In the tradition of Alan Bennett's "Talking Heads" comes Lynne Truss' twelve bittersweet tales about love, romance, friendship and family. Her six men and six women each have very different stories to tell, ranging from the wife who feels better when her husband disappears to the pedant who undergoes a TV makeover and the swimmer who can't escape the shadow of her sister...but all are funny, touching and as beautifully observed as would be expected from the bestselling author. Whether describing fathers and daughters, married men, cat-lovers or 'other women', she is always brilliantly perceptive. These monologues were first aired on BBC Radio 4. You can download an excerpt from one of them below. Listen to excerpt (4mb mp3 file) (Credit: "A Certain Age: The Men's Monologues" published by BBC Audiobooks and available on CD (GBP15.99, contains 3 CDs) from 5th February).
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"Not only are they sensationally well written - funny, poignant and beautifully observed - but they are also believable because they are spoken naturally by normal-sounding people." Mary Ann Sieghart, The Times "Dazzling series...sad, funny and, of course, exquisitely written; superb; finely crafted." Daily Mail "Beautifully observed glimpses into forty-something men's lives. The writing is just as sharp as when she wrote about women...Truss is simply a huge talent." The Guardian"
About the Author
Lynne Truss is the author of the bestsellers Talk to the Hand and Eats, Shoots & Leaves, which has sold over three million copies worldwide and won the British Book of the Year award in 2004. She has also written four comic books (published by Profile). She lives in Brighton.
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Lynne Truss is a writer and journalist who started out as a literary editor with a blue pencil and then got sidetracked. The author of three novels and numerous radio comedy dramas, she spent six years as the television critic of The Times of London, followed by four (rather peculiar) years as a sports columnist for the same newspaper. She won Columnist of the Year for her work for Women's Journal. Lynne Truss also hosted Cutting a Dash, a popular BBC Radio 4 series about punctuation. She now reviews books for the Sunday Times of London and is a familiar voice on BBC Radio 4. She lives in Brighton, England.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Unexpectedly brilliant,
By Love to Read "Love to Read" (Chicago, Ilinois) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Certain Age CD (Radio Collection) (v. 1) (Audio CD)
I read the book but couldn't find on [...] to review. Never would have chosen this, but glad was passed along by a friend. The stories are poignant, sad, funny and deceptively thought provoking. Don't get scared, not in a you need to join Kabala kind of way, but does make you think about how you act, how your actions affect and to think nothing other than, this is a good story.Take the time, it's worth it.
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