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Exit Wounds
- A Story of Life, Love and Occasional Wars
- Narrated by: Peter Godwin
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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Exit Wounds
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Publisher's Summary
Peter’s mother is dying. Born in England and having spent most of her adult life as a doctor in Zimbabwe, she now lies on a hospital bed in the partitioned living room of his sister’s London apartment, her accent having overnight become posher than the Queen’s. Unsentimental, fiercely stubborn and at times hilarious, she finally drops her guard, losing all fear of conflict to become the family provocateur.
While confronting the revelations of what his family was – and wasn’t – and the stoicism that sometimes threatened to destroy them, Peter also mourns the ending of his long marriage. At this point of rupture and healing, Peter reflects on his family’s legacy of exile and their tenuous hold on home.
In Exit Wounds: A Story of Love, Loss and Occasional Wars, Peter Godwin considers, with both tenderness and candour, the life of émigrés, exiles and refugees, and grieves the many losses that make life both magnificent and unbearable. He brings us into the spaces which make us question, suffer and celebrate the relationships we have among family and friends, and the healing of our own wounds.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Lee Stobart-Vallaro
- 20-09-2024
Sad, touching and vulnerable
I bought the audio version of Exit Wounds - well done Pete, you have achieved so much, been through so much and overcome so much.
I found it touching and vulnerable, a philosophical rumination about life and humanity but at the same time I found it incredibly sad. None the less, I enjoyed it
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Craig Cawood
- 14-09-2024
Disingenuous
No substance to this story.
Very little about Zimbabwe or the events associated with Rhodesia, Zimbabwe or Mugabe.
Only occasional mention of loss & very little unpacking of the loss experience by the diaspora.
Rambling drivel about poetry & other such musings of bored intellectuals & artists.
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