Here We Are, Graham Swift
Here We Are, Graham Swift
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Here We Are

Author: Graham Swift

Narrator: Phil Davis

Unabridged: 4 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/21/2020


Synopsis

Its the summer of 1959, and something magical can be witnessed at the end of the pier in beach town Brighton, England. Jack Robbins, Ronnie Deane, and Evie White are performing in a seaside variety show, starring as Jack Robinson, the compere comedian, and The Great Pablo and Eve, a magic act. By the end of the summer, Evies glinting engagement ring will be flung to the bottom of the ocean, and one of the trifecta will vanish forever. All three friends begin their path toward the end of Brightons pier early in life. Evie and Jacks mothers are always trumpeting the support that is trademark of stage mothers, while Ronnies mother sends her son out in the child evacuations to Penny and Eric Lawrence for safety from the London blitz. Its within the safety and love of Evergrene, the Lawrences estate, that magic creeps into Ronnies life for the first time and starts the intricate intertwining of fate, chance, and show business. Magic and reality share the stage in this masterfully devastating story that pulls back the curtain on the power of love, family, and the touchstones of our memories.

About Graham Swift

Graham Swift was born in 1949. He is the author of eleven novels, three collections of short stories including the highly praised England and Other Stories and of Making an Elephant, a book of essays, portraits, poetry and reflections on his life in writing. With Waterland he won the Guardian Fiction Prize and with Last Orders the Booker Prize. Mothering Sunday became a worldwide bestseller and won the Hawthornden Prize for best work of imaginative literature. All three novels were made into films. His latest novel, Here We Are, was internationally acclaimed. His work has appeared in over thirty-five languages.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessica

Here We Are by Graham Swift is an interesting story about magicians. Here We Are brings you into a magician and his assistant’s head. I loved hearing both sides of the story. It took me a while to get into this book. However, once I got pulled in I was invested in the story. Phil Davis did a great job......more