lovely story

I listen to audio books at night before bed and if I can't sleep through the night so this story was perfect for me light , wholesome and well told

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Absolutely brilliant

Well done Kathy, another wonderful read.
So lovely to be back in the village of Barnaby, and catch up with characters from previous books.
Now I’m going to have a long wait for your next novel.
I do hope it’s based around Barnaby.
Thank you for a pure escapism.
Also well done to the narrative as always superbly read by Coleen Prendergast.

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different

from a seemly simple start the story wove its magic to complete understanding of the relationships of the characters without the normal simplistic ending.

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A very ‘happy’ read!

A lovely, light and thoroughly enjoyable audible book. Thumbs up for the experience made all the better by the author’s plot and the animated narrator. It has left me with the ‘feel good factor’ I’m always looking for!

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Brought me happiness

I loved listening to this story, the characters were well rounded and I really felt a part of the community. It reminded me about what makes me happy.

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just as title says!

lovely book in the middle of the pandemic! Makes you feel happy! Bring on her next book

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Absolutely loved this book!

I really enjoyed this book it was perfectly narrated and written! Light hearted but had enough plot to follow. Really enjoyable and would recommend.

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Fab story as ever from Cathy. Narrator ok.

Wonderful story as ever from Cathy Bramley featuring her trademark simple lives and complicated relationships. Loved the setting, she’s obviously done a lot of research. Really good book for somebody to read or gift, if they are suffering bereavement as there is a well handled side-theme.

Not sure why this narrator keeps being chosen for story set in Derbyshire as she has a slight Brummie accent. Therefore so do most of the characters. Some dialogue is great, but sometimes dialogue section sounds no different from the narrative. At worst, this narrator has a frustrating intonation that sounds like someone plodding downstairs, losing emphasis at the end of sentences making it hard to listen to in the car. Even when characters are excited, some of the dialogue comes across as humdrum. Misplaced emphasis on words in sentences is frequent, even , for instance, putting the emphasis on ‘new’ in New Zealand. She is adequate at best, I’m sure she’s a very nice person but it’s very frustrating to listen to these little idiosyncrasies as it takes me out of the story. Would love to hear a different narrator on future Cathy Bramley audiobooks.

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lovely easy listen.

lovely story to listen to. I was invested in the story and loved the mention of Gina and the nursery as that intertwined a story from another book by the same author.

I also really like this narrator. shes got a lovely easy voice to listen to and a good range of accents and sounds so each character she says is easy to differentiate.

a lovely easy feel good book x

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I Loved this Book

I loved this book. it's the first time I've listened to a novel by Cathy Bramley. I wasn't disappointed.
It was an easy listen, with lots of lovely characters.
I would definitely recommend it

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