The Girl I Was Before
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Narrated by:
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Aoife McMahon
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By:
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Izzy Bayliss
About this listen
When Lily McDermott walks in to find her husband of just three months in bed with a famous actress, life as she knows it is over. Lily thinks things can't get any worse when she sees photos of her husband and his new lover splashed across the glossy magazine pages, but when she loses her job, too, she is at her lowest ebb and turns to baking to soothe her soul.
Wounded and broken, she has to try to pick herself up again with the help of her best friend, Frankie. With her encouragement, Lily decides to turn her hobby into a business and sets up Baked with Love. However, whatever Lily does, it seems disaster soon ensues....
When a handsome stranger comes to her rescue, Lily isn't quite ready to turn her back on her marriage. Can she risk opening her heart again, or is she destined to allow Marc to overshadow her life forever?
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- Little-Lady
- 06-11-24
Not for me
Dire and unbelievable - gave it 2 hours mainly as I love the narrator. But the characters were just irritating so had to give up
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-07-24
Good start
it was a shame ,I was enjoying it but the main character became more and more unlikeable as the story went on
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- Kindle Customer
- 17-12-24
Frankie is the best friend we all need.
The story was very funny and made me giggle a lot, however the Female lead takes more than half the book to move on. I wouldn't put this under romance but rather slice of life. the narrator did an excellent job and I loved all of the side characters.
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- BookCA
- 22-03-25
Is there really people out there like the main character?
I had to listen to the whole to see if the main character actually grew a backbone. The story line was frustrating because I don’t think I have ever known anyone so gullible, pathetic or stupid, as the main character. It wasn’t cute or sweet if it was ment to be. There was an explanation of why the sister was so awful and rude but even the explanation doesn’t excuse the rude nasty way the main character and the father made excuses for her. Glad I finished the book, actually surprised I did because a few times I was going to give up on it. At the end she still hadn’t grown a backbone.
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- kitchen finatic
- 19-01-24
Very twee
I listened to this to the end but not sure why as it made me feel slightly nauseated throughout. Very predictable and annoying characters
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- Sean Thompson
- 25-01-24
The innocent main character's good nature
The old catholic view of marriage, that a failed marriage was shameful, and the idea that it was a major barrier to a future relationship.
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- dk.bookworm
- 09-06-24
Just fab
I enjoyed this book so much.
Izzy Bayliss has really created som great characters, that bring out all the emotions…Lily doesn’t always make the right decisions ( sometimes you want to shake her) her sister is OTT and totally entitled , the husband a right b’ word. Then some nicer ones come along the way…
Great narration
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- Jan
- 30-01-25
The humour mixed with the reality
One of the best I’ve listened to, kept me awake many a night sleep forgotten to listen to just another chapter
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- Philstel
- 25-03-24
I loved it!
Easy listening. Funny, heart breaking and love affirming. Just the way you want everything to work out for the slightly dippy, yet totally lovable heroine. You can’t help but be on her side.
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- Afshan M
- 17-02-24
Easy listen
Loved the narrator’s voice and accent - and the story was easy to listen to . If abit simple
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