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I enjoyed Instructions for a Heatwave by one of my favorite authors: Maggie O’Farrell! The narrator, John Lee, was very pleasant and it was easy to listen to his voice. This novel had a cast of interesting family characters, some dysfunctional ones...big time. It's set in England during 1976, which was during an unprecedented heatwave. The Riordan family, who are Irish ex-pats, living in London are long time (decades) married couple: Gretta and Robert. They are empty-nesters who raised 3 childre
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Both funny and poignant. I liked how each member of the family was a character in their own right with their own story. Lacked something but I don't know what it was.....but overall I enjoyed it
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I genuinely was interested in each character, but the book failed to go into adequate detail for any of them.
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