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The Street

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What to expect

There's more going on in The Street than its inhabitants realise . . . In the course of this delightful, quirky and perceptive novel an elderly soldier with incipient Alzheimer's saves the life of a remarkable child, a resting actor finds real purpose, a woman starved of love discovers it in an unexpected place and a beloved cat achieves immortality.

Critics Review

Graceful and haunting
Sunday Mirror
Lovely, surprising... filled with life and optimism and a wicked sense of comedy... deeply satisfying.
The Times
Unexpected and exciting
Daily Mail
She excels in excavating single moments to powerfully show the profound in the prosaic.
Observer, Paperback of the Week
The Street is a hugely enjoyable little book that is just a joy.
Irish Examiner
Author Bernardine Bishop
Narrator Anna Bentinck
Duration 6 hours and 43 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781473634534
Format Audiobook
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Genre Modern and contemporary fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE, US

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