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A Certain Age

AuthorLynne Truss

NarratorVarious

Duration5h 33m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Short Stories

PublisherChivers

VersionUnabridged

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In the tradition of Alan Bennett's 'Talking Heads', Lynne Truss' twelve monologues are about love, romance, friendship and family. Here are six men and six women, each with a very different story to tell, ranging from the wife who feels better when her husband disappears to the pedant who undergoes a TV makeover and the Olympic swimmer who can't escape the shadow of her sister.

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