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Saving Missy
- Narrado por: Harriet Walter
- Duración: 9 h y 58 m
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‘A touching, deftly written debut that celebrates community and kindness’ Sunday Times
Missy Carmichael’s life has become small.
Grieving for a family she has lost or lost touch with, she’s haunted by the echoes of her footsteps in her empty home; the sound of the radio in the dark; the tick-tick-tick of the watching clock.
Spiky and defensive, Missy knows that her loneliness is all her own fault. She deserves no more than this; not after what she’s done. But a chance encounter in the park with two very different women opens the door to something new.
Another life beckons for Missy, if only she can be brave enough to grasp the opportunity. But seventy-nine is too late for a second chance. Isn’t it?
’Bittersweet, tender, thoughtful and uplifting … I loved it’ Nina Stibbe
Reseñas de la Crítica
"A beautiful story about love, loss, guilt and the power of friendship." (Jill Mansell, author of Maybe This Time)
"The most beautiful and moving book I’ve read in a long time." (Emma Flint, author of Little Deaths)
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A wonderful hearfelt story
This achingly beautiful story of an old lady’s loneliness, and her deliverance from it, moved me beyond words. It took me to places I’ve never been to before. It made my heart sing and my spirit soar. And it renewed my joy in the pleasure and power of the written word. For a debut novel, it really is a triumph.
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Harriet Walter was excellent with the delivery of the story
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