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    Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
    Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
    Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies
    Audiobook12 hours

    Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies

    Written by Maddie Mortimer

    Narrated by Tamsin Greig and Lydia Wilson

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    Named a Best Book of 2022 by Time, The New Yorker, and The Wall Street Journal

    Longlisted for the Booker Prize · Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize · Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize · Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize · Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Prize

    This lyrical debut novel is at once a passionate coming-of-age story, a meditation on illness and death, and a kaleidoscopic journey through one woman’s life—told in part by the malevolent voice of her disease.

    Lia, her husband Harry, and their beloved daughter, Iris, are a precisely balanced family of three. With Iris struggling to navigate the social tightrope of early adolescence, their tender home is a much-needed refuge. But when a sudden diagnosis threatens to derail each of their lives, the secrets of Lia’s past come rushing into the present, and the world around them begins to transform.

    Deftly guided through time, we discover the people who shaped Lia’s youth; from her deeply religious mother to her troubled first love. In turn, each will take their place in the shifting landscape of Lia’s body; at the center of which dances a gleeful narrator, learning her life from the inside, growing more emboldened by the day.

    Pivoting between the domestic and the epic, the comic and the heart-breaking, this astonishing novel unearths the darkness and levity of one woman’s life to symphonic effect.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateJun 28, 2022
    ISBN9781797141992
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    Maddie Mortimer

    Maddie Mortimer was born in London in 1996. She received her BA in English Literature from the University of Bristol. Her writing has featured in The Times and her short films have screened at festivals around the world. In 2019 she completed the Faber Academy Writing a Novel course. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is her first novel.

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    Readers find this title to have both positive and negative aspects. Some readers find the writing to be exquisite and heartfelt, with unique points of view that evoke strong emotions. However, others find the book tedious and dragging on. Overall, the book offers a thought-provoking exploration of existential themes and reminds readers of the importance of what truly matters in life.

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    • 5/5
      Exquisite, heartfelt writing. This had me shook and questioning all things existential. Such unique POVs, as the narration seamlessly swings between the voice of the person and its' invader. It made me weep and reminded me to keep an eye on what's truly important in our lives.
    • 1/5
      Tedious; tried to get jnto this book, but it dragged on & on