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Akin
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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Summary
Akin is a tender tale of love, loss and family, from Emma Donoghue, the international best-selling author of Room.
Noah is only days away from his first trip back to Nice since he was a child when a social worker calls looking for a temporary home for Michael, his 11-year-old great-nephew. Though he has never met the boy, he gets talked into taking him along to France.
This odd couple, suffering from jet lag and culture shock, argue about everything from steak haché to screen time, and the trip is looking like a disaster. But as Michael's sharp eye and ease with tech help Noah unearth troubling details about their family’s past, both come to grasp the risks that loved ones take for one another and find they are more akin than they knew.
Written with all the tenderness and psychological intensity that made Room a huge best seller, Akin is a funny, heart-wrenching tale of an old man and a young boy who unpick their painful stories and embark on writing a new one together.
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- Linda A
- 21-01-20
Fantastic read
Thoroughly enjoyed listening to Jason reading Akin. Great story with a fabulous narrator. I couldn’t put it down
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- Catherine
- 01-09-20
Perfection
A wonderful painting of childhood, history and the wisdom of age. Beautifully read so that I was never jarred by either the old man or the young boys words. The ending was sublime. HIGHLY recommended
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- JB
- 22-10-19
Outstanding
My personal experience was of an extraordinary story, exquisitely read. Slow and totally engaging.
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- AACCEOB
- 29-04-20
Excellent
I really enjoyed this book
Such a lovely description of how the elderly grand uncle came to understand and appreciate this boy who had none of the social graces but just a brilliant range of expressions and emotions , and really ended up teaching us all how to understand
children better
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- Mini Travellers
- 10-03-22
Loved
Short but very very sweet. Really enjoyed it. Very different to her others I thought.
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- S Jenkins
- 02-09-20
Fantastic narrator
Jason Culp's voice truly enhanced this book for me. His old-man, young-boy voices :are superb.
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- kate lunn
- 20-12-23
Stunning
Didn’t want it to end - refreshing, interesting, heart wrenching at times, great characterisation & wonderful narration.
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- Karen
- 26-10-19
Excellent Immersive Story
I loved this book.Two parallel stories, one current one buried in long forgotten family history. How well do any of us know the "stories" others......
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- FrancesT
- 26-03-22
Moving and gripping
While the ending is a little bit predictable, the arc of the narrative is wonderful. At times, the protagonist is unfuriatingly dim, bur he has such humanity and humour...I really enjoyed this.
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- avagardro
- 09-11-22
captivated by the story across generations
I found myself totally captivated by Noah and Michael as they learned how to be family.
definitely one of Ms Donohue's best. personally I far prefer her writing when it is set in contemporary times rather than her historical fiction. she writes the characters well and they are easy to identify with.
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