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Bad Dreams and Other Stories

By: Tessa Hadley
Narrated by: Emma Gregory
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In these short stories, it's the ordinary things that turn out to be most extraordinary. Two sisters quarrel over an inheritance; a child awake in the night explores her home; a housekeeper caring for an elderly man uncovers secrets from his past. The stories focus in on crucial moments of transition. Small acts have large consequences, and some of them reverberate across decades. The real things that happen to people and the accidents that befall them are every bit as mysterious as their longings and their dreams.

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Critic Reviews

"Tessa Hadley has become one of this country's great contemporary novelists...possessed of a psychological subtlety reminiscent of Henry James, and an ironic beadiness worthy of Jane Austen."( Guardian)
"Few writers give me such consistent pleasure." ( Zadie Smith)
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Loved these short stories. By their very nature they leave one longing for more but so well written and narrated

Beautiful short stories

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Some good, some not so appealing but everyone should find something in the collection to enjoy.

Something for everyone…

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I don’t want to have to write a school essay on how a house sitter used somebody else’s dildo and tried to fuck there ex.

Shit school book

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I have never written a bad review, but this book is not worth a second of the time it took to download, let alone listen to. The story starts off great but ends with absolutely nothing. It's an utter waste of time. It's not even an anti-climax. It's nothing - literally nothing. A nonsensical ending. It's like... and then the shy is blue. Totally irrelevant to the entire story. Don't waste your money, but more importantly, don't waste your time. It give it a 1 star is being overly generous.

Not Worth A Second Of The Download Time

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