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Breakdown
- Narrated by: Gráinne Gillis
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
One winter morning on an ordinary day in contemporary Dublin, an ordinary middle-class woman wakes up in her ordinary suburban home. Her husband is next to her in bed, her teenage children sleeping nearby.
Without thinking much about it, she walks out the front door and never comes back.
She travels first by car, then train, then ferry. Along the way, she finds herself in service stations and shopping centres, hotel bars and hairdressers - and in the beds of strange men.
Finally, forty-eight hours later, alone in a cottage in Wales, the woman faces up to what she has been ignoring inside herself, her family, modern society: signs of breakdown.
From one of Ireland's most provocative and admired writers, this is a story of rage and reckoning, joy and transformation.
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- Karen Burke
- 27-06-24
Fabulous read
A truly beautiful story albeit dark at times. I wish it was longer. Great narrative. Highly recommend
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- Anonymous User
- 09-05-24
Story line good
I did not like the reader, her voice reminded me of a radio show from a long time ago with Dear Frankie as the start of the letters sent into the program
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- Emily Wicks
- 24-06-24
Book Yes, Narrator No
The narrator was just not it for me, I will reread this book myself as I enjoyed the story, shame as the book is quite good!
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- Kindle Customer
- 10-04-24
Great story - poor narration
Beautifully written and a compelling read. Narrator was wrong for the book for me - v irritating accents and did it no justice.
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- Grace.K
- 23-04-24
A book for reading
I stopped halfway through the audio. I don’t think the tone is right - almost a stereotypical caricature of a South County Dublin middle-class woman (verging on West Brit). I imagine the writing is more subtle than the audio narration. I think it’s a book that, if it can be read, should be read, given the format, some fonts, etc. I’ve started reading it and am enjoying the story much more.
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- stips
- 17-02-24
Raw and unapologetic
Such honesty, a close call for all mothers, a war cry for all women lost.
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- Deirdre Mulcahy
- 16-02-24
Very disappointed having heard all the hype
Felt it was a bit far fetched, am similar age & found a lot of her actions unbelievable
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- Jenny Langley
- 29-03-24
Awful voice
Couldn’t get beyond second chapter. Voice entirely wrong. Really grated - horrible to listen to….. don’t listen
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- Rachel
- 20-04-24
Loved the story - hated the performance
I kept wishing I had read this one - didn’t rate the performance at all
… shame
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-06-24
DO NOT listen to audio version - read instead
I did not read previous reviews before purchasing, and regretted it immediately. The choice of narrator lets the character down big time. It fell into a Ross O’Carroll Kelly south side Dublin stereotype for me, and as a result lacked the depth, humour, and personality this character could have easily had. Please, a book to read only! I was really looking forward to this book, and may actually buy the paper back anyway and start again, for the sake of not feeling so annoyed at the audio book narration.
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