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Beaumont, Maria

ISBN 10: 1433208113 ISBN 13: 9781433208119

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks, 2008

Synopsis

Fran Clark confronts her thirty-seventh birthday as a surprisingly desperate housewife, spiraling down into depression. This is the funny, self-deprecating tale of one womans brutally candid trip to the brink and back.

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About the Author

Maria Beaumont had careers as a dance instructor and in advertising before turning to writing. She lives with her husband, novelist Matt Beaumont, and their two children in London.

From Publishers Weekly

Starred Review. Nothing could be more challenging for an audiobook reader than to take on the character of a voice-over artist. Fran Clark, a well-to-do Londoner burnt out thanks to two small children, an unfaithful husband and two unexpectedly pregnant friends, is in the grip of early onset midlife crisis and a career-ruining case of stage fright. Kate Reading's bravura performance nails down every character, including the mothers in a posh London district, a Germanic school administrator, many small children and Fran's charming but wayward husband, who is given a suave, sexy voice that ignites his thousand-watt smile. The grand finale finds Fran attempting to impress her children's friends and their parents by imitating the cast of The Simpsons, Bette Davis and a few politicians, all in a few moments' time, during which she switches back and forth to the reactions of her audience. Reading turns this amiable novel into a tour de force performance that is funny, fast-moving and fearless.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1433208113
• ISBN 13: 9781433208119
• Binding: Audio CD