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  • It's the Little Things

  • By: Erica James
  • Narrated by: Julia Franklin
  • Length: 14 hrs and 51 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (203 ratings)
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It's the Little Things

By: Erica James
Narrated by: Julia Franklin
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Summary

Dan and Sally Oliver and their friend Chloe Hennessey are lucky to be alive. Three years on, after surviving one of the world's biggest natural disasters - the Boxing Day tsunami - their lives have changed dramatically.

Dan and Sally are now parents. Dan is enjoying being a stay-at-home father taking care of their young son, and Sally is the bread winner and loves her job as a partner in a Manchester law firm. The arrangement has so far worked well, but when Dan starts to question whether Sally has got her priorities right, the cracks in their marriage begin to appear.

Dan and Sally have everything Chloe wishes for in life - a happy marriage and a beautiful child. Dumped by her long-term boyfriend just weeks after the tsunami, she's been on a mission ever since to find the perfect father for the child she craves. When she meets Seth Hawthorne, she thinks she may have hit the jackpot. But is Seth the man she thinks he is?

©2009 Erica James (P)2009 WF Howes Ltd

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Couldn't finish it

This is the first audiobook I haven't been able to finish. Having said that it is an easy listen, but I felt that the narrators voice was not suited to the style of the book, which increasingly got on my nerves! I can't exactly put my finger on it, but perhaps it should have been read by someone more contemporary with the characters.Although its not for me, please dont be put off - you may really enjoy it.

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Disappointing

I started listening to this after finishing Erica James 'The Hidden Cottage' and this feels like it was written by a different author. I loved the plot, the characterisation and the narration of 'The Hidden Cottage' and the way the author so completely drew me into the characters lives. This book, however, did not grip me at all, the pace was very slow, I didn't particularly like any of the characters and didn't care what happened to them . I also found Julia Franklin's narration irritating especially her voicing of the male characters.

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It's the little things

The book kept me listening to the end. A tale of how the Tsunami on Boxing Day changed the lives of 4 friends. Nothing earth shattering just following the lives of people affected by tradegy and how lives take different twists and turns

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Feel good

This was a lovely feel good story, enables one to shut out the worries of the day and pretend. True though it is the little things so a good moral to the story.

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meh

I struggled to finish this book, Sally was such a holier than thou bitch. The rest of the story and character's were ok.

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Easy listening

The srory was exactly as you expect which in many ways is good as it is easy to dip in and out of.
Unfortunately the narrator made all the male characters sound very pompous and arrogant even the ones who were meant to be nice.
I found he narration a bit irritating.
Sorry to be unkind.
Predictably happy ending which is what we expect and enjoy.

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a real page Turner a vey good story worked well u

lovely story using Bletchley Park as a background story well resourced giving a lovely storyline great author

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The wonder of friendship

Friendship and love and loss told through the eyes of each character. Well performed 5 stars.

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Narration a let down

Lovely story but the narrator’s voice was way too mature for the characters’ age group.

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Ok

I did keep listening to the end, but felt that the characters, on the whole, were quite annoying. Nobody actually willing to really talk about anything important. I also found the narrator quite irritating.

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