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From a Distance

A Novel

by Raffaella Barker ...

In April 1946 Michael returns from war and finds he cannot face the life that awaits him at home. Impulsively he leaps on a train to the western tip of Cornwall, and in doing so changes his destiny. He finds himself in a bohemian colony of artists gathered on the Cornish coast, and his fate is shaped by his heart, his new environment, and the fragmented Britain to which he has returned.More than ... Read more

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In April 1946 Michael returns from war and finds he cannot face the life that awaits him at home. Impulsively he leaps on a train to the western tip of Cornwall, and in doing so changes his destiny. He finds himself in a bohemian colony of artists gathered on the Cornish coast, and his fate is shaped by his heart, his new environment, and the fragmented Britain to which he has returned.More than
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Summertime

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A sparkling comedy of rural life, high and low**'**Very, very funny' Independent**'**I loved it. I couldn't put it down ... Raffaella Barker is so good at drawing her characters and making them likeable that within about ten pages you know them intimately and a few pages later you are almost as concerned about them as you are your real friends ... Very, very well done' Daily ExpressAfter one year ... Read more

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A sparkling comedy of rural life, high and low**'**Very, very funny' Independent**'**I loved it. I couldn't put it down ... Raffaella Barker is so good at drawing her characters and making them likeable that within about ten pages you know them intimately and a few pages later you are almost as concerned about them as you are your real friends ... Very, very well done' Daily ExpressAfter one year
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Poppyland

A Love Story

by Raffaella Barker ...

**'**Both lyrical and real, light and darkly full of yearnings for a profound and lifelong love' Good Housekeeping**'Barker gathers confidence and power with each novel, and Poppyland is a rich, confident and emotionally convincing piece of writing' Sunday TimesOn a freezing cold night in an unfamiliar city, a man meets a woman. The encounter lasts just moments, they part barely knowing one anoth. ... Read more

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**'**Both lyrical and real, light and darkly full of yearnings for a profound and lifelong love' Good Housekeeping**'Barker gathers confidence and power with each novel, and Poppyland is a rich, confident and emotionally convincing piece of writing' Sunday TimesOn a freezing cold night in an unfamiliar city, a man meets a woman. The encounter lasts just moments, they part barely knowing one anoth.
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Hens Dancing

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A truly funny, intelligently told story that takes you deep into someone else's life**'**Should be read for Barker's glittering prose ... Venetia is a disarmingly wry and engaging narrator with a keen eye for nature and the follies of urban chic' Financial Times***'***A positive hymn to provincial living, it is an entertaining celebration of family life with all its highs, lows and eccentricities' ... Read more

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A truly funny, intelligently told story that takes you deep into someone else's life**'**Should be read for Barker's glittering prose ... Venetia is a disarmingly wry and engaging narrator with a keen eye for nature and the follies of urban chic' Financial Times***'***A positive hymn to provincial living, it is an entertaining celebration of family life with all its highs, lows and eccentricities'
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From a Distance

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One of Britain's favourite chroniclers of life and the rural dream returns with a compelling story of a family divided by war'Wonderful writer ... Incredible books' David Baldacci, New York Times***'***She writes beautifully ... Combining, with apparent ease, emotion and admirable precision' Independent on SundayBruised and brutalised by war, Michael returns to England on a troop ship, unable to ... Read more

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One of Britain's favourite chroniclers of life and the rural dream returns with a compelling story of a family divided by war'Wonderful writer ... Incredible books' David Baldacci, New York Times***'***She writes beautifully ... Combining, with apparent ease, emotion and admirable precision' Independent on SundayBruised and brutalised by war, Michael returns to England on a troop ship, unable to
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Phosphorescence

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Lola Jordan's life is sinking deep into disaster. Not only does she feel like a total loser at her new London school, but then her project on phosphorescence is read out in front of the entire school assembly – and she wants the ground to swallow her up. Why on earth did she write those weird descriptions of diving under glowing green waves like a glittering mermaid?Desperate to avoid everyone ... Read more

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Lola Jordan's life is sinking deep into disaster. Not only does she feel like a total loser at her new London school, but then her project on phosphorescence is read out in front of the entire school assembly – and she wants the ground to swallow her up. Why on earth did she write those weird descriptions of diving under glowing green waves like a glittering mermaid?Desperate to avoid everyone
... Read more
Green Grass

by Raffaella Barker ...

