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An Absolute Scandal

Money makes a powerful world - until it all comes crashing down

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An Absolute Scandal

By: Penny Vincenzi
Narrated by: Jilly Bond
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There's nothing like the contentment and security that money can bring. That's how it is for Lucinda, Elizabeth and Flora, living the risk-free dream in the glittering eighties. Houses, holidays, happiness - everything is there for the taking.

The financial slide comes crashing into their lives with a vengeance, and everything they've built up so carefully dissolves into a pool of hopelessness, taking self-respect and relationships with it. Now, the secrets will out and within a year, someone will be dead.

AN ABSOLUTE SCANDAL is a searing portrait of wealthy living, and the highs - and lows - that come with it.©2007 Penny Vincenzi Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Fiction Feel-Good
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Praise for AN ABSOLUTE SCANDAL: 'Buy on a Friday, get home, turn off the phone and emerge on Monday replete with a tale well told. Guilty pleasures? We certainly all have them and this is better than most'
'The bonkbuster is definitely on the rise again as fiction gets chunkier and glossier. But despite stiff competition from a new vanguard of younger and arguably hipper writers, there's one name that continues to reign supreme, Penny Vincenzi'
'This is a big book and a terrifically entertaining one. It's also highly addictive'
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I just love this. Great bunch of characters and storylines- humour, sadness and life like events. Love the 90s references. I’ve read it many times and still love it.

One I return to.

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I really enjoyed the story and thought Jilly Bond's narrative was first class. A first class story and very informative.

Brilliant

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I rarely write reviews of the audiobooks I listen to but I enjoyed this one so much, I felt I just had to! It was a bit of an epic, but 30 odd hours of a brilliant story, I felt so involved in the characters lives by the end of it, I found myself holding my breath, waiting for the next thing to happen. It was as good as Jilly Cooper for story telling, with a dash of Austin thrown in. The narrator was excellent, I can't rate this highly enough!

Utterly engrossing!

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Although the longest book (by far) that I have listened to it is a superb story. The characters are wonderfully interwoven and relate to one another in a melodic and tangible fashion. There aren't too many characters to keep up with and the story runs wonderfully through the ups and downs of the Lloyds turmoil back in the late 80s. A great story, beautifully written, with a well thought out ending. I must confess to thinking Penny Vincenzi was a little lowbrow for my tastes… I was wrong!

Great listen

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absolutely loved the story and delivery. I think jilly bond is a fantastic reader.

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fantastic

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