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Our Endless Numbered Days
- Narrated by: Eilidh L. Beaton
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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Summary
Winner of the 2015 Desmond Elliott Prize
1976: Peggy Hillcoat is eight. She spends her summer camping with her father, playing her beloved record of The Railway Children, and listening to her mother's grand piano, but her pretty life is about to change.
Her survivalist father, who has been stockpiling provisions for the end, which is surely coming soon, takes her from London to a cabin in a remote European forest. There he tells Peggy the rest of the world has disappeared.
Her life is reduced to a piano that makes music but no sound and a forest where all that grows is a means of survival. And a tiny wooden hut that is everything.
Critic reviews
"Fuller handles the tension masterfully in this grown-up thriller of a fairytale, full of clues, questions and intrigue." ( The Times)
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- Kaz.vincent
- 12-01-17
good read
was rather left wanting at the end not sure how I felt about the Finnish
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- Broken Down Angel
- 29-08-18
Excellent, interesting read, great use of words
This was a fascinating end of world/survivalist story. Really well written with such interesting turns of phrase. Absolutely loved it, hooked and loved the way it was told and the ending.
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- Jan
- 26-02-17
Unusual story
The storyline was strange and too long winded and I actually jumped some of it and the ending was insubstantial. But the narration was superb so overall I quite enjoyed it.
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- ruth
- 05-06-15
Original
Fascinating idea. Hauntingly possible.
Beautifully narrated. Recommended to the romantic in us. Seen through the eyes of a sweet natured young girl innocently believing in the reality of her fathers vision.
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- HMPS64
- 18-08-16
A rather sudden ending
great storyline but the ending was abrupt and incomplete. worth a read. recommend this for the thriller aspect
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- HadjerMDHS
- 18-03-19
Really good novel with an unexpected ending
Really good narration tyhe best I've heard in a long time. Excellent accents and voices. The story was slow to begin with but i felt it needed most elements to have that overall feel. The middle is a bit of a struggle but still really well written, when in the mood it was really good.
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- s manning
- 22-01-17
Good read
Enjoyed this book but slightly disappointment with the ending. would have liked a little more details in the end.
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- R. W. D. Pannell
- 26-05-22
No idea
Sorry, I’ve no idea what this all meant. Descriptions of off grid living interminable (and I usually love that) swapping times and places difficult in an audio book.
100% happy to believe it was all very meaningful and that it’s my fault for lacking engagement and intellect. (That’s 100% genuine and not as sarcastic as it looks!)
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- bookylady
- 28-03-16
Intriguing, thought-provoking, with a good twist.
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I chose this book because it has won prizes and has been praised by many critics and book bloggers I respect. It is not the kind of novel that I would normally pick up in a library or bookshop but I'm very glad that I gave it a go.
The story concerns Peggy who is taken from her home in London, under mysterious circumstances, to live in a cabin the woods ( in Germany? ) by her Survivalist father. She is eight years old at the time of her 'abduction'. One night, while her concert pianist mother is away on a concert tour, she overhears snatches of a quarrel between her father and his long-term friend and fellow survivalist Oliver. Their departure from the family home follows almost immediately after this. When Peggy escapes from the cabin and her father and is reunited with her mother, she is seventeen and discovers that she has an eight-year-old brother whom she has never known.
The bulk of the tale tells of the endless numbered days in the cabin with her father, surviving in the natural world with no modern conveniences and believing a story , told by her father, of a natural catastrophe which has left only the two of them alive. The relationship between the two of them undergoes many stresses and changes and when Peggy discovers the possibility of another person living nearby she begins to challenge the version of life her father has constructed for her. Puberty begins to rear its head too and Peggy is further confused. A descent into mental illness (for one or both of them)seems inevitable and a crisis arises between father and daughter, leading to tragedy and a dramatic final denouement.The story starts quite slowly but builds to a very dramatic end, with a twist which left me open-mouthed. I had thought I had worked out where the story was going but there was a sting in the tale that I did not see coming.
The narrative reads like a modern fairy tale in some respects and the narrator did well to keep me hooked to a storyline which for some periods was a bit light on plot. But overall, I would recommend it to anyone who likes a good yarn and an unexpected ending.
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- Sigrin
- 14-07-18
Twisted family dynamics
I enjoyed this book, but have not given it 5 stars for the following reasons
The narrator was ok and gave intonation and accents well, however she had a tinkly voice which grated immensely but that’s purely personal.
The book jumps around a lot and sometime you are confused as to where you are. I had to rewind a few times to pick up the thread which did distract from the whole.
Saying that I would recommend it as it’s a good story for discussions, especially for bookclubs etc.
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