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Consequences: A Novel | [Penelope Lively]
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Consequences: A Novel

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  • by Penelope Lively
  • Narrated by Josephine Bailey
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  • LENGTH
    8 hrs and 57 mins
  • RELEASE DATE
    07-19-07
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Publisher's Summary

Consequences is a love-story-times-three that opens on the eve of the Second World War with a chance meeting in St. James' Park, London. Wholly in love, Lorna and Matt leave the city for a cottage in a rural Somerset village. Their intimate life together is shattered when the war begins and by Matt's tragic death in action.

Twenty years later, their daughter, Molly, happens upon a forgotten newspaper - a seemingly small moment that leads to her first job and, eventually, a pregnancy by a wealthy man who wants to marry her but whom she does not love. But it is her own daughter, Ruth, who begins the journey that will take her back to 1941 and a redefinition of herself and of love.

Told in Lively's incomparable prose, Consequences is a powerful story of growth, death, and rebirth and a study of the previous century: its major and minor events, its shaping of public consciousness, and its changing of lives.

©2007 Penelope Lively; (P)2007 Tantor Media Inc.

What the Critics Say

"Intricate, heartbreaking, and redemptive." (Publishers Weekly)
"[Lively's] greatest gift...is her ability to...grasp the unchanging essences of life....A writer like Ms. Lively [is] worth treasuring." (The Wall Street Journal)
"[Lively's] characters are beguiling, and her blend of romance and stinging social commentary is tonic." (Booklist)

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    Would you listen to Consequences again? Why?

    Probably not because I don't listen to many books a second time.


    What other book might you compare Consequences to and why?

    It is much like other books by that author.


    What does Josephine Bailey bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

    She had a gorgeous brit accent ( I love that)!


    Who was the most memorable character of Consequences and why?

    I loved the original love story between Lorna and Matt.


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