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The Amber Fury
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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Summary
When Alex Morris loses her fiancé in dreadful circumstances, she moves from London to Edinburgh to make a break with the past. Alex accepts a job at a special school, commonly referred to as ‘The Unit’ - it takes on the students expelled from other schools in the city.
These are troubled, difficult young people and Alex is an inexperienced teacher, terrified of what she’s taken on. There is one class - a group of five teenagers - who are particularly intimidating. However, with the help of the Greek tragedies she teaches, Alex gradually develops a rapport with them. But one of her students is learning more than Alex ever intended to teach.
Finding them enthralled by tales of cruel fate and bloody revenge, Alex even begins to worry that they are taking her lessons to heart, and that a whole new tragedy is being performed, right in front of her. The Amber Fury is a beautifully constructed psychological pause resister. It is a dark mystery of a novel about loss, obsession, and the deep and abiding human need to connect.
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- matjday
- 17-05-24
Thoroughly enjoyed it
An engaging storyline, with two well-developed lead characters. Great performance by the narrator. This is one I'll listen to again.
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- Straycat
- 09-08-23
Brilliant story
Loved this book, beautifully written. Looking forward to reeding more by Natalie Haines.
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- Taralouise
- 29-10-24
Beautiful love story
Natalie Haynes has the rare ability to make Greek tragedy relevant to the present and writes her story beautifully. I’ve never been disappointed with any of her books and this one is one of the best. It is also beautifully read and the writing and the reading of the book compliment each other perfectly. Recommended if you appreciate Greek myth and tragedy and if you love a really good story.
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- J ward
- 26-08-17
Fantastic
A brilliant story, fantastic narration and renewed my interest in Greek mythology. I hope this author writes more.
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- Kaggy
- 18-07-15
A stunning tragedy
This is a classy psychological thriller. A woman with a melancholy past arrives in a school for troubled teenagers and begins teaching drama with a focus on Ancient Greek tragedies. As the story unfolds we learn that these archaic stories are still a powerful insight into the human psyche and the class discussions have a profound and unexpected impact on the children. This packs a real emotional punch as the background of what happened to the teacher's boyfrend is slowly revealed and her inner fury is something we can all share with a passion. This builds into a tense drama and the denouement is clever and thoroughly satisfying.
It is not often that a novel can awaken an interest into an area I had not really looked into before but I now find I have a genuine desire to find out more about Ancient Greek drama. I understand this is a real passion of this book's author so she has clearly been successful in transferring her enthusiasm. This is a highly recommended listen.
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- chrissiemac
- 02-06-24
great intermingling of Greek and modern day tragedy.
Working as a Secondary teacher with traumatised kids and having lived in Edinburgh, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The intermingling of Greek tragedy and modern day teenage life was excellent. I particularly enjoyed the references to Edinburgh where I spent my student days too.
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- Simon T
- 22-01-21
GREAT story but the mispronounced names IRRITATE!
A really good story that had me gripped from the start! My one BIG problem with it though, is the constant mispronunciation of street names and places! As a person who lived in Edinburgh for nearly 30 years, the mispronounced names