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Length7h 18m
About this audiobook
The Midhurst Amateur Dramatic Society are putting on a production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, and Tessa has agreed to play a part. But when she suffers a psychotic episode, Ros, a C-list celebrity and new to the community, takes her place.
In this darkly comic tale of psychosis in the Home Counties, the stage is set for a blistering examination of mental illness, how we treat it and why we don't. While Tessa is sectioned in a secure psychiatric hospital, the relationships in the community unravel, and by the time she's released, all that we thought we knew, and all of our judgements, are thrown into question.
Dim the lights, turn off your phones, settle in as the curtain rises…
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.1 (42)
Includes Goodreads
GenreFantasy
Length7 hrs 18 mins
Narrated byEleanor Anstruther
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJan 28, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Credits
2Dedication
3Quote
4Chapter 1: Committed
5Chapter 2: I Feel Love
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6Chapter 3: Somebody Smashed up the Kitchen
7Chapter 4: You'll Take the Part
8Chapter 5: Lying to Peter and Diane
9Chapter 6: Mercury Ward
10Chapter 7: First Rehearsal
11Chapter 8: Just Casual
12Chapter 9: A Bastard Ex
13Chapter 10: First Rehearsal in Mercury Ward
14Chapter 11: The Dinner Party
15Chapter 12: Ros Sees Her Analyst
16Chapter 13: Dress Rehearsal in Mercury Ward
17Chapter 14: Toto
18Chapter 15: Let Me Out
19Chapter 16: Lying to Scott
20Chapter 17: Lying to Clare
21Chapter 18: Poppy
22Chapter 19: Dress Rehearsal
23Chapter 20: Released
24Chapter 21: Funeral
25Chapter 22: Home
26Chapter 23: The Show Must Go On
27Chapter 24: Curtain Up
28Chapter 25: Curtain Down
29Chapter 26: The After-party
30Chapter 27: The Truth about Ros
31Chapter 28: Being Brave
32Chapter 29: Playing Chicken
33Chapter 30: Psychosis in the Home Counties
34Acknowledgements
35Closing Credits
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