Listening Still

THE TOP TEN IRISH BESTSELLER

'Absorbing and heartwarming' Irish Times

'A wonderfully unexpected tale of life, death and everything in between' Graham Norton

Seventeen years ago, Jeanie Masterson chose duty over love, giving up the chance of a new life in London with her childhood sweetheart to work in the family undertakers in her small Irish town.

Now, when Jeanie's parents suddenly announce their plan to retire and leave the business to her and her husband, it brings long-silenced doubts about her job, her marriage and her future to the surface. Faced once again with a choice between stability and freedom, can Jeanie find the courage to listen to her own voice?

'Warm and funny, full of lovely characters and poignant moments.' Good Housekeeping

'Ireland's long line of magical storytellers is further enriched by Anne Griffin . . . An outstanding read' Sunday Express

“A wonderfully unexpected tale of love, death and everything in betweenStunning - a book that surpasses all expectations and thoroughly cements Anne Griffin's place on the short but venerable list of writers whose work is always a must-read. A delicately-hewn delight from first sentence to last.”

A wonderfully unexpected tale of love, death and everything in between
A wonderfully unexpected tale of love, death and everything in between
Stunning - a book that surpasses all expectations and thoroughly cements Anne Griffin's place on the short but venerable list of writers whose work is always a must-read. A delicately-hewn delight from first sentence to last
Stunning - a book that surpasses all expectations and thoroughly cements Anne Griffin's place on the short but venerable list of writers whose work is always a must-read. A delicately-hewn delight from first sentence to last
Absorbing and heartwarming . . . There are deep thoughts sown beneath the light and charming surfaces of Griffin's novels. Her books are fable-like, deep musings on life, mortality, and what makes a life worth living, philosophy for everyday readers, cleverly disguised as a good old-fashioned story Irish Times
Absorbing and heartwarming . . . There are deep thoughts sown beneath the light and charming surfaces of Griffin's novels. Her books are fable-like, deep musings on life, mortality, and what makes a life worth living, philosophy for everyday readers, cleverly disguised as a good old-fashioned story Irish Times
Carries many of the winsome Irish signature traits we expect of Griffin Irish Sunday Times
Carries many of the winsome Irish signature traits we expect of Griffin Irish Sunday Times
Ireland's long line of magical storytellers is further enriched by Anne Griffin, who follows her poignant debut When All is Said with another outstanding read . . . Griffin explores the tension between instinct and duty in a powerful, moving novel, deftly weaving the strands of the story to create a masterpiece that lingers long in the memory Sunday Express
Ireland's long line of magical storytellers is further enriched by Anne Griffin, who follows her poignant debut When All is Said with another outstanding read . . . Griffin explores the tension between instinct and duty in a powerful, moving novel, deftly weaving the strands of the story to create a masterpiece that lingers long in the memory Sunday Express
The setting and its supernatural undertow allow Griffin's humour to sparkle . . . there is a lesson in this quirky account of duty shirked and freedom tasted Irish Independent
The setting and its supernatural undertow allow Griffin's humour to sparkle . . . there is a lesson in this quirky account of duty shirked and freedom tasted Irish Independent
Some surprising twists and turns . . . kept me engaged to the end Sunday Independent
Some surprising twists and turns . . . kept me engaged to the end Sunday Independent
Listening Still marries rural realism with the supernatural very convincingly and beautifully highlights the small, but important, moments of life and death
Listening Still marries rural realism with the supernatural very convincingly and beautifully highlights the small, but important, moments of life and death
A warm and funny read, full of lovely characters and poignant moments. Good Housekeeping
A warm and funny read, full of lovely characters and poignant moments. Good Housekeeping
There's bags of charm here Daily Mail
There's bags of charm here Daily Mail
Tender, gentle and warm-hearted Best
Tender, gentle and warm-hearted Best
An emotional, funny look at human relationships in all their forms. My Weekly Special
An emotional, funny look at human relationships in all their forms. My Weekly Special
Listening Still is very good and I would recommend it . . . It's a really exciting story and . . . highly interesting . . . actually quite enthralling, and even though it sounds wild, as you read the book it seems entirely feasible Athlone Advertiser
Listening Still is very good and I would recommend it . . . It's a really exciting story and . . . highly interesting . . . actually quite enthralling, and even though it sounds wild, as you read the book it seems entirely feasible Athlone Advertiser
A highly original story about a family-run undertaking business TheGloss.ie
A highly original story about a family-run undertaking business TheGloss.ie
Griffin sensitively explores Jeanie's struggle for self-fulfilment in an assured second novel. Observer
Griffin sensitively explores Jeanie's struggle for self-fulfilment in an assured second novel. Observer

Anne Griffin's first novel When All is Said was a Number One bestseller in Ireland in 2019 and chosen as the Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year in the An Post Irish Book Awards. It was also shortlisted for the John McGahern Annual Book and the RSL Christopher Bland prizes. Her second novel Listening Still was also a bestseller in Ireland. Her work has been published in 23 territories. The Island of Longing is her third novel. She lives in Co. Westmeath, Ireland.

From the bestselling author of When All is Said comes a delicious new novel about a young woman who can hear the dead - a talent which is both a gift and a curse. Jeanie Masterson has a gift: she can hear the recently dead and give voice to their final wishes and revelations. Inherited from her father, this gift has enabled the family undertakers to flourish in their small Irish town. Yet she has always been uneasy about censoring some of the dead's last messages to the living. Unsure, too, about the choice she made when she left school seventeen years ago: to stay or leave for a new life in London with her charismatic teenage sweetheart.So when Jeanie's parents unexpectedly announce their plan to retire, she is jolted out of her limbo. In this captivating successor to her bestselling debut, Anne Griffin portrays a young woman who is torn between duty, a comfortable marriage and a role she both loves and hates and her last chance to break free, unaware she has not been alone in softening the truth for a long while.

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