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Green Dot
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Narrated by:
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Sasha Simon
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By:
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Madeleine Gray
About this listen
Hera Stephen is clawing through her mid-twenties, working as an underpaid comment moderator in an overly air-conditioned newsroom by day and kicking around Sydney with her two best friends by night. Instead of money or stability, she has so far accrued one ex-girlfriend, several hundred hangovers, and a dog-eared novel collection. While everyone around her seems to have slipped effortlessly into adulthood, Hera has spent the years since school caught between feeling that she is purposefully rejecting traditional markers of success to forge a life of her own and wondering if she's actually just being left behind. Then she meets Arthur, an older, married colleague. Intoxicated by the promise of ordinary happiness he represents, Hera falls headlong into a workplace romance that everyone, including her, knows is doomed to fail.
Green Dot is witty, profound and painfully relatable in its exploration of solitude, desire, and the allure of chasing something that promises nothing. It is a must-hear for fans of Meg Mason, Sally Rooney and Dolly Alderton.
‘I felt so much joy reading this utterly assured writing. Green Dot is written with such poise, such confidence, I could not look away. I was mesmerised by its sheer brilliance.' JESSIE TU, author of A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing
‘I wolfed Green Dot down over two nights. An incredibly funny book about a woman having an affair that's a really bad idea. Every sentence sparkles' CAITLIN MORAN, author of How to Be a Woman
'I am obsessed with this book. I am obsessed with Hera, with her dad, her friends, her dog. I am obsessed with how funny she is, and how hopeful and dark and tender and bleak the world is through her eyes. Green Dot is a book about love, and how stupid and funny and absolutely beautiful life can be. I would read it forever if I could.' LAURA MCPHEE-BROWNE, author of Cherry Beach
‘Brilliant. Riveting. Sharp. Funny. Dark. I want to give Green Dot all the adjectives but will content myself with saying it is one of the best books you will read all year' ELIZABETH DAY, host and author of How to Fail
‘If you liked Fleabag you will enjoy Green Dot, an Australian debut about whimsical twenty-something Hera, who falls for an unsuitable man' PANDORA SYKES, author of How Do We Know We're Doing it Right?
‘Laugh-out-loud funny and beautifully, brutally relatable—Green Dot is a book that will stay with me for a very long time.' EWA RAMSEY, author of The Morbids
‘Incredibly funny and a bit too real. This debut novel captures the zeitgeist.' BRIGID DELANEY, author of Reasons Not to Worry and Wellmania
‘Just brilliant. Hilarious and sexy but so wise about the human heart, too. Witty as Fleabag, psychologically insightful as Sally Rooney—everyone will be talking about Green Dot' LUCIE WHITEHOUSE, author of Keep You Close
'A gripping read that's smart, funny and highly relatable' LIBBY PAGE, author of The Lido
©2023 Madeleine Gray (P)2023 Allen & UnwinWhat listeners say about Green Dot
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- Jo
- 27-12-2023
So relatable
Not in the sense that I can relate as a mistress but as a female in her late 50’s. Pretty remarkable that this writer can capture a generation much older than the characters in the book but the themes are universal.
An excellent narrator also.
I highly recommend this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-01-2024
Easy listen.
Slow start with the background of Hera and Dad, good listen. Great debut novel. For a full review listen to the shameless podcast book review
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- Anonymous User
- 21-02-2024
Funny, engaging, witty, amazing
highly recommend this read. enjoyed it right from the start. great pace that keeps you going right through.
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- Stephanie
- 29-03-2024
Witty and painfully relatable!
A really good read- binge read this over the Easter holiday. Those experiences of interviews and terrible jobs you do in your 20s are wittily observed, and the experiences with Arthur are beautifully written as they rush towards their inevitable conclusion- as I read somewhere, “painfully relatable”. Very cathartic if you’ve had an Arthur in your life and never got to give him the full serve he deserved. The subject matter (adultery) is probably the reason for the mixed reviews but don’t let that put you off a really wonderful book!
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- Kate Mars
- 08-07-2024
Anger and addiction to a triggering story!
A frustrating story expertly written. I felt pity and anger and female comradely. Great book
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- Peta Baird
- 18-03-2024
Got better towards the end
Themain character was so obnoxious and privileged, it was hard to persist. The story developed towards the end but geez, it was hard going.
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- S McC
- 28-08-2024
Pretty average
This was a book club read and I went in not knowing anything about it. The story line was average, characters were very cringe. I was hoping for a twist but there was none. A story where you are rooting for no one because their situation is a mess 😂
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- Chani
- 27-02-2024
A story that utterly draws you in
I Thoroughly enjoyed this smartly written book- a reworked take on an old plot- an affair- but the heroine is very aware- yet still falls prey!
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- Anonymous User
- 01-01-2024
Fascinating story with a great narrator
Loved the idea for this book and I found the writing incredibly moving and real. The narrator added to the image I have of Hera. I loved the sharp writing and witty banter throughout the book which helped to balance the more serious themes. I enjoyed this immensely and could not stop listening!
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- Mireille Lam
- 27-07-2024
Very well written but just falls short
Madeleine Gray is an incredibly talented author. She has a unique way with words and there were some genuinely lol moments.
The criticisms of Hera as a character are a little unfair-- think back to when we were in our 20s and how we were largely clueless. I felt sorrow for her, as she struggled with the internal turmoil of her first big love, something most of us should be able to relate to.
As a central character, I felt Arthur was poorly written. Never once did I see what drew Hera in and kept her there. He is so 2D. I also felt he was poorly narrated, to the point where I wanted to skip through his monotone and repetitive dialogue.
Otherwise, it's an easy listen and enjoyable enough.
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