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The Lost Storyteller
- Author
- Amanda Block
- Narrator
- Matt Bates, Polly Edsell
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 8 July 2021
- Run Time
- 12 hours 50 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss, Family history, tracing ancestors, Family saga / generational saga fiction, Fairy and Folk tales / Fairy tale retellings, Narrative theme: love / relationships
What to expect
Rebecca hasn't seen her father Leo since she was six. Her family never talk about him, and she has long since pushed him firmly to the back of her mind. All she knows is that, once upon a time, he was a well-loved children's TV star.
But when a journalist turns up uninvited at her office, asking questions about her once-famous father, Rebecca starts to wonder whether there is more to Leo's absence than she realised. Then, looking for answers, she unearths a book of fairy tales written by Leo and dedicated to her - but what use are children's stories to her now, all these years later?
Tentatively, Rebecca tries to piece together her father's life, from the people he used to know and her own hazy memories. Yet her mind keeps returning to the magical, melancholic fairy tales, which seem to contain more truth than make-believe. Perhaps they are the key to unlocking the mystery of her father, the lost storyteller; to revealing who he was, what he went through - and even where he might be now...
THE LOST STORYTELLER celebrates the magic of forgotten fairy tales and the power and resilience of imagination.
(P)2021 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Critics Review
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I've been lost in The Lost Storyteller's marvellous pages . . . brilliantly written and high concept with a moving story and vivid characters. But it also has that special indefinable SOMETHING. One of my books of the year
Tracy Rees, bestselling author of The Rose Garden
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Details
- Author
- Amanda Block
- Narrator
- Matt Bates, Polly Edsell
- Duration
- 12 hours 50 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 July 2021
- ISBN
- 9781529360820
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss, Family history, tracing ancestors, Family saga / generational saga fiction, Fairy and Folk tales / Fairy tale retellings, Narrative theme: love / relationships
Synopsis
THE LOST STORYTELLER is the heartwarming and evocative debut novel from a stunning new voice in fiction, Amanda Block. Perfect for fans of Ruth Hogan, Jessie Burton and Diane Setterfield.Rebecca hasn't seen her father Leo since she was six. Her family never talk about him, and she has long since pushed him firmly to the back of her mind. All she knows is that, once upon a time, he was a well-loved children's TV star.But when a journalist turns up uninvited at her office, asking questions about her once-famous father, Rebecca starts to wonder whether there is more to Leo's absence than she realised. Then, looking for answers, she unearths a book of fairy tales written by Leo and dedicated to her - but what use are children's stories to her now, all these years later?Tentatively, Rebecca tries to piece together her father's life, from the people he used to know and her own hazy memories. Yet her mind keeps returning to the magical, melancholic fairy tales, which seem to contain more truth than make-believe. Perhaps they are the key to unlocking the mystery of her father, the lost storyteller; to revealing who he was, what he went through - and even where he might be now...THE LOST STORYTELLER celebrates the magic of forgotten fairy tales and the power and resilience of imagination.(P)2021 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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