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The Bus on Thursday: A Novel Audiobook, by Shirley Barrett Play Audiobook Sample

The Bus on Thursday: A Novel Audiobook

The Bus on Thursday: A Novel Audiobook, by Shirley Barrett Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Katherine Littrell Publisher: Macmillan Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 3.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 2.88 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: September 2018 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781250298126

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

67

Longest Chapter Length:

20:47 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

04 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

05:05 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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Publisher Description

The Bus on Thursday by Shirley Barrett is a darkly humorous audiobook about one woman’s post-cancer retreat to a remote Australian town and the horrors awaiting her. It wasn’t just the bad breakup that turned Eleanor Mellett’s life upside down. It was the cancer. And all the demons that came with it. One day she felt a bit of a bump when she was scratching her armpit at work. The next thing she knew, her breast was being dissected and removed by an inappropriately attractive doctor, and she was suddenly deluged with cupcakes, judgy support groups, and her mum knitting sweaters. Luckily, Eleanor discovers Talbingo, a remote little town looking for a primary-school teacher. Their Miss Barker up and vanished in the night, despite being the most caring teacher ever, according to everyone. Unfortunately, Talbingo is a bit creepy. It’s not just the communion-wine-guzzling friar prone to mad rants about how cancer is caused by demons. Or the unstable, overly sensitive kids, always going on about Miss Barker and her amazing sticker system. It’s living alone in a remote cabin, with no cell or Internet service, wondering why there are so many locks on the front door and who is knocking on it late at night.

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About Shirley Barrett

Shirley Barrett is best known for her work as a screenwriter and director. Her first film, Love Serenade, won the Caméra d’Or (Best First Feature) at Cannes Film Festival in 1996. In 2010, the script for her film South Solitary won the Queensland Premier’s Prize and the West Australian Premier’s Prize. She lives in Sydney, Australia.