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    Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
    Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
    Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
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    Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead

    Written by Barbara Comyns

    Narrated by Kristin Atherton

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Strange things are afoot in the English village where the Willoweed family live.

    Unnatural floods usher in dead peacocks and ducks, soon followed by an ominous wave of self-inflicted deaths and a peculiar illness.

    From their humble Willoweed cottage, sisters Emma and Hattie are helpless spectators to this unfolding chaos, their childhood idyll disintegrating as fear infects their once-familiar world.

    But as the virus spreads and hysteria grips everyone around them, they realise their lives are about to change forever.

    A twisted pandemic parable and a tragicomic gem.

    'One of the most distinctive voices in English literature - and ripe for rediscovery.' -- Telegraph

    'The pleasure in reading Comyns comes from her pure, runaway imagination... Her novels are honest yet dreamy, full of innocence and experience' -- TLS

    Born and raised in England, Barbara Comyns (1909-1992) was a writer and artist who juggled various creative and entrepreneurial endeavors throughout her colorful life, leaving behind a rich literary legacy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSAGA Egmont
    Release dateFeb 9, 2023
    ISBN9788728572771
    Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
    Author

    Barbara Comyns

    Barbara Comyns was born in England in 1909. She and her siblings were brought up by governesses, and allowed to run wild. She wrote eleven books including Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead,Sisters by a River, Our Spoons Came from Woolworths and The Vet's Daughter. To support her family, she worked a variety of jobs over the course of her life, including dealing in antiques and vintage cars, renovating apartments, and breeding poodles. She was an accomplished painter, and exhibited with The London Group. She died in 1992.

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