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Light Perpetual

By: Francis Spufford
Narrated by: Imogen Church
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November 1944. A German rocket strikes London and five young lives are atomised in an instant.

November 1944. That rocket never lands. A single second in time is altered and five young lives go on - to experience all the unimaginable changes of the 20th century.

Because maybe there are always other futures. Other chances.

Light Perpetual is a story of the everyday, the miraculous and the everlasting. Ingenious and profound, full of warmth and beauty, it is a sweeping and intimate celebration of the gift of life.

From the best-selling, prize-winning author of Golden Hill, a novel of the everyday, the miraculous and the everlasting.

©2021 Francis Spufford (P)2021 W F Howes 20th Century Fiction Historical Fiction Heartfelt Thought-Provoking

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Wonderful book wonderfully
Read I went back and listened all over again
I simply loved it

Perfect

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I started reading the book but ended up reading and listening to finish in time for book group, and wow, the story is only enhanced by the narration. I ended listening more purely for the added depth and tone. Brilliant.

The performance makes it…

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A really beautiful story told across eras with pitch perfect narration. Would recommend to fans of David Mitchell.

A fantastic epic, perfectly read!

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This book is definitely worth reading or listening to - such excellent writing- you feel you have lived through the 50 years these children tread.

Wow! What a novel.!

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This was a really good listen, following the lives of a group of children (at the start) and their varies paths through life, up and downs, good and bad.

It is a great book, with lots to think about by the end.

I listened at 1.45 speed (as I'd forgotten how soon my bookclub meeting was!) and it seemed to be a natural speed.

A dip into people's lives over the years.

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The story is beautifully written and deals with the subject matter in a very imaginative and interesting way, but it is impossible to listen to, as the narrator delivers it like a pantomime dame almost! Will have to return the book, not something I often do, but this is impossible to listen to in my humble opinion!

Beautifully written but poorly performed

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Superb writing read with accuracy and truth to the characters.
As well as getting to know the fascinatingly ordinary characters through glimpses of their lives over the years, London is laid out to the reader - in all its messy wonder.
Excellent.

Scintillating

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This is a cracking story well told with a wealth of characters and a rounded account of interesting lives and times but oh that narration is excruciating.

Great Book but Ghastly Narration

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Enjoyable book but Imogen Church was the star. I will listen to this again because she brought the text to life so vibrantly and sympathetically.

Fabulous narration

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I loved this this novel and the narration is one of the best I've ever listened to.

Beautiful narration

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