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The Only Way Is Up

By: Carole Matthews
Narrated by: Annie Aldington
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Summary

Lily and Laurence had it all: the money, the car, a beautiful home in the Buckinghamshire countryside. Then Laurence loses his job, and everything disappears. With nowhere to turn, Lily and Laurence are forced to take their two young children and move to a flea-ridden council house on a notoriously rough estate. As they try to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives, Lily constantly dreams of returning to her old luxurious life. Will her dream come true, or will she learn that money doesn't always buy happiness?

©2010 Carole Matthews (P)2017 Hachette Audio

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Only half way through! .....

... But totally addicted!! This is one excellent book, I can't wait for MY time when I can get back into this brilliant story, LOVING IT. A fab listen can't rate highly enough! ❤️❤️❤️

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Another great book

Another great book I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Even the narrator was brilliant. Well done all

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This is a great story

I have read this book when it came out and a few times more, this is my favourite Carole Matthews book, and now I can listen to it so even better. Must read if your Carole Matthews, fan x

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Excellent book, wrong Narrator

The narrative did not fit in with the characters, having read this book I was expecting the tone to be different. I was distracted by the narrator rather than lost in the book.

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Good but could have been more down to earth.

What a fab idea for a story! However, I was disappointed by 2 things. The main crux involves a family who are used to great fortune who lose everything, however it isn't really the case as they still hold some seriously valuable assets so they don't ever really experience 'nothing'. Secondly, the characters are far too middle class and a bit too fuddy duddy! That being said it was still a story that made me want to carry on reading and I enjoyed it. Not sure it was the right narrator which may have added to my dislike of the characters. Overall a good read/listen.

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Fantastic

What great characters and what a journey.
I absolutely loved this book. It is a must listen.

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Lovely Read

Really enjoyed this book easy to listen too and a good story and the characters were explained well.

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gripping

sort of fairytale like story where shallow people change in good problema still i read it in one go and it was funny and entertaining

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Enjoyable after slow start

I must admit I didn’t really like this at the beginning but it gathered momentum and it was a good listen. 1st time I’ve heard this author & I’m just about to listen to another of hers.

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Delightfully different story

As always, Carole’s stories are different to the usual run of the mill romantic comedy books. Really enjoyed this, bonded with the different characters and loved the life lesson, particularly at the end!

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