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Lorelei King reappears as sole narrator of the novel which won a coveted gold at last week's Spoken Word Publishers' Association awards, the audio Oscars. The book is Unless (HarperCollins £12.99), the last to be written by the late Carol Shields. Its narrator has three teenage daughters, the oldest of whom has taken to begging on a street-corner. By the end we know why. Nothing else, to speak of, happens. Yet these few hours of listening offer an intensity of distilled wisdom. Strung out on the tension of dread, Shields writes – and King reads – with consummate discretion, profundity, humour and elegant precision about ambition, family and the desperation of helpless love – though such clunking terms do little justice to this chiselled masterpiece of anguish and appreciation. Suffice to say that you just might lend this audio to your very best friend. But you will certainly fret until you get it back. Audiobooks: By Sue Gaisford 28 September 2003.
Catherine Pepinster, Independent
'This is a novel of great tenderness and compassion, as well as wit and drama.'
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