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The Switch
- Narrated by: Alison Steadman, Daisy Edgar-Jones
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
Eileen is sick of being 79.
Leena's tired of life in her 20s.
Maybe it's time they swapped places....
When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for some overdue rest. Eileen is newly single and about to turn 80. She'd like a second chance at love, but her tiny Yorkshire village doesn't offer many eligible gentlemen.
Once Leena learns of Eileen's romantic predicament, she proposes a solution: a two-month swap. Eileen can live in London and look for love. Meanwhile Leena will look after everything in rural Yorkshire. But with gossiping neighbours and difficult family dynamics to navigate up north, and trendy London flatmates and online dating to contend with in the city, stepping into one another's shoes proves more difficult than either of them expected.
Leena learns that a long-distance relationship isn't as romantic as she hoped it would be and then there is the annoyingly perfect - and distractingly handsome - school teacher, who keeps showing up to outdo her efforts to impress the local villagers. Back in London, Eileen is a huge hit with her new neighbours, but is her perfect match nearer home than she first thought?
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- Lina
- 03-17-21
Narrator
Book was fun to hear but I was hearing the narrator’s mouth clicks all through! I had to stop listening several times so I cohld focus on something else.
The books itself is really nice and fun to hear. Light, yet has a message behind it.
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- Bronwyn
- 01-31-21
Brilliant!
Narrators were perfect. Story was so well written. Characters were believable and relatable. I had genuine moments of joy and fun, with a few laugh out loud moments too. I thoroughly recommend this story. It’s an A+!
(And if you haven’t heard The Flatshare by the same author, download it now!
1 person found this helpful
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- Anonymous User
- 01-27-21
easy and funny love story
Really nice book, sometimes funny, I love how it shows the world from young end old perspective, the love story in the book is expected from the beginning so there is not much anticipation, but still a great listen :)
1 person found this helpful
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- Mrs. Julie A. Keary
- 04-23-20
Feel good- but not quite believable
I downloaded this book because I had enjoyed’The Flat Share’. However, This book wasn’t quite as well put together. Felt that the older characters were too old to be doing the things described, and I can’t see a reason for them having to be so old. Had they been 10 years younger, it would have been much more believable. It was a warm-hearted tale but perhaps a little trite and stretched the limits of reality a little too much.
24 people found this helpful
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- Katie Ingram
- 04-16-20
Defo get!!!
Such an amazing book I haven’t stopped listening all day, I haven’t laughed at a book like this in a long time, so funny. Love the characters. Beth O’Leary is amazing I loved this one as much as the flat share and can’t wait for her to bring out another. I will 100% be listening to this book again and again.
18 people found this helpful
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- Jennifer Carter
- 07-19-20
Average
An average listen the narrator has a habit of making very noisy mouth sounds ... it’s off putting
17 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-25-20
Not as good a previous book by same author
okay if you are looking for happy ending distracting trash in lockdown. Shame as really enjoyed Flatmate by same author
12 people found this helpful
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- Priya
- 05-12-20
Hard to listen to the Audio
One of the voices is really difficult to listen to if you have misophonia :-( I’m struggling to get to the end of chapter 2.
11 people found this helpful
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- NumptyDoo
- 07-29-20
Excellent book!
i bought this immediately after finishing Flatshare in hope it could be nearly half as good. I gave Flatshare 5* and this is even better! its a roller-coaster of emotions, often funny, sometimes gloriously sad, always brilliant! If Beth O'Leary isn't the successor to JK Rowling as a world
class writing sensation there's no justice in the world!
10 people found this helpful
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- mr k a lewis
- 04-24-20
As close to perfect as you can get!!
Anyone who has read The Flatshare will have been waiting with bated breath for the new book by Beth O'Leary. And believe me, this does not disappoint! I'll be honest this would not normally be the type of book I would listen to but after reading the reviews for The Flatshare and loving it, I had pre-ordered The Switch and waited patiently. It was worth the wait and more, a book filled with fun, emotion and above all heart. Rarely have I laughed out loud so much. Special mention to Alison Steadman and Daisy Edgar-Jones, who both give a masterclass on how to perfectly capture the characters and lift them from the page, outstanding. I cannot recommend both books by Beth O'Leary highly enough.
10 people found this helpful
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- K Miles
- 04-21-20
Brilliant narration of a fab book!
I loved Beth O’Leary’s debut novel, The Flatshare and was hoping her second book, The Switch, would live up to her earlier work. I’m pleased to say it absolutely did! The Switch was a fun, heartwarming story that I enjoyed immensely. The narrators, Alison Steadman and Daisy Edgar-Jones were perfect choices for Eileen and Leena. 5 star performances all round!
7 people found this helpful
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- Kay
- 04-19-20
Another hit
If you like The Flat Share then you’ll love this book even more. Such lovable characters & perfect narration.
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- Mrs Denise Campbell
- 09-17-21
Finished
lovely heart warming story of loss and love really enjoyed The Switch. 👍 😁
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- Anonymous User
- 07-02-20
So funny and lovely
Absolutely loved The Switch! I was laughing out loud on numerous occasions. It is really nice to escape the world to somewhere so peaceful and beautiful. Also loved Beth O'Leary The Flatshare too 😍
3 people found this helpful
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- Karla
- 08-27-20
Pitch perfect
This book was exactly what the doctor ordered. Pithy and clever writing. Great characters. Some of the best narration I’ve heard in ages. Hooked me in all the way and left me with a lovely warm feeling when it was done.
2 people found this helpful
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- jasmin
- 05-26-21
great read
once I got though the beginning of the book I loved it and couldn't stop listening to it. laugh out load moments and tearful moments to. great relax listen and makes you think about the older generation.
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- Grace Hunt
- 05-24-21
Truely Moving
This story really gave me a new perspective. While it did take me a few chapters to get invested, I ended up crying happy tears as a listened to the ending, in bed, in the middle of the night.
1 person found this helpful
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- Yalini
- 05-09-21
cute story
Took me a while to get hooked but then I loved it! the story was inspiring.
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- Laura
- 05-04-21
Adventure & reality
The 2 main characters Eileen and Leena have very relatable emotions and back stories. it's a book of true to life events with a nice dash of adventure to inspire people out of the daily grind and into trying something new.
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- Kate
- 04-20-20
Brilliant
Eileen Cotton OMG what an amazing woman, I need someone like her in my life, we all do!
When Leena is asked (told)to take a couple of months leave from her corporate job in London. After a chat with her grandmother Eileen she decides to head home to the Yorkshire Dales and swap lives with her. Eileen moves to London for two months and this is where all the fun begins as both fit into the others space.
Its written as a dual narrative alternating between the two, the conversations and banter between all the characters is fabulously written and narrated.
If you are a fan of Beth O’Leary’s debut novel The Flatshare you are going to love this one. Without a doubt it’s a five star read! I am very much looking forward to her future novels!!
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- Carli Van Wyk
- 04-23-22
Hilarious and Lovely
I can't remember the last time I laughed out loud at a book. And this one just kept getting me. This was absolutely hilarious and yet heart warming and honest too. Felt I learnt a little from these Cotton women....
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-10-22
lovely story. narration a little difficult
very sweet story, albeit predictable. Not as good as the flat share. The grandmother narrator has such a salivary way of reading that it grossed me out and made it difficult to finish. I had to put her parts on 1.30 speed up get through.
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- Susan Johnson
- 04-01-22
Just couldn’t finish it
I’ve heard such good things about this book so I persevered over and over again but ultimately I ended up, after months of trying, putting it down and never returning to it. I found it boring with a very weak plot that just didn’t sustain the story. The premise was good but it just never lived up to it.
