Casting Off [Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Libby Purves (Author), Barbara Flynn (Narrator)

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Book Description

Publication Date: August 1996

What makes a wife and mother, pillar of the community and partner in a cosy tea shop, suddenly run away to sea, alone? Joanna hardly knows herself. But as she moves along the coast of Britain, Joanna finds that if you make a voyage into your own past, you might well find a solution for the future.

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Editorial Reviews

Review

'Humour, humanity and relish for the enjoyably mundane' -- Elizabeth Buchan, The Times 'A feel-good novel ... hilarious ... humorous ... fabulously incisive' -- Independent 'Well-told and enjoyable ... [the voice] is that of someone genuinely interested in the varieties of human experience, amused but not mocking, understanding but not judgmental' -- Sunday Telegraph 'A sure touch for dramatising the lacerations and upheavals of ordinary life' -- Sunday Times 'Ms Purves has the gift of tongues - a born novelist' -- Fay Weldon 'A glorious romp ... with a healthy dose of satire on media manners and a generous injection of knockabout comedy into the bargain' -- Country Living 'One to sell like hotcakes, Purves' depiction of family chaos will make you laugh out loud' -- She --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Libby Purves is a writer and also a broadcaster who has presented the talk programme Midweek on Radio 4 since 1984 and formerly presented Today. She is a main columnist on the Times and in 1999 was named the Granada "What the Papers Say" Columnist of the Year, and awarded a O.B.E for services to journalism. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

Audio Cassette
Publisher: Chivers Audio Books (August 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0745166598
ISBN-13: 978-0745166599
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds

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