Gracious Lies

Hilda Lolly

jun 2013 · Creative Content · Narrado por Anne Reid y Joanna David

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Gracious Lies, is a collection of five delightfully unsettling short stories that take a lingering peep behind the net curtains of everyday life, love and marriage.

In "Hand, Foot & Finger", imperious Leonard and his pale wife Audrey head once again to Aunty Lynne’s West Country guesthouse. Can Audrey endure another week of toil on the beautiful beaches of Weston-super-Mare? The New Mrs. Barefoot is en route, but for faithful family retainer, Dobbo, life may never be the same as he discovers his employer’s new wife is not quite the heavenly creature he was expecting. In "Lemon", knife-sharp tensions erupt between Claire and husband Trevor, when his reminiscences and red wine consumption look set to ruin a dinner party designed to impress her new boss.

While in Upper Rugless, a life of bucolic tranquillity and Victoria sponge is simply not as delightful as it promised to be – as high-spirited Jemima is about to find out. And in Sixty-Six Steps to Mother Gerald and Angela ascend for Christmas lunch. Will it be a case of like mother, like son? And will it be a step too far for the impeccably attired Angela? Peel back the nets and enter, if you dare, the darkly delicious world of Gracious Lies...

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Hilda Lolly is unquestionably one of Britain's most beloved national treasures-in-waiting. She is a self-confessed expert on a variety of subjects that are always too numerous to mention. Her ramblings diary, advice column and poetry delight people the world over, and now she adds the accomplishment of 'author' to her many stringed bow. Harrogate born and raised, Hilda makes her home in London where she lives with her great aunt and her equally decrepit cat. Find out more about Hilda and delve into her world with caution at www.hildalolly.co.uk. Anne Reid is one of Britain's most-loved and respected actors, star of the very popular Last Tango in Halifax, Ladies of Letters, Dinnerladies and Coronation Street. Ever since she was memorably electrocuted by a hair dryer in the early days of Coronation Street, Anne Reid has been a familiar face to audiences everywhere in her many roles on television, stage and screen. In 2004 she received accolades and acclaim for her starring role in the film The Mother, as a woman who has an affair with her daughter's boyfriend, played by Daniel Craig. In 2010 Anne was awarded an MBE in the Queen's birthday honours. Joanna David's career spans film, television and theatre. Her first major television role was as Elinor Dashwood in the BBC's 1971 dramatisation of 'Sense and Sensibility' followed a year later in 'War and Peace'. Joanna also featured in the TV series 'The Last of the Mohicans' (BBC). In 1978, she played the heroine of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, opposite Jeremy Brett. She has appeared in 'Bleak House', 'Miss Marple', 'Foyle's War', 'Inspector Morse', 'Rosemary & Thyme' and 'Downton Abbey'. Joanna has a vast set of theatre credits including 'The Deep Blue Sea' at the Theatre Royal Northampton, 'The Family Reunion' at the Vaudeville Theatre, 'A Voyage Round My Father' at the Donmar Warehouse and Wyndhams. She also has appeared in many films, including Jean Luc Godard's 'One Plus One', and Hattie Dalton's 'One of Those Days'. She is also a highly experienced broadcaster for BBC Radio and has recorded many novels for audio cassette/CD. Joanna is married to Edward Fox with whom she has two children, Emilia and Freddie, who are also highly successful actors. She is vice-president of the Theatrical Guild.

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