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Narrated by:
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Nicola Coughlan
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By:
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Michelle Gallen
About this listen
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD
FINALIST FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARD FOR NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
FINALIST FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE
“Darkly hilarious . . . Wildly entertaining.”—The Guardian
Meet Majella O’Neill, a heroine like no other, performed by Nicola Coughlan, star of Derry Girls.
Majella is happiest out of the spotlight, away from her neighbors’ stares and the gossips of the small town in Northern Ireland where she grew up just after the Troubles. She lives a quiet life caring for her alcoholic mother, working in the local chip shop, watching the regular customers come and go. She wears the same clothes each day (overalls, too small), has the same dinner each night (fish and chips, microwaved at home after her shift ends), and binge-watches old DVDs of the same show (Dallas, best show on TV) from the comfort of her bed.
But underneath Majella’s seemingly ordinary life are the facts that she doesn’t know where her father is and that every person in her town has been changed by the lingering divide between Protestants and Catholics. When Majella’s predictable existence is upended by the death of her granny, she comes to realize there may be more to life than the gossips of Aghybogey, the pub, and the chip shop. In fact, there just may be a whole big world outside her small town.
Told in a highly original voice, with a captivating heroine listeners will love and root for, Big Girl, Small Town will appeal to fans of Sally Rooney, Ottessa Moshfegh, and accessible literary fiction with an edge.
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A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Best Book of 2020
“An immensely lovable debut novel . . . Gallen manages to evoke in us a wave of complex feelings. It’s the kind of magic you’ll feel lucky to find.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post
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“An inventively foulmouthed gem of a novel . . . Majella, our clear-eyed protagonist, is far more than a gifted wisecracker . . . Majella is a welcome addition to the diverse family of protagonists that includes young Christopher Boone in Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Hesketh Lock in Liz Jensen’s The Uninvited, and Keiko in Sayaka Murata’s Convenience Store Woman, all of whom perceive reality through a similar lens . . . In this oddly affecting novel of everyday defeats, [Majella’s] triumph is more thrilling than any army’s victory.”—The Wall Street Journal
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As a child, Delia Merriweather believed with all her heart that she was a witch. Because all Merriweather women were witches. There was just one problem: they had no magic. As an adult, Delia no longer believes magic even exists. However, when she accidentally breaks a hex and restores her family’s powers, she’s forced to accept a new reality: she is a witch. And maybe that’s why the crushingly handsome guy next door has been looking at her like he’s expecting her to fly off on a broomstick, cackling into the night.
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What May We Hex-pect in the Sequel?
- By Kirk Doc on 09-09-24
By: Carly Bloom
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We Were Brave
- By: Cap Daniels, Melissa Mason
- Narrated by: Nick Sullivan
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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When New York Times best-selling novelist Cap Millhouse finds himself alone, destitute, and defeated on the cold winter streets of his hometown, his former fame now buried beneath mountains of despair. His new reality dances in the wake of decisions he can never undo and memories he can never escape. Imprisoned inside his own psyche, Millhouse believes his death is the only path capable of finally putting his demons to rest.
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A different path for me
- By Dallas Britt on 05-10-21
By: Cap Daniels, and others
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Charlie's Secret
- Inspired by a True Story
- By: C. L. Heckman
- Narrated by: Mara Walker
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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As a little girl, Sam had no idea that her life was different than anyone else's. Her days consisted of playing in a nearby pond, banished to the forest until supper by her mother. Thankfully, she wasn't alone out in the woods...her brother, Charlie, was always there to guide and protect her from anything that may bring harm—however, who was going to protect her from him?
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- By Rebecca Caro on 11-25-24
By: C. L. Heckman
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Girl in the Blue Coat
- By: Monica Hesse
- Narrated by: Natalia Payne
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Amsterdam, 1943. Hanneke spends her days procuring and delivering sought-after black market goods to paying customers, her nights hiding the true nature of her work from her concerned parents, and every waking moment mourning her boyfriend, who was killed on the Dutch front lines when the Germans invaded. She likes to think of her illegal work as a small act of rebellion.
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Author Tried Too Hard to Not Be Predictable
- By Lori J. Little on 06-13-19
By: Monica Hesse
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A Million Little Choices
- By: Tamera Alexander
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Claire Powell’s life is turned upside down when her beloved husband admits to a “near affair.” But when Stephen accepts a partnership with an Atlanta law firm without consulting her and buys a historic Southern home sight-unseen―it pushes their already-fractured marriage to the breaking point. Claire’s world spirals, and she soon finds herself in a marriage she no longer wants, in a house she never asked for.
