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Title: The Importance of Being Myrtle
Author: Ulrika Jonsson
Narrator: Anna Bentinck
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-12-12
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
When Myrtles husband, Austin, dies on the bus one morning, everything seems to freeze. But in reality Myrtle has been frozen for nearly 40 years, locked into an emotionless marriage. So if the barriers have been lifted, why does she still feel trapped? Her daughters are a mystery to her - one prickly and defensive, the other with a closely guarded secret. And thanks to Austins cold presence, friends are a rarity. How is a widow supposed to find herself when shes alone in the world?But hope might rest with Gianni, the kind stranger in whose arms Austin died.
Members Reviews:
The Importance of being Myrtle
I started reading this book a few weeks after the death of my partner and I wasn't sure whether it was the right book to read at that time of my life. I quickly realised that the author portrayed the effect of grief on individuals in a realistic way and I could empathise with both Myrtle herself as the grieving and shell shocked widow and with her two adult daughters, Gillian and Beth.
Austin Lewis was a controlling man who kept Myrtle where he wanted her and didn't allow her a life of her own. Because of the circumstances surrounding their marriage - revealed in flash backs - Myrtle didn't feel she should assert her own personality. As a consequence when Austin dies on a bus one morning going to work Myrtle finds herself adrift and at the mercy of control freak - daughter Gillian.
This is a well written and at times very funny story about what happens when there is a death in a family and how even those who think it won't change their lives find it has a huge effect on them. I liked the characters and some of the dialogue is absolutely brilliant. I particularly liked the party Myrtle's neighbour Dorothy throws and to which she invites Myrtle. I enjoyed reading it and found it helped me to understand what I am going through too.
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Title: The Importance of Being Myrtle
Author: Ulrika Jonsson
Narrator: Anna Bentinck
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-12-12
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
When Myrtles husband, Austin, dies on the bus one morning, everything seems to freeze. But in reality Myrtle has been frozen for nearly 40 years, locked into an emotionless marriage. So if the barriers have been lifted, why does she still feel trapped? Her daughters are a mystery to her - one prickly and defensive, the other with a closely guarded secret. And thanks to Austins cold presence, friends are a rarity. How is a widow supposed to find herself when shes alone in the world?But hope might rest with Gianni, the kind stranger in whose arms Austin died.
Members Reviews:
The Importance of being Myrtle
I started reading this book a few weeks after the death of my partner and I wasn't sure whether it was the right book to read at that time of my life. I quickly realised that the author portrayed the effect of grief on individuals in a realistic way and I could empathise with both Myrtle herself as the grieving and shell shocked widow and with her two adult daughters, Gillian and Beth.
Austin Lewis was a controlling man who kept Myrtle where he wanted her and didn't allow her a life of her own. Because of the circumstances surrounding their marriage - revealed in flash backs - Myrtle didn't feel she should assert her own personality. As a consequence when Austin dies on a bus one morning going to work Myrtle finds herself adrift and at the mercy of control freak - daughter Gillian.
This is a well written and at times very funny story about what happens when there is a death in a family and how even those who think it won't change their lives find it has a huge effect on them. I liked the characters and some of the dialogue is absolutely brilliant. I particularly liked the party Myrtle's neighbour Dorothy throws and to which she invites Myrtle. I enjoyed reading it and found it helped me to understand what I am going through too.