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The Pink Hotel

By: Anna Stothard
Narrated by: Imogen Church
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Summary

Breaking news: The Pink Hotel is soon being made into a movie…get ahead of the rest and listen to it before you see it!

A seventeen-year-old London girl flies to Los Angeles for the funeral of her mother Lily, from whom she has been estranged since her childhood. Stealing a suitcase of letters, clothes and photographs from her mum's bedroom at the top of a hotel on Venice Beach, the girl spends her summer travelling around Los Angeles, returning love letters and photographs to the men who had known her mother. But as she discovers more about Lily's past and tries to re-enact her life, she comes to question the foundations of her own.

©2012 Anne Stothard (P)2012 Audible Ltd Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Romance Women's Fiction
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Critic reviews

“The quality of her writing is remarkable.” (Helen Dunmore)
“She breathes new life into old literature” (Fay Weldon)
“Matters of personal identity underlie an exhilarating ride through LA’s seamier side in the company of a hard-bitten yet highly engaging protagonist” (The Daily Mail)
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Like I said it took me a good hour or two into the book before I became hooked, but it's a really beautiful story and isn't over done like so many story's can be. It had a nice layed back pace to it which was a nice change for me. It also had some really stunning language and the way Anna stothard writes is lovely.

Bit slow... But LOVED IT

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For me, this book, short as it is, is dragging. The premise is clever and the writing is, at times, excellent, vivid and daring. But the characters were not as vivid as some of the descriptive passages, the main character, arguably, the late Lily whose daughter narrates the story just didn't have any reality to me and I didn't like her daughter much, in fact I got bored with her introspection. I felt a lot of sympathy for her dad, actually. I am almost at the end now, and looking forward to it being over. It's not bad enough to give up on - I do want to see it through - but it's not really gripping, not very funny, not that touching...



The narration is, however, good and it suits the character of the first person voice who tells the story.

Just missed the mark

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I couldn't get on with the monotonous narration, very disappointed. Perhaps the story improved as it went on, however I found it almost as boring as the dull voice of the reader.

Listless narration

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This was certainly not a typical read for me - I had little idea what sort of story I was getting into. After the first few chapters I was wondering if I should continue when I got hooked on the story and wanted to follow the characters through to the end. Haunting at times. (Not sure if that quite conveys what I mean but came to me which writing.)

Well Observed

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I've got to be honest, I selected this book as it as reduced and thought it could while away a few hours on the sun bed while on holiday.



I really enjoyed the story and became absorbed, feeling all the colours described and the warmth of sun during this adventure. The story is brought to life such that you smell and feel everything.



A nice little break from reality, give it a go.

Twists and turns that you don't expect

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