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Instructions for a Heatwave

By: Maggie O'Farrell
Narrated by: Dearbhla Molloy
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The stunning new novel from Costa-Novel-Award-winning novelist Maggie O'Farrell: a portrait of an Irish family in crisis in the legendary heatwave of 1976.

It's July 1976. In London, it hasn't rained for months, gardens are filled with aphids, water comes from a standpipe and Robert Riordan tells his wife Gretta that he's going round the corner to buy a newspaper. He doesn't come back.

The search for Robert brings Gretta's children - two estranged sisters and a brother on the brink of divorce - back home, each with different ideas as to where their father might have gone. None of them suspects that their mother might have an explanation that even now she cannot share.

©2013 Maggie O'Farrell (P)2013 Headline Digital
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Ordinary lives that are rich because of ordinary love.

A tale of the beauty of family in all it’s messiness and deficiency. Richly narrated. Left me thankful and thoughtful.

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A satisfying read

True to style Maggie O' Farrell delivers another insightful sensitive story which makes a compelling read

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Maggie's books wrap you around a story , love them

What made the experience of listening to Instructions for a Heatwave the most enjoyable?

Her ability to entwine lives and keep you interested the whole way through the story
She is a great story teller.

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