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The Post-Birthday World

Auteur(s): Lionel Shriver
Narrateur(s): Tanya Eby Sirois
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 Children's book illustrator Irina McGovern enjoys a quiet and settled life in London with her partner, fellow American expatriate Lawrence Trainer, a smart, loyal, disciplined intellectual at a prestigious think tank. To their small circle of friends, their relationship is rock solid, until the night Irina unaccountably finds herself dying to kiss another man: their old friend from South London, the stylish, extravagant, passionate top-ranking snooker player Ramsey Acton.

The decision to give in to temptation will have consequences for her career, her relationships with family and friends, and perhaps, most importantly, the texture of her daily life.

Hinging on a single kiss, this enchanting work of fiction depicts Irina's alternating futures with two men temperamentally worlds apart yet equally honorable. With which true love Irina is better off is neither obvious nor easy to determine, but Shriver's exploration of the two destinies is memorable and gripping. Poignant and deeply honest, written with the subtlety and wit that are the hallmarks of Shriver's work, The Post-Birthday World appeals to the what-if in us all.

©2008 Lionel Shriver (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Contemporaine Fiction Fiction de genre Fiction féminine Fiction littéraire Angleterre

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"The rewards for sticking with these 500-plus pages are as delicious as one of Irina's feasts." (The Washington Post)
"Best novel of '07." (Entertainment Weekly)
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I listened to the sample and I thought the narrator sounded OK. The sample did not include the narrator doing her terrible version of an English accent. It renders the book completely unlistenable in my opinion. I can’t finish it. I like this author and I’ve read this book and others by her in the past, and quite enjoy them. But this accent is a dealbreaker for me.

Terrible English accent

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