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Bestselling author of The English American, a multi-award-winning audiobook narrator, comedian, and writer/performer of Alison Larkin: Grief…  A Comedy

Grief... A Comedy is the "outstandingly uplifting" follow-up book to Larkin's hit solo show. "This is a story that could truly change your life."
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"Real butterflies-in-stomach romance... a gorgeous love story!"
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"Leaves you believing joy really can be found after loss." 
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Grief… A Comedy

What if your soulmate died...then came back to help you find love again?

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SOVAS Awards Finalist for Outstanding Audiobook Narration (Author Performance), alongside Matthew McConaughey and John Green.

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Be part of the audience when Alison Larkin films her comedy special Grief… A Comedy live at the Mahaiwe this summer.
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GRIEF… A Comedy featured as a Top 10 Pick at the Oxford Literary Festival. Alison Larkin talks with Gibraltar’s Minister for Culture.
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The Barker Adoption Foundation’s 80th Anniversary
with Alison Larkin as special guest!
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NEWSWEEK
I Found True Love in My 50s, My Fiance Died 5 Days After He Proposed

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It’s Got Pockets Podcast interview
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Grief… A Comedy

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BBC Radio: Woman’s Hour Interview

“Engaging and beautiful … An uplifting and affirming experience.”

I finally found love after my divorce…
I found the love of my life at 50 — then my fiancé died

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A compulsively readable autobiographical novel about an adopted English woman who finds her birth parents – and herself – in the United States.

The English American is a funny, charming and poignant book — the kind that you can’t resist reading in a single day.” Chicago Sun Times

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award-winning recording.

“Alison Larkin is hugely entertaining”
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Produced by Alison Larkin Presents

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Alison Larkin’s critically acclaimed narrations of Austen’s six completed novels – Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion – are brought together in this very special 200th anniversary audio edition

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A new audiobook imprint showcasing high quality audio productions of classic English novels, contemporary mysteries, women’s fiction, non-fiction, YA, and more.

“(Larkin) approaches Austen as a satirist – she has genuine theatrical skill…The voice reveals all.”
The New Yorker

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