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The Long Weekend
- Narrated by: Olivia Beardsley
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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The Long Weekend
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Publisher's Summary
Four perfect strangers. Three days. Can one weekend away change your life?
The gripping drama by one of Australia's most beloved storytellers.
Coming together for a writing workshop with bestselling author Jan Goldstein, four strangers converge upon a luxury forest retreat. But along with their notepads and laptops, each of the participants has brought some emotional baggage.
Beth is a solo parent and busy career woman haunted by a tragic car accident. Simone, the youngest at 26, is a successful Instagram star but she's hiding behind a façade. Jamie is the only man. He's a handsome personal trainer - but he looks out of place with a pen in his hand. Finally, Alice is a wife and mum recovering from post-natal depression. She and Jamie soon realise they are not such perfect strangers after all.
Only one thing is for sure: on this creative getaway, nothing will go according to script.
Critic Reviews
"The Long Weekend delivers to readers the perfect chance to escape from their own lives, if just for a few hours. Readers can expect a raft of revelations around postnatal depression, secret affairs, hidden identities, parental neglect and untold truths, with a few steamy sex scenes." (Books+Publishing)
"Delves deep into themes of secret affairs, hidden identities, parental neglect and untold truths." (Who Weekly)
"Fiona Palmer is a writer who demonstrates great facility for storytelling, for swiftly moving a plot along. She writes relatable characters. I have no doubt that The Long Weekend will be another bestseller." (Living Arts Canberra)
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- Anonymous User
- 31-01-2023
Stick with it, despite the narration
I feel like I would have enjoyed this story a lot more, if someone like Casey Withoos was narrating, with a lot more empathy
A good premise, with interesting, gentle development, nonetheless
Not really a huge plot, more like a gentle walk in the park
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- Angelina
- 21-01-2023
Great story - annoying narrator
Narrator is very stilted and is hard to listen to, but the story was great and that kept me going.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Pam
- 20-02-2023
Terrible narration
This narrator is terrible. I nearly didn’t listen to this book because the narration is so bad. I try and avoid her at all times but missed she was narrating this book
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- Christine
- 18-04-2023
Good story but hard listening
Unfortunately the narration was very robotic. There were good natural narration in small snippets.
However the story was brilliant and I loved it.
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- Trudy Lucas
- 12-11-2024
Enunciation
I intensly disliked the enunciation of the narrator . Nobody. talks. like. this, one. single. word. at. a. time. For me, it completely spoiled the flow of the narrative. I will never buy an Audible book with this person narrating.
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