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worthy of a listen
- By Anonymous User on 01-09-24
By: Tamera Alexander
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Cassandra in Reverse
- By: Holly Smale
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Cassandra Penelope Dankworth is a creature of habit. She likes what she likes (museums, jumpsuits, her boyfriend, Will) and strongly dislikes what she doesn't (mess, change, her boss drinking out of her mug). Her life runs in a pleasing, predictable order…until now. Then, something truly unexpected happens: Cassie discovers she can go back and change the past. One small rewind at a time, Cassie attempts to fix the life she accidentally obliterated, but soon she'll discover she's trying to fix all the wrong things.
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Great audiobook listen!
- By Jennifer on 08-27-23
By: Holly Smale
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Misdirected
- By: Lucy Parker
- Narrated by: Nicola Coughlan, Gwilym Lee
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
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Hattie Murton never dreamed of TV stardom. A straight-from-a-fairytale encounter with a casting agent somehow landed her a part on what she’d thought would be a one-off pilot for Leicester Square…
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Mindless chatter
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 02-04-25
By: Lucy Parker
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My Dark Vanessa
- A Novel
- By: Kate Elizabeth Russell
- Narrated by: Grace Gummer
- Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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2000. Bright, ambitious, and yearning for adulthood, 15-year-old Vanessa Wye becomes entangled in an affair with Jacob Strane, her magnetic and guileful 42-year-old English teacher. 2017. Amid the rising wave of allegations against powerful men, a reckoning is coming due. Strane has been accused of sexual abuse by a former student, who reaches out to Vanessa, and now Vanessa suddenly finds herself facing an impossible choice: Remain silent, firm in the belief that her teenage self willingly engaged in this relationship, or redefine herself and the events of her past.
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I apologize
- By Judy George on 03-13-20
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- Eileen McGowan
- 12-19-20
Not my kind of story
This is more a character study than a story where something happens. It’s well written, but to me, ended rather abruptly with no catalyst for the final decisions that were made. I feel like I’ve wasted my time.
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- PHXJBK
- 01-28-21
Small town Northern Ireland growing up story
Tragic, funny, real. loved it. very easy to embrace young woman as real story teller
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- Lynne W
- 12-13-20
Extraordinary narration
This mystery is actually a sensitive if gritty novel of a quiet, unremarkable life. The decency and struggle of the main character is revealed through the accretion of small details and small actions . There is a lot of focus on body functions and the wretched food she prepares and consumes both at home and at the squalid pub where she serves as cook. But she inspires real sympathy and concern, and the reader cheers when life unexpectedly deals her a transformative reward. The marvelous narration is in an Irish accent so rich that phrases can be difficult for an American reader to catch . I listened twice through specifically because I just enjoyed hearing it.
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- Laura
- 01-14-21
So enjoyable!!
Loved this book. Got so many LOL moments with it. Very relatable. Nicola was brilliant!
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- N. Lawrence
- 12-09-20
Brilliant book, brilliant narrator
This story takes us away from our four walls and tidy lives. The narrator does such an amazing job, worthy of the incredible writing.
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- b. b.
- 09-19-24
Great performance makes it worth it
Loved the story as authentically narrated - laughed hard many times. But that ending?!?!? Wha? Felt like an deadline had to be met, and was left confused and unsatisfied.
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- Churchill
- 12-20-20
Marjella will stay with you long after you listen
Gallen has created a classic non heroine in a fictional town shaped by The Troubles. The characters from Mammy to the people who come into the Salt and Battered chipper live lives of not so quiet desperation. They have been through so much, expect nothing and look for the "crack" to get them through. The narration is art in itself. I have now bought the book and will give as gifts. Priceless.
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- Scott J. Wiser
- 04-05-21
Hard to follow
Hard time following the story. The accent of the voice performance was difficult for me.
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- 04-11-24
I enjoyed meeting Majella
and spending some time inside her head.
I’m betting she becomes a mogul, like her mentor J.R. Ewing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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- Kimberley
- 12-18-20
Good but challenging
This book kept me engaged and curious about the fate of the protagonist. It ended abruptly and without much clarity or resolution which honestly pissed me off a bit since the author did a good job of immersing me into her difficult life. If I concentrate on the last sentence and use a lot of my imagination I might hazard a guess about how things end (or begin?) for our heroine but that’s not my preference when a book is well written like this one is. Sorry for the mixed review - it was good until the ending which really wasn’t an ending at all.
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