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The Talk of Pram Town
- Author
- Joanna Nadin
- Narrator
- Kelly Hotten
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 4 March 2021
- Run Time
- 11 hours 55 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Family life fiction / Stories about family, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: coming of age, Narrative theme: sense of place, Narrative theme: social issues / social problems
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
For fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel, comes a story about mothers, daughters and second chances . . .
It’s 1981. Eleven-year-old Sadie adores her beautiful and vibrant mother, Connie, whose dreams of making it big as a singer fill their tiny house in Leeds. It’s always been just the two of them. Until the unthinkable happens.
Jean hasn’t seen her good-for-nothing daughter Connie since she ran away from the family home in Harlow – or Pram Town as its inhabitants affectionately call it – aged seventeen and pregnant.
But in the wake of the Royal Wedding, Jean gets a life-changing call: could she please come and collect the granddaughter she’s never met?
We all know how Charles and Diana turned out, and Jean and Sadie are hardly a match made in heaven – but is there hope of a happy ending for them?
Written in Joanna Nadin’s trademark dazzling prose, The Talk of Pram Town tells the story of three generations of Earnshaws and asks whether it always has to be like mother, like daughter . . .
Critics Review
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Another triumph . . . I absolutely loved it
Kate Eberlen, author of Miss You and Only You
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Fabulous on mothers and daughters, guilt and ambition and what it means to be alienated from the life you’ve always known
Daily Mail
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I adored The Talk Of Pram Town. A brilliantly written, emotional and honest novel set in Essex and Leeds about mothers and daughters, dreams and dark secrets. It pulled at my heartstrings and the characters stayed inside my head long after I had finished reading. Highly recommend this wonderful book.
Jenny Quintana, author of The Missing Girl and The Hiding Place
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An enchanting, heartfelt and nostalgic read
Prima, on The Queen of Bloody Everything
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
Fantastic book, funny, tragic and moving. The narrator Kelly Hotten does a remarkable job at bringing the characters and places to life, and moved me to tears at one point.
Sadie is adorable.AngieW 2024-03-19
Details
- Author
- Joanna Nadin
- Narrator
- Kelly Hotten
- Duration
- 11 hours 55 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 March 2021
- ISBN
- 9781529024661
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Family life fiction / Stories about family, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: coming of age, Narrative theme: sense of place, Narrative theme: social issues / social problems
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
For fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel, comes a story about mothers, daughters and second chances . . . It’s 1981. Eleven-year-old Sadie adores her beautiful and vibrant mother, Connie, whose dreams of making it big as a singer fill their tiny house in Leeds. It’s always been just the two of them. Until the unthinkable happens. Jean hasn’t seen her good-for-nothing daughter Connie since she ran away from the family home in Harlow – or Pram Town as its inhabitants affectionately call it – aged seventeen and pregnant. But in the wake of the Royal Wedding, Jean gets a life-changing call: could she please come and collect the granddaughter she’s never met? We all know how Charles and Diana turned out, and Jean and Sadie are hardly a match made in heaven – but is there hope of a happy ending for them? Written in Joanna Nadin’s trademark dazzling prose, The Talk of Pram Town tells the story of three generations of Earnshaws and asks whether it always has to be like mother, like daughter . . .
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