Jessica Scott-Young asked Adeline Knight:

I loved listening to this! It made my heart so happy. I loved that the were multiple actors narrating. What inspired you to have the book read in this way, versus the normal solo narrator?

Adeline Knight Hi Jessica, that makes *my* heart happy to hear - thank you so much! That's exactly my aim in writing feel good fiction/romance...to bring a bit of happiness, joy and humour into your day. This is a great question, and the answer is that I was lucky to have an incredibly supportive publisher at Audible, Karen Yates, who right from the beginning wanted this book to be something new: an audio-only novel that was written and designed to create a special listening experience...somewhere between an audiobook and audio play, with many cast members bringing the scenes to life. I wrote it to explore new creative possibilities in this golden age of audio storytelling, and key to that was having a mix of traditional audio narration (as Eira and Ru have in their chapters), plus loads of other audio elements (like Eira and Ru's live 'Lonely Harts' call-in radio show, and the scenes where other actors become part of the narrative). It was so exciting to see (or 'hear'!) how the audio production came together (thanks to the hard work of the Audible team; Mike Cowap at Princess Pictures; the director Stuart McDonald; and the actors), and it was thrilling to have my words transformed and elevated into a completely different format like this.

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