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The Marble Collector

By: Cecelia Ahern
Narrated by: Aoife McMahon, Aidan Kelly
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Summary

A forgotten childhood. A discovered life. The poignant new bestseller from Cecelia Ahern.

What if you only had one day to find out who you really were?

When Sabrina Boggs stumbles upon a mysterious collection of her father’s possessions, she discovers a truth where she never knew there was a lie. The familiar man she grew up with is suddenly a stranger to her.

An unexpected break in her monotonous daily routine leaves her just one day to unlock the secrets of the man she thought she knew. A day that unearths memories, stories and people she never knew existed. A day that changes her and those around her forever.

The Marble Collector is a thought-provoking novel about how the most ordinary decisions we make can have the most extraordinary consequences for how we live our lives. And how sometimes it’s only by shining on a light on someone else, that you can truly understand yourself.

 Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Satire Small Town & Rural Women's Fiction Heartfelt Thought-Provoking
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Critic reviews

‘Cleverly constructed, full of flavour and moving’ Daily Mail

‘An illuminating and touching father/daughter story about memory, childhood and secrets’ Woman & Home

‘Beautiful and unexpected … both thought-provoking and life-affirming’ Sunday Express

‘Intricate and emotional … really completely lovely’ Grazia

‘Brilliant characters, piles of pathos and intrigue…quite simply fantastic’ Heat

‘Both moving and thought-provoking’ Irish Independent

‘A must read’ Marie Claire

‘Enchanting’ Good Housekeeping

‘Really touching, quite, quite beautiful’ Lovereading.co.uk

‘A unique read’ Closer

‘Another hit!’ Essentials

Praise for Cecelia Ahern:

‘A wry, dark drama’ Daily Mail

‘Ahern cleverly and thoughtfully turns the tables, providing thought-provoking life lessons.’ Sunday Express

‘An unusual and satisfying novel’ Woman

‘Life-affirming, warm and wise’ Good Housekeeping

‘Cecelia Ahern is an undisputed master when it comes to writing about relationships…Moving, real and exquisitely crafted.’ Heat
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Really enjoyed this story. It's not my absolute favourite celia Ahern book but it's definitely worth a listen!

Good story!

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This is a sweet book, a nice book, an interlude between more exciting adbentures if you like that kind of reading. The story centres on a man and his secrets, on obsession and childish games that follow him in to adulthood, misunderstandings and all set against the backdrop of a lunar eclipse. All turns out right in the end though but the drama is interesting and it’s short enough in duration to do in a single sitting. A few too many he says I says but that aprtt it was fine. The readers were good too which always helps. A book best suited for a long day, something to relax to. A kind of day in the life or revelations. It was nice.

The moon made me do it

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This is the first book I've read by this author and I thought she has carefully and insightfully crafted the characters into an engaging story

I enjoyed this book and recommend it

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Very well narrated story. Can't say it's the best book I've listened to but a nice gentle story.

Ok

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I didn't know very much about marbles so it was interesting to find out a bit more about them. I don't think I have ever read a book about this topic before so it was nice to have something a bit different.

I found it hard to get into at first though, and wasn't sure about the characters. However once it got going I liked it more, as felt I could empathise with the characters. It is moving.

The narration is very good, and enjoyed the switching between the two. Both did good character voices and were easy to listen to.

Overall, it didn't rock my world but it is an emotional story showing the power of memory.

Different

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