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The Madness of Grief
- Author
- Panayotis Cacoyannis
- Narrator
- Gemma Dawson
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 12 December 2018
- Run Time
- 7 hours 7 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Lightened by a gentle touch of humor, with magic tricks, sexuality, and family secrets all playing a prominent part, The Madness of Grief is a coming-of-age tale of friendship, betrayal, and loss.
Contains mature themes.
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Details
- Author
- Panayotis Cacoyannis
- Narrator
- Gemma Dawson
- Duration
- 7 hours 7 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 December 2018
- ISBN
- 9781977333353
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Family life fiction, Historical fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age
Synopsis
July 1969. While men are walking on the moon, life in London for sixteen-year-old Jane takes unexpected turns. On the point of falling in love with her best friend Karl, she discovers that there's more to her father's spectacular girlfriend than at first meets the eye. In the sweltering heat of a fast-moving evening, other revelations quickly follow, reconciling Jane with her father but also reopening wounds from the past, laying bare raw emotions kept suppressed for too long. And as the evening draws to a close, the night's drama has only just begun, unfolding in a sequence of violent events that threaten to have lasting repercussions for Jane and the people she loves.Lightened by a gentle touch of humor, with magic tricks, sexuality, and family secrets all playing a prominent part, The Madness of Grief is a coming-of-age tale of friendship, betrayal, and loss.Contains mature themes.
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