Emotionally Weird
Kate Atkinson(Author)
Frances Tomelty(Speaker)
Random House Audiobooks (Publisher)
Published on 4. February 2010
Audio
CD-Audio
978-1-84657-237-1 (ISBN)
Description
On a peat and heather island off the west coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother Nora take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories.Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was - variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie.
Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, the land of cakes and William Wallace, where she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom the Klingons are as real as the French and the Germans (more real than the Luxemburgers).But strange things are happening. Why is Effie being followed?Is someone killing the old people? And where is the mysterious yellow dog?
Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, the land of cakes and William Wallace, where she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom the Klingons are as real as the French and the Germans (more real than the Luxemburgers).But strange things are happening. Why is Effie being followed?Is someone killing the old people? And where is the mysterious yellow dog?
Reviews / Votes
"Comic and touching by turns, this is a richly rewarding listen." -- Kati Nicholl * Daily Express * "...the perfect Mother's Day offering...voiced with effervescent energy by Frances Tomelty" * The Times *More details
Edition
Abridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cornerstone
Edition type
Abridged edition
Product notice
Audio CD
Dimensions
Height: 144 mm
Width: 125 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Duration
Dauer: 237 min
Weight
187 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84657-237-1 (9781846572371)
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Persons
Kate Atkinson (Author) Kate Atkinson is one of the world's foremost novelists. She won the Costa Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Her three critically lauded and prizewinning novels set around World War II are Life After Life, A God in Ruins (both winners of the Costa Novel Award), and Transcription. She was appointed MBE for services to literature in 2011.
Her bestselling literary crime novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie, Case Histories, One Good Turn, When Will There Be Good News? and Started Early, Took My Dog became a BBC television series starring Jason Isaacs. Jackson Brodie returns in her new novel Big Sky.
Her bestselling literary crime novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie, Case Histories, One Good Turn, When Will There Be Good News? and Started Early, Took My Dog became a BBC television series starring Jason Isaacs. Jackson Brodie returns in her new novel Big Sky.