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Shine, Pamela! Shine!

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Shine, Pamela! Shine!

By: Kate Atkinson
Narrated by: Gwendoline Christie
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About this listen

Thoroughly divorced but ever the optimist, Pamela faces the realities of aging and the leaps of faith required to put a “sparkle” on her daily life in this humorous short story by Kate Atkinson, the bestselling author of Life After Life.

Pamela is a newly retired teacher with time on her hands. She’s finding it hard to muster enthusiasm for what’s ahead: exhausting postdivorce dating rituals and an uneasy relationship with her emotionally stunted, live-at-home son. But for Pamela, there’s a surprise in store that could challenge the status quo and, against all expectations, make life interesting again.

Kate Atkinson’s Shine, Pamela! Shine! is part of Out of Line, an incisive collection of funny, enraging, and hopeful stories of women’s empowerment and escape. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single thought-provoking sitting.

Audible narration by Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones)

©2020 Kate Costello Ltd. (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Short Stories Women's Fiction Comedy Witty Funny

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The narration was excellent - will be looking for more books narrated by Gwendoline Christie - a beautiful voice.

Great short story

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I offer myself up to Kate Atkinson’s writing and let the fairy tale winds fill my sails.
Blissful writing.

Shiny

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A quirky compact and gripping tale,full of humour and acute observation -and what a final twist!

The unexpected chance to shine!

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I liked it! Quirky short story from a master (or mistress rather) of character carving.
A quick read or 45 minute listen on audible
(nicely done by Gwendolyn Christie)

Quirky short story

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Even though the ending was a tad disappointing I loved this short story. It was just so well written and witty.

Witty

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Narrator couldn't seem to decide on accents. Daughter begins with a confusing Irish accent only to become Scottish later on!?
Not the best example from K Atkinson who I usually enjoy. Two dimensional stereotypical portrayal of a menopausal woman, unrelatable.

Bad accents

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Thought this would be a good read simply because of who the author was, but it was very boring, lacked content , waited for the story to start but it never did.

Disappointed

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