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The Story of the Forest

By: Linda Grant
Narrated by: Anna Cordell
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 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2023

'Epic and marvellously entertaining... There's a furious energy to the novel, which constantly moves forward even as it looks sorrowfully back'
FINANCIAL TIMES

'Magnificent... I want to press a copy on everyone I know'
NIGELLA LAWSON

'Epic, magnificent, beautiful... I couldn't put it down'
PHILIPPA PERRY

'Jewel-like clarity... exceptional'
RICHARD COLES

'Exquisite writing [and] a triumphant, elegant ending'
MAIL ON SUNDAY

'An intelligent family saga... ambitious and moving and funny'
TESSA HADLEY

It's 1913 and a young, carefree and recklessly innocent girl, Mina, goes out into the forest on the edge of the Baltic sea and meets a gang of rowdy young men with revolution on their minds. It sounds like a fairy tale but it's life.

The adventure leads to flight, emigration and a new land, a new language and the pursuit of idealism or happiness - in Liverpool. But what of the stories from the old country; how do they shape and form the next generations who have heard the well-worn tales?

From the flour mills of Latvia to Liverpool suburbia to post-war Soho, The Story of the Forest is about myths and memory and about how families adapt in order to survive. It is a story full of the humour and wisdom we have come to relish from this wonderful writer.

Orwell Prize for Political Fiction Award Ceremony - 22 June 2023©2023 Linda Grant (P)2023 Hachette Audio UK Family Life Fiction Historical Fiction Jewish War

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good book bad reading

Appallingly boring reading: every sentence is given the same rhythm and the same emphases in the same places, which, as well as being soporific, shreds the meaning. I couldn't continue listening - ended up not being able to understand the details of the story - and decided to read the book instead. I did like the story and the writing.

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