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The Pink Hotel

By: Anna Stothard
Narrated by: Imogen Church
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Breaking news: The Pink Hotel is soon being made into a movie…get ahead of the rest and listen to it before you see it!

A seventeen-year-old London girl flies to Los Angeles for the funeral of her mother Lily, from whom she has been estranged since her childhood. Stealing a suitcase of letters, clothes and photographs from her mum's bedroom at the top of a hotel on Venice Beach, the girl spends her summer travelling around Los Angeles, returning love letters and photographs to the men who had known her mother. But as she discovers more about Lily's past and tries to re-enact her life, she comes to question the foundations of her own.

©2012 Anne Stothard (P)2012 Audible Ltd Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Romance Women's Fiction

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Critic reviews

“The quality of her writing is remarkable.” (Helen Dunmore)
“She breathes new life into old literature” (Fay Weldon)
“Matters of personal identity underlie an exhilarating ride through LA’s seamier side in the company of a hard-bitten yet highly engaging protagonist” (The Daily Mail)
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This was certainly not a typical read for me - I had little idea what sort of story I was getting into. After the first few chapters I was wondering if I should continue when I got hooked on the story and wanted to follow the characters through to the end. Haunting at times. (Not sure if that quite conveys what I mean but came to me which writing.)

Well Observed

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For me, this book, short as it is, is dragging. The premise is clever and the writing is, at times, excellent, vivid and daring. But the characters were not as vivid as some of the descriptive passages, the main character, arguably, the late Lily whose daughter narrates the story just didn't have any reality to me and I didn't like her daughter much, in fact I got bored with her introspection. I felt a lot of sympathy for her dad, actually. I am almost at the end now, and looking forward to it being over. It's not bad enough to give up on - I do want to see it through - but it's not really gripping, not very funny, not that touching...



The narration is, however, good and it suits the character of the first person voice who tells the story.

Just missed the mark

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Like I said it took me a good hour or two into the book before I became hooked, but it's a really beautiful story and isn't over done like so many story's can be. It had a nice layed back pace to it which was a nice change for me. It also had some really stunning language and the way Anna stothard writes is lovely.

Bit slow... But LOVED IT

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I've got to be honest, I selected this book as it as reduced and thought it could while away a few hours on the sun bed while on holiday.



I really enjoyed the story and became absorbed, feeling all the colours described and the warmth of sun during this adventure. The story is brought to life such that you smell and feel everything.



A nice little break from reality, give it a go.

Twists and turns that you don't expect

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Not my normal type of book. Not a lot happened and it seemed to take a long time for not a lot to happen. It was well narrated but just not my type of story. I was expecting a journey around America and the descriptions this would enable but I was to be disappointed.

Ok story - passed the time

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I couldn't get on with the monotonous narration, very disappointed. Perhaps the story improved as it went on, however I found it almost as boring as the dull voice of the reader.

Listless narration

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The book is beautifully written. The author has a great palette of words, phrases, one thing flowing into another seamlessly. It is also beautifully read. The emotions, voices, accents.

The main problem with the book is that it is painfully boring. There's no story to be told. The mystery is bland.

Although I lost real interest in the story line around the third into the book I persevered and finished it with hope that it would surprise me, that the plot will twist. But the book finished and there was nothing of the sort.

The only thing that kept me going was the beautiful visual language of the book and the narration which was fantastic.

If you don't like teenagers, have a stable life or are a bloke of any age - and you're not a fan of self harm - don't bother reading this book. There is nothing in it for you.

Probably great for treating insomnia, though.

Great package - no story.

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Just couldn't get into this one. Found it pretty dull and without substance. Shame as i was really looking forward to this as it was recommended.

Never got going

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I just loved this book! The narration was absolutely superb and the characterisation tremendous. It drew me in, and I lived with the main character for many happy hours. The story was beautifully crafted and totally believable, and I was not sure of the ending until I came to it. The twist was not foreseen by me. I loved the flaws in the characters too - no black and white (in a characterisation sense!) here. Just charming

Complete absorption

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I thoughly enjoyed the story, intriguing from beginning to end. I can recommend this as a book worth listening to and I am sure you will not be disapointed.

great story

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