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In a Good Light

By: Clare Chambers
Narrated by: Imogen Church
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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

From the highly-acclaimed author of Small Pleasures - longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021.

Without even noticing, Esther Fairchild has become locked into routine.

Living with her adored brother, Christian, she divides her time between illustrating children's books, nightly shifts as a waitress, weekly visits to her father and fortnightly meetings with her married lover.

Then one day she encounters a face in the crowd which jolts her out of her mundane existence and makes her question both her life and the past that has helped to shape it. Memories she had long chosen to forget begin to resurface. Memories of an eccentric childhood in a large and shabby house, where the children were left to fend for themselves within the loose boundaries of their parents' unorthodox values. A chaotic existence peopled by a rich collection of feckless 'guests'.

And into this shambolic world came Donovan - regularly deposited by his unreliable mother - and Penny, Christian's girlfriend and Esther's idol. Until tragedy struck and shattered their joint existence. But now, it seems, their lives are about to become intertwined once more....

©2004 Clare Chambers (P)2021 Penguin Audio Contemporary Contemporary Romance Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Romance Heartfelt

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I loved the story (a coming of age tale) but was less keen on the narrator who sounded slightly hesitant all the way through.

Great

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Top tip: I struggled with the narration being slow and haltering - so I adjusted the speed to 1.2 and it was brilliant!

Funny, clever and heartfelt. I absolutely loved this!

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I really enjoyed this book, a lovely story that tied up all the loose ends at the end. I did not like the narrator however, if felt she over did the dramatisation a lot of the time. Do recommend the book tho

Lovely story

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The characters.
The narrative.
The language.
The insight.
The story.
The performance.
All brilliant!
More…..

Brilliant

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I listened to every Claire Chambers book back to back.
Each one I thought, I won't enjoy as much as the last. I was wrong. She writes so well about the complexities of life, the twists and turns. Each character is brought to life through the narration. Though not always perfectly performed, I thoroughly enjoyed them. I struggle with PTSD and fibromyalgia. These books eased me into a feeling of calm 😌

Each book gets better

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Like its narrator and central character Esther, a young woman who illustrates books for children with beautiful, minutely detailed drawings, this is a book at its best when its focus is tightly held on life’s small moments. Such moments are so often charming, winningly observed and full of life.

However, the book’s forest of a plot, which functions to shoehorn its trees of momentary felicity into line with contrived coincidences, seems both overlong and diminishing.

The warm, amused reading is just what is needed to tip the balance and, above reservations notwithstanding, makes listening to the audio version a pleasure.

The trees, not the forest

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Wasn't convinced halfway through. Like others I questioned the length/relevance of the childhood 'flashback'. And then THUD, it hits you like a ton of bricks. As ever from Clare Chambers, masterful portraits, a deep dive into others' lives and touching subtleties woven through.

One to stick with - it's worth it

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at first i wasn't getting into ... narration seemed over the top BUT , having always liked Imogen Church as a narrator, i persevered and wow! it all came together, this was funny, nostalgic, sensitive and yes basically a love story but the characters, well the narration as i said previously, fell into place with the humour and the terrific voices given to the friends we meet, was just so right. So don't give up like i nearly did, this is one of my favourites to date and I've listened to a lot and seldom review. really sad i finished 😢

so very good

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I listened to this after finishing “Small Pleasures” I loved it from start to finish!

Wonderful read

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I LOVE Chambers so will have read this instead. I simply cannot listen to any more of this reader. Waste of a credit.

Performance so bad I am giving up

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