6/21/2023 0 Comments Claire fuller costa![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thomas Harding, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 10hr 8minīen Onwukwe and Mark Meadows narrate this sensitive account of the uprising of enslaved people in Demerara (now part of Guyana) in 1823, and the role of the author’s ancestors in colonialist oppression. The actor David Pevsner reads his eye-wateringly candid memoir, looking back on his career during which he supplemented his screen and stage income by working as a male escort. Further listeningĭavid Pevsner, Random House Canada, 11hr 5min Unsettled Ground is available from Penguin Audio, 9hr 29min. These include Dot’s old friend Bridget, who provides emotional support as the twins deal with the bureaucracy of bereavement Spencer Rawson, the wealthy neighbour whose cottage they live in and who threatens them with eviction and the family doctor who delivers some shocking news that causes Jeanie to reassess not just her mother but her entire existence. Reader Rachel Bavidge – who has narrated works by Paula Hawkins and Adele Parks, and Fuller’s own Bitter Orange – deftly gives voice to Jeanie and Julius, capturing their frustration and heartbreak as they realise the scale of their mother’s deception, as well as the peripheral figures who variously help and hinder their journey towards a new life. Her previous, Unsettled Ground, which won the Costa Novel Award 2021, and was shortlisted for the Womens Prize for Fiction Our Endless Numbered Days, which. ![]()
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