No matter where you land up, the grass is always greener somewhere else...**'**Touching, honest and often very funny ... Art camouflaged by lightness of touch and a seemingly effortless eye for dialogue' Tatler***'***I love Raffaella Barker's books - so funny and acerbic' Maggie O'FarrellLaura Sale has grown tired of her life.Her daily routine of dividing her time between pandering to the demands ... Read more

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No matter where you land up, the grass is always greener somewhere else...**'**Touching, honest and often very funny ... Art camouflaged by lightness of touch and a seemingly effortless eye for dialogue' Tatler***'***I love Raffaella Barker's books - so funny and acerbic' Maggie O'FarrellLaura Sale has grown tired of her life.Her daily routine of dividing her time between pandering to the demands
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A Perfect Life

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An elegant reissue of the classic novel'Charming ... Engrossing' Sunday Times***'***Beautifully poignant, insightful and grown-up' MirrorThe Stone family live a fairy-tale existence in their home in rural Norfolk, complete with adorable children, glamorous parents and postcard-perfect seaside picnics. Nick, Angel and their family lead a charmed life. And yet beneath the surface all is not as it ... Read more

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An elegant reissue of the classic novel'Charming ... Engrossing' Sunday Times***'***Beautifully poignant, insightful and grown-up' MirrorThe Stone family live a fairy-tale existence in their home in rural Norfolk, complete with adorable children, glamorous parents and postcard-perfect seaside picnics. Nick, Angel and their family lead a charmed life. And yet beneath the surface all is not as it
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Come and Tell Me Some Lies

by Raffaella Barker ...

The classic story of a chaotic, creative family**'**The whole is suffused with love. To write well and with such open-hearted affection is an achievement' Observer**'**A funny, though sometimes melancholy, story of irresponsible and drunken bohemianism ... A clever and touching debut' GuardianGabriella lives in a damp, ramshackle, book-strewn farmhouse in Norfolk with her tempestuous poet father ... Read more

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The classic story of a chaotic, creative family**'**The whole is suffused with love. To write well and with such open-hearted affection is an achievement' Observer**'**A funny, though sometimes melancholy, story of irresponsible and drunken bohemianism ... A clever and touching debut' GuardianGabriella lives in a damp, ramshackle, book-strewn farmhouse in Norfolk with her tempestuous poet father
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The Hook

by Raffaella Barker ...

**'**This tremendous book about life, love and fish will confirm Raffaella Barker's reputation as one of the cleverest and freshest young British novelists' Daily Mail***'***Stylish and insightful ... With the pace and verve of a thriller' IndependentChristy Naylor was forced to grow up quickly. Still reeling with anger after the death of her mother, she abandons college in order to help her ... Read more

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**'**This tremendous book about life, love and fish will confirm Raffaella Barker's reputation as one of the cleverest and freshest young British novelists' Daily Mail***'***Stylish and insightful ... With the pace and verve of a thriller' IndependentChristy Naylor was forced to grow up quickly. Still reeling with anger after the death of her mother, she abandons college in order to help her
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Notes from the Henhouse

On Marrying a Poet, Raising Children and Chickens, and Writing

by Elspeth Barker ...

Narrated by Raffaella Barker ...

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5 hours 55 min

A sharp and witty collection of autobiographical essays by the late Elspeth Barker—acclaimed journalist and author of the beloved modern classic O Caledonia.Following the publication of her acclaimed, darkly funny novel O Caledonia, Elspeth Barker’s sharp and witty essays appeared regularly in the national press. Notes from the Henhouse, a selection of the most personal of these pieces, welcomes ... Read more

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A sharp and witty collection of autobiographical essays by the late Elspeth Barker—acclaimed journalist and author of the beloved modern classic O Caledonia.Following the publication of her acclaimed, darkly funny novel O Caledonia, Elspeth Barker’s sharp and witty essays appeared regularly in the national press. Notes from the Henhouse, a selection of the most personal of these pieces, welcomes
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My Brilliant Friend

by Elena Ferrante ...

Narrated by Hillary Huber ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Neapolitan Novels
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12 hours 38 min

Now an HBO series: the first volume in the New York Times bestselling “enduring masterpiece” (The Atlantic) about a lifelong friendship between two women from NaplesBeginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Elena Ferrante’s four-volume story spans almost sixty years, as its main characters, the fiery and unforgettable Lila and the bookish narrator, Elena ... Read more

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Now an HBO series: the first volume in the New York Times bestselling “enduring masterpiece” (The Atlantic) about a lifelong friendship between two women from NaplesBeginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Elena Ferrante’s four-volume story spans almost sixty years, as its main characters, the fiery and unforgettable Lila and the bookish narrator, Elena
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