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Carol

By: Patricia Highsmith
Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
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 NOW A HUGELY ACCLAIMED, SIX-TIMES OSCAR-NOMINATED FILM STARRING CATE BLANCHETT AND ROONEY MARA

'Full of tremor and of threat and of her peculiar genius for anxiety' SUNDAY TIMES

'A document of persecuted love . . . perfect' INDEPENDENT

'Some books change lives. This is one of them' VAL MCDERMID

A groundbreaking American novel for its honest and sensitive portrayal of a lesbian couple in the 1950s, Carol is a truly remarkable story.

Therese is just an ordinary sales assistant working in a New York department store when an alluring woman in her thirties walks up to her counter. Standing there, Therese is wholly unprepared for the first shock of love. She is an awkward nineteen-year-old with a job she hates and a boyfriend she doesn't love. Carol is a sophisticated, bored suburban housewife in the throes of a divorce and a custody battle for her only daughter. As Therese becomes irresistibly drawn into Carol's world, she soon realises how much they both stand to lose.

First published pseudonymously in 1952 as The Price of Salt, Carol is a hauntingly atmospheric love story set against the backdrop of fifties New York.©1984 Claire Morgan (P)2014 Isis Publishing Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction
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A beautiful story, well written and movingly performed. Loved every second and will no don’t listen to it again

Incredible

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A story of the possibilities but also the difficulties facing same sex relationships. It was enjoyable but not engrossing!

Good story for understanding

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I completely entered the world of Carol and Therese and became captivated by their story. The narration was superb. I didn't want it end!

Mesmerising!

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lovely! a great novel with a beautiful love story told wonderfully plainfully..loved it.. I highly recommended it.

great novel

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What did you like most about Carol?

It speaks to a number of interesting themes, including gender, sexuality and class discrimination, all woven into an affecting story and characters you can invest in.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I enjoyed Therese, because of the arc of her story, her self containment and her burgeoning maturity.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Carol is blackmailed into going home and Therese is left alone.

A truly affecting story

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brilliant. brilliant. well written and a beautiful tale of love. well written and a beautiful story.

brilliant

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No sooner had I finished this book I wanted to turn around and start it again - I wish I had read it ten years ago when I was starved for books that reflected (in some way) my experiences. Laurel Lefkow's beautiful voice fits the dreamy sonorous landscape of this tale of forbidden love perfectly.

Ethereal

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Descriptive and immersive taking you back to the past and immersing you into a world long past.

Excellent

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