental daughters; she is sixteen in Sheffield, dancing in her skin-tight jeans. She cannot help but respond in kind.

And so begins a new mix tape.

Ali and Dan exchange songs – some new, some old – across oceans and time zones, across a lifetime of different experiences, until one of them breaks the rules and sends a message that will change everything…
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Readers are falling in love with Mix Tape!
‘I laughed, I cried, I listened to the music. I wanted to know the characters in real life.’ *****
‘This book is beautiful. The writing is so emotive and evocative.’ *****
‘I LOVED this book - the music in it brought back so many memories from my teenage years.’ *****

© Jane Sanderson 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Critics Review

Gorgeous novel. . . guaranteed to make you think of your first love – and perhaps what might have been.
Nina Pottell, Prima
A lovely novel, delicately drawn, with characters that really linger in the mind and memory.
Laura Barnett, author of The Versions of Us
A deftly written romantic novel.
Red
Touching, peppily nostalgic love story.
Sainsbury’s Magazine
Funny, moving, relatable and with a great playlist, this is one mix tape well worth investing in.
Heat
Fantastic, moving, beautiful.
Daily Mail
Nostalgic and poignant, prepare for all the feels.
Fabulous
A nostalgic tale of devastating but enduring love.
Daily Mirror
Beautifully written and a joy to read.
Daily Express
Carefully formed, well-rounded and likeable, by the final pages I cared about Alison and Daniel as if they were my friends.
Sunday Express
Author Jane Sanderson
Narrator Candida Gubbins
Duration 14 hours and 38 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781473577534
Format Audiobook
Publisher Transworld
Genre Contemporary romance, Family life fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Sense of place
Availability AU, GB, IE

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