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The Lido
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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The Lido
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Publisher's Summary
Meet Rosemary, 86, and Kate, 26: dreamers, campaigners, outdoor swimmers....
Rosemary has lived in Brixton all her life. But now everything she knows is changing - the library where she used to work has closed, the family fruit and veg shop has become a trendy bar, and her beloved husband, George, is gone. Kate has just moved and feels alone in a city that is too big for her. She's at the bottom rung of her career as a journalist on a local paper and is determined to make something of it. So when the local lido is threatened with closure, Kate knows this story could be her chance to shine.
And Rosemary knows it is the end of everything for her. Together they are determined to make a stand, to show that the pool is more than just a place to swim - it is the heart of the community. Together they will show the importance of friendship, the value of community and how ordinary people can protect the things they love.
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- Fiona Davidson
- 10-07-2022
Loved this book!
I really enjoyed this book. The characters were lovely and the narrator captured everything perfectly.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Martyn
- 04-11-2024
Uninspiring film script starring Imelda Staunton and Emilia Clarke
I can imagine this having been written with two eyes on a film deal. The central idea is a simple one. Loner young girl desperate for love and connection and a bigger purpose finds an unlikely friendship with an ageing, resolute, hardened (with a soft centre) local woman. They bond over, and in, the local outside swimming baths—the lido—and team up in a bid to save it from unscrupulous developers. Lots of writing room is given to lengthy descriptions, splattered with searching metaphors of each of the protagonists and their past. The reading does get a little tedious—samey—at times. It plods rather than excites. The writing doesn’t really flow, it reads more as an account than a discovery. There are no surprises, you can guess the outcome in the first 100 words. And nothing seems to happen for whole chapters. Actually nothing seems to happen very much at all. The prose is solid, there are occasional flourishes and yet overall it is workmanlike. More tradesman than artist. It’s not that I didn’t like it. I just didn’t like it enough. I skipped a few chapters. It made no difference. There are plenty of better books around. If this book was music you’d hear it over supermarket speakers.
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