Julian Barnes
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Talking It Over
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey, Alex Jennings, Clare Higgins
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Story4 out of 5 stars 75
Introducing Stuart, Gillian and Oliver....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Predictable, implausible and unsatisfying
- By DAVID on 03-05-19
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Talking It Over
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey, Alex Jennings, Clare Higgins
- Series: Talking It Over, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 19-01-11
- Language: English
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Elizabeth Finch
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Justin Avoth
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 35
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 34
From the award-winning novelist comes a compact narrative that turns on the death of a vivid and particular woman and becomes the occasion for a man's deeper examination of love, friendship and biography....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing!
- By James on 25-04-22
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Elizabeth Finch
- Narrated by: Justin Avoth
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 14-04-22
- Language: English
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The Only Story
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Guy Mott
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 287
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 260
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Story4 out of 5 stars 263
First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn't know anything about that at 19. At 19, he's proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love's Labour Lost?
- By Rachel Redford on 21-02-18
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The Only Story
- Narrated by: Guy Mott
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 01-02-18
- Language: English
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The Lemon Table
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Timothy West, Prunella Scales
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Story4 out of 5 stars 62
A story collection that is wise, funny, clever and moving....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bit of a lemon
- By GRANIA on 26-05-11
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The Lemon Table
- Narrated by: Timothy West, Prunella Scales
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 13-01-11
- Language: English
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Keeping an Eye Open
- Essays on Art
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 51
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Story4 out of 5 stars 51
Julian Barnes began writing about art with a chapter on Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa in his 1989 novel A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters. Since then he has written a series of essays, chiefly about French artists, for a variety of journals and magazines....
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1 out of 5 stars
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'allo 'allo
- By Matthew on 26-08-15
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Keeping an Eye Open
- Essays on Art
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 07-05-15
- Language: English
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Metroland
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Greg Wise
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4 out of 5 stars 40
The adolescent Christopher and his soul mate, Toni, had sneered at the stifling ennui of Metroland....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Quite boring and unnecessary
- By JSM on 06-12-22
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England, England
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Julian Wadham
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
One of Barnes' finest and funniest novels, England, England calls into question the idea of replicas, truth vs fiction, reality vs art, nationhood, myth-making and self-exploration....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Quintessential Barnes
- By M on 01-02-21
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England, England
- Narrated by: Julian Wadham
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 27-08-20
- Language: English
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A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 112
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Story4 out of 5 stars 74
An entertaining melange of stories starting with a contemporary account of the launch of Noah's Ark takes us into unexpected areas of human foibles, activities, and tendencies....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining, often funny
- By Martin on 13-05-09
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A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 01-10-07
- Language: English
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The Man in the Red Coat
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 62
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 49
The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending takes us on a rich, witty tour of Belle Epoque Paris, via the life story of the pioneering surgeon Samuel Pozzi....
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3 out of 5 stars
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A bit of common sense when choosing a narrator!
- By Anonymous User on 25-06-20
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The Man in the Red Coat
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 12-03-20
- Language: English
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Arthur & George
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Homer Todiwala
- Length: 17 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4 out of 5 stars 64
This novel is based on Arthur Conan Doyle's extraordinary real-life fight for justice. Arthur and George grow up worlds and miles apart in late 19th-century Britain: Arthur in shabby-genteel Edinburgh, George in the vicarage of a small Staffordshire village....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Dear Julian
- By anne.sherry on 18-10-21
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Arthur & George
- Narrated by: Homer Todiwala
- Length: 17 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 07-11-19
- Language: English
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Levels of Life
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Julian Barnes
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 245
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 220
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 220
"You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is changed"....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The tropics of grief
- By Paul S. Turner on 20-07-14
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Levels of Life
- Narrated by: Julian Barnes
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 04-04-13
- Language: English
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Flaubert's Parrot
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Richard Morant
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 126
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Story4 out of 5 stars 103
Flaubert’s Parrot deals with Flaubert, parrots, bears and railways....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Never Abridge A Parrot!
- By Aquilina Christophorus on 24-04-17
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Flaubert's Parrot
- Narrated by: Richard Morant
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 16-03-11
- Language: English
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Nothing to Be Frightened Of
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Julian Barnes
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 51
Julian Barnes' new book is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange with his brother (a philosopher), a meditation on morality and the fear of death, a celebration of art....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Frustrating but worth persevering with.
- By A Reader on 15-06-09
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Nothing to Be Frightened Of
- Narrated by: Julian Barnes
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 19-03-09
- Language: English
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The Sense of an Ending
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Richard Morant
- Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,352
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,020
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,017
The powerful, unsettling and beautifully crafted new novel from one of England’s greatest contemporary writers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A sense of brilliance
- By Kaggy on 07-12-14
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The Sense of an Ending
- Narrated by: Richard Morant
- Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 04-08-11
- Language: English
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The Noise of Time
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 398
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 347
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Story4 out of 5 stars 346
In May 1937, a man in his early 30s waits by the lift of a Leningrad apartment block. He waits all through the night, expecting to be taken away to the Big House....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Noise of Time
- By Susan Whitehead on 04-02-16
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The Noise of Time
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 28-01-16
- Language: English
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Through the Window
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Philip Franks
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8
In these 17 essays (and one short story) the 2011 Man Booker Prize winner examines British, French, and American writers who have meant most to him....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Barnes’ brilliant brain again
- By Carole-anne Davies on 25-01-24
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Through the Window
- Narrated by: Philip Franks
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 04-04-13
- Language: English
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Cross Channel
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
From the winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction comes an enthralling set of short stories....
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Cross Channel
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 27-08-20
- Language: English
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Love, etc
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey, Alex Jennings, Clare Higgins
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4 out of 5 stars 36
Love, etc is a compelling exploration of contemporary love and its betrayals....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fine sequel
- By M on 03-02-21
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Love, etc
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey, Alex Jennings, Clare Higgins
- Series: Talking It Over, Book 2
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 13-01-11
- Language: English
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Staring at the Sun
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
Staring at the Sun charts the life of Jean Serjeant, from her beginning as a naive, carefree country girl before the war through to her wry and trenchant old age in the year 2020....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Book of two halves
- By Alison B. on 06-02-24
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Staring at the Sun
- Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 27-08-20
- Language: English
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Before She Met Me
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: David Bark-Jones
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6
Graham Hendrick, an historian, has left his wife, Barbara, for the vivacious Ann and is more than pleased with his new life. Until, that is, the day he discovers Ann's celluloid past as a mediocre film actress....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not quite as good as his first book
- By Mr. J. P. Owens on 02-05-23
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Before She Met Me
- Narrated by: David Bark-Jones
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 27-08-20
- Language: English
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