Balancing Act

an absorbing and authentic novel from one of Britain’s most popular authors

De: Joanna Trollope

Narrado por: Julia Franklin

Family and business, husbands and wives, parents and children. It's always a balancing act... In this emotional and thought-provoking novel, multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope expertly weaves a study of familial relationships with a lightness of tone and real sense of compassion. Fans of Elizabeth Noble, Erica James and Amanda Prowse will not be disappointed.

'To be relished.' -- The Times
'Joanna Trollope's evocations of human relationships are, as ever, penetrating and engaging.' -- Daily Express
'A joy to read' -- ***** Reader review
'A great read, very engrossing and hard to put down' -- ***** Reader review
'A real page-turner' -- ***** Reader review
'Sublime' -- ***** Reader review

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WHEN EVERYTHING YOU'VE WORKED TO ACHIEVE SUDDENLY FEELS PRECARIOUS, YOU'LL DO WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP IT STABLE...

Four strong women. All working in a family business. But what happens when they begin to want different things? And what about the men - and the children - in their lives?

Susie Moran has always been the breadwinner in her family. Her husband was the one who was there for their three girls. But now he wants something of his past back - the life he had before Susie's career took off, before they had children. And those children don't see their mother's business the way she has always seen it, thereby threatening the balance she has worked so hard to achieve.

And then, amidst the simmering tensions, someone significant from the past, someone almost forgotten, turns up. The problems of the past, the present, and the future all become challenges to the stability of both family and work. Which relationships - if any - will survive?

Reseñas de la Crítica

Trollope writes about family relationships with intelligence and clear-eyed sympathy, and the outcomes of this terrific novel are always believable as they are surprising. To be relished.

Trollope is an extremely assured writer, with a brilliant eye for detail and a finely tuned emotional intelligence ... she writes absorbing, wise stories that dramatise the dilemmas we face. In Balancing Act, she has done it again.

Joanna Trollope, whose evocations of human relationships are as ever penetrating and engaging.

With her compassion for her characters, Trollope cuts to the quick of family life, and the difference between men and women. I loved it. (Fanny Blake)

Nobody writes about family tensions better than Joanna Trollope.

A tour de force of family dynamics.

Trollope...remains painfully skilled in tracing the faultlines in human relationships.

a hugely readable novel…Trollope writes with unflagging skill. She is brilliant at exploring the often unearned sense of entitlement within families

A glorious family saga.

Annoying narrator ruins a good story

What would have made Balancing Act better?

A different narrator

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

Very predictable.

What didn’t you like about Julia Franklin’s performance?

She read as if reading a children's book to small child or slightly confused elderly person. Her reading is stunted and her tones rises at the end of each sentence.

Any additional comments?

I found it difficult to concentrate on the story because of how annoying the narration was. Almost patronising.