The Very Last List of Vivian Walker
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The Very Last List of Vivian Walker
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Narrated by:
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Lisa Maza
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By:
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Megan Albany
About this listen
'This novel has humour and pathos in spades - I laughed and cried' CINDY MACDONALD, The Saturday Paper
Vivian Walker is dying. This is not on her list of things to do. A darkly funny debut that proves even the most imperfect of lives is worth celebrating.
Now that I've got cancer, I know I should be letting go and just being in the moment with my child but, seriously, what mother has got time to spend with their kids?
Vivian Walker's life is exceptionally ordinary. Average husband, check. Darling son, check. Refrigerator in a state of permanent disarray, check. Everything is thoroughly and frustratingly routine, even being terminally ill.
After receiving her diagnosis, Viv's family won't let her lift a finger . . . for at least a week. But once the novelty wears off, she's lucky to get a cup of tea for her trouble. In preparation for D-day, self-professed control freak Viv has made a list of essential things to do, such as decluttering the playroom and preparing her taxes. She doesn't expect to become spiritually enlightened or have any outlandish last-minute successes. All she wants is to finish her unfinished business.
As her final days unfold, Viv realises her life has become a love letter to the mundane but she still manages to keep her wicked sense of humour and cynical take on life unapologetically intact.
The Very Last List of Vivian Walker will make you ugly cry, snort tea out your nose with laughter and want to embrace humanity in all its selfishness, beauty and awkwardness.
'Compelling. Beautifully relatable. [A] touching story that provides insight into how even the most ordinary person can leave a lot of love behind' Books + Publishing
Sink so Low and Forgot to Live
Written and recorded by: Megan Albany and Marc Mittag
www.meganalbany.com
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Catherine
- 13-02-2022
Addictive emotional roller coaster
Lisa Maza creates a verbal cinema in your imagination as she awakens the witty, funny, heartbreaking and so real personalities of Megan Albany's debut novel - taking you on a totally hilarious and emotional journey of domestic bliss and family chaos bound with our own mortality - you forget it is one narrator as Maza moves from Ethan's childlike enthusiasm with incredible energy to Viv's well crafted comic wit wheeling the sharp blade of wifey sarcasm then the gentle tones of sentimental love and heartwrenching loss all in one sentence. You don't listen to this audible,, you experience it in all its humour, headache & humanity.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 21-04-2022
I'm pleased I picked this book out
Poignant...and funny. I wish I had listened to this book before a couple of friends had died. it would have sped up my knowledge of how best to help and just be with them. Great narration, easy to keep up as she slipped from one character to another.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-04-2023
Dark, yet still really funny
I binge listened to this, over 2 days. highly entertaining, and not depressing. a great listen
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 08-05-2022
Didn’t love
Wish I read the book, struggled to connect with Vivian with the audio reading - wanted to enjoy it
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Sarah Penman
- 27-11-2022
Unlikable protagonist
I found it very hard to muster any empathy for the protagonist as she was written to be such a hard and unlikable person.
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