Shine, Pamela! Shine!

Out of Line collection

By: Kate Atkinson

Narrated by: Gwendoline Christie

Thoroughly divorced but ever the optimist, Pamela faces the realities of aging and the leaps of faith required to put a “sparkle” on her daily life in this humorous short story by Kate Atkinson, the bestselling author of Life After Life.

Pamela is a newly retired teacher with time on her hands. She’s finding it hard to muster enthusiasm for what’s ahead: exhausting postdivorce dating rituals and an uneasy relationship with her emotionally stunted, live-at-home son. But for Pamela, there’s a surprise in store that could challenge the status quo and, against all expectations, make life interesting again.

Kate Atkinson’s Shine, Pamela! Shine! is part of Out of Line, an incisive collection of funny, enraging, and hopeful stories of women’s empowerment and escape. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single thought-provoking sitting.

Audible narration by Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones)

©2020 Kate Costello Ltd. (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Interesting

I would love to hear more of this story. Well read and interesting. Would recommend for a quick listen on a drive!

What a weird, weird story

What a weird, weird story. Plot took a turn I didn’t expect ... like the unplanned pregnancy itself, I guess. But come on now ... how did she *really* get pregnant? This recovering Catholic doesn’t believe for a minute in immaculate conception.

Relatable and charming

I liked it! Wasn’t quite what I expected but, good. Gwendolyn is lovely. I’d read a longer version.

Pamela Does Shine

Like every Kate Atkinson book I’ve read, I’ve thought of the main character often since reading, and I wish the story would’ve gone on! Witty and funny and surprisingly different, I loved this story, and Pamela.

I adore Kate Atkinson

Wonderful protagonist, whom you can’t help but love. I adore Atkinson’s humor and insight for the human spirit. Her writing is spectacular.