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The Women Who Ran Away
- Narrated by: Shelly Atkinson
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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In Sheila O'Flanagan's engrossing new novel, two women form an unlikely friendship as they face up to shocking truths about the men they've loved - and start to make their own decisions about what to do next....
Deira is setting out on the holiday she'd planned with her long-term partner, Gavin...only she's on her own. Gavin will not be amused when he finds out she's 'borrowed' his car, but since their brutal break-up Deira's not been acting rationally. Maybe a drive through beautiful France will help her see things differently.
Grace has been sent on a journey by her late husband, Ken. She doesn't really want to be on it, but she's following his instructions as always. She can only hope that the trip will help her to forgive him. And then - finally - she'll be able to let him go.
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- marjan
- 08-02-20
A Good Story ruined
This is another excellent story by Sheila O’Flannegan. Unfortunately the story completely ruined by the narrating. Although the narrating is very good at times (as the sample shows, which is probably chosen precisely for that reason), the larger part of the book is read with odd emphases and stresses on wrong words. It is so distracting that I cannot rate this book very high. Don’t they have editors or proof listeners at Audible.
It might be a good idea to have this book narrated all over again by a narrator suited to this book.
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- Mrs U
- 07-30-20
Shame about the "she said" parts
Update - gave up in the end because I was so fed up with the mechanical "she/Grace/Dera said" being inserted. It really annoyed me and spoiled the story. Returned for a refund.
Great story. Narration, in general, is good but the "he said, she said" inserts seem mechanical and irritating after speech. Somewhat spoils the story and narration as it feels so false.
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- A McAlister
- 07-26-20
She said
Great story as always but I was very aware of computer sounding she said , he said which by the end was very annoying!
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- Frankie
- 07-22-20
An interesting story, beautifully narrated, I loved it!
I really didn’t want this to end. It is a book set from the woman’s perspective, but I wouldn’t describe it as chick-lit because it has depth. I loved the descriptions of the various stages of the journey through France and Spain, and the growing friendship between the two women, thrown together by circumstance, which develops slowly and naturally along the way. Equal to the story is the narration, which is lovely and makes the book even more enjoyable. I think I will wait a few weeks and then listen to it again, and I wish the author would write a follow-up so that I could continue the story of the characters’ lives.
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- Sue mahoney
- 09-03-20
Loved the story but narration has a problem
Loved the story but took longer to listen due to the electronic sounding words ie every time a characters name was mentioned .it sounded like my sons speak machine had said it . Very metallic and false . Not all the words but the ends of sentences ie said ? Found it very irritating and not necessary . I asked friends to listen they said the same thing
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- Anonymous User
- 08-16-20
Narration put me off
The narration put me off, every time she said 'said Grace' etc., it sounded disjointed, like it wasn't a continuous reading. The story was good but I just wanted it to be over ☹️
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- Katie Kat Books
- 08-10-20
Thoroughly enjoyable listen
This is the story s of Grace and Deira, two women who have taken their own trips to France for very different, but equally interesting, reasons. Through fate, the two ladies trips become entwined and they join up to travel together on a road trip through France and Spain leading to them learning about themselves and each other while healing from their own personal experiences.
I liked both Grace and Deira and was hoping for a happy outcome for them as the trip unfolded and we learnt more about why each woman had gone away on their own.
The descriptions of each town the ladies visited was great and i felt the little bits of local information for each made trip seem authentic. I enjoyed the clues along the way too..
I enjoy Sheila O’Flanagan’s writing and enjoyed this book very much as I did her previous releases. It was a gentle, engaging tale.
I’m a big fan of Aoife McMahon who has narrated a lot of Sheila’s previous books and was A bit disappointed to see she wasn’t reading this one but was delighted to find Shelly Atkinson’s narration every bit as good. Will look out for more narrated by Shelly also
Highly Recommended
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- Andrea H
- 03-11-21
Narration niggle
With 4 hours to completing the book, I’m loving the story, however I’m finding the narration really annoying. It seems that the repeated ‘said Deira’ ‘said Grace’ and similar repeated phrases are pre recorded and inserted? These are delivered in a flat tone and as a result doesn’t match the sentence being delivered. Because I’ve noticed it, it’s ruining the flow of the book for me. I’ve been listening to audio books for 12 months and this is the first book I’ve noticed that has done this. Hoping this isn’t the same for other Sheila Flanagan books as I’m loving audio books for the long dog walks!
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- MaMaMason
- 11-06-20
Nope, not for me
Will be requesting a refund for this. I generally enjoy Sheila O'Flanagan but this was dire. I'm not sure if I might have enjoyed the story more had the narration been less stilted, but the narration was so bad I've had to give up. There's no sense that a story is being told, it's more like a list of the conversations between the characters
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- Ann D
- 08-05-20
Not her best work!
Sadly, I agree with other reviewers. This is by no means as good as the other work from this author. Also, the narration is difficult to listen to. I do wonder if the book itself would have seemed better with better narration. The narrator’s voice is good and with a little training or practice, I feel sure she could do a great job. Here though, the emphasis in sentences is frequently wrong and there is a weird heavy emphasis on ‘she said’!
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