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Still Life

By: Sarah Winman
Narrated by: Sarah Winman
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
WINNER OF DYMOCKS BOOK OF THE YEAR
A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2021
A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK
WINNER OF THE INWORDS LITERARY AWARD

‘Sheer joy' Graham Norton

‘Utterly beautiful … filled with hope’ Joanna Cannon, author of Three Things About Elsie

’A gorgeous, generous story of kind hearts and kindred spirits’ Daily Mirror

From the author of When God was a Rabbit and Tin Man, Still Life is a big-hearted story of the families we forge and the friendships that make us.

1944, Italy. As bombs fall around them, two strangers meet in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa and share an extraordinary evening.

Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier, Evelyn Skinner a 64-year-old art historian living life on her own terms. She has come to salvage paintings from the wreckage of war and relive memories of her youth when her heart was stolen by an Italian maid in a particular room with a view. Ulysses’ chance encounter with Evelyn will transform his life – and all those who love him back home in London – forever.

Uplifting, sweeping and full of unforgettable characters, Still Life is a novel about beauty, love, family and friendship.

‘THE most beautiful book … it will stay with me a long time’ Sara Cox, BBC Two’s Between the Covers

‘Extraordinary . . . my book of the year’ Liz Nugent, author of Our Little Cruelties

‘Moving, wise, poetic and funny’ Daily Mail

‘Winman’s pages teem with boisterous, exuberant life’ Sunday Times

Sunday Times bestseller 09/06/2021

©2021 Sarah Winman (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited 20th Century Biographical Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction
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I adored this book! It’s a beautifully written story about interesting and complex people who share deep, heartwarming relationships. At times I laughed out loud and towards the end I cried real tears. It evoked a range of emotions through a simple story of people who love and support each other through-out the course of their lifetimes. Sarah Winman narrates her own book brilliantly and makes you fall in love with each of her characters one by one. The relationships between an old man and a tree, a grieving soldier and his dead comrade, a group of Eastenders and an Italian village, all come together under the Florentine skyline and an African parrot’s wingspan. It is both magical and relatable and inspired me to book a trip back to Italy.

Heartwarming and inspiring

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Story-telling at its best. I loved it. Some may find it very slow-going, but the narrator really brought the characters to life.

Beautifully Narrated

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A beautiful sprawling history of a few lives well lived. The characters are wonderful and immensely likeable even when they maybe shouldn't be. Florence and a slightly less romantic corner of London provide the backdrop to show just how magical and full of possibilities life can be.

Missing it already

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I haven’t enjoyed or been so completely immersed in a book for some years. My first introduction to this author. Loves the story. Atmospheric without being obvious; funny and real; honest. The characters were so vivid and alive I feel bereft now it’s finished. I’d love to go to dinner with them all and find out how they are now. Can’t recommend strongly enough

The best book ….

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Beautiful, inspiring and sweet story, just not eventful enough for my more shallow wants. But still beautiful.

Beautiful

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I loved every moment of this wonderful book. It may be one of the top 5 books I have read.

The characterisation is superb, she transports you into their world. Wraps you in it like a warm familiar hug.

The narration is absolute perfection. Her voices are just right and very consistent throughout. I love how she narrates Cressy and Alys.

Did I mention I lived this book? I can’t wait to read her others. In the meantime I’ve recommended it to my mother and my daughter and I’m jealous they get to discover it for the first time.

Poetic and beautiful

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A wonderfully fulfilling tale. Humour, art, emotion, intrigue,pathos and an E M Forster finale. What more can you ask of a book. I loved it.

The east end meets Modo di vivere

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A perfect jewel
A slice of lives over decades -with Florence as the heart of the book
The themes of different periods From precious moments in war time, touching on life long relationships .
Community and , family made up of different characters from small town England - each character touching on diversity - and highlights from the decades - the flood in Florence being a great communal binder .
Poignant , historical facts woven into a gripping Story

Still - life - a kaleidoscope / 3/d entry into the lives of the main Protagonist

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Sarah Winman narrates her delightful Novel so perfectly - developing her characters to a level that one sees it in cinematic glory - can’t wait for the movie - loved it

Thoroughly enjoyable with wonderful characterisations

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Beautiful complex characters, amazing story telling and really just pure joy. Made my heart sing.

One of the loveliest tales I’ve heard in a long time.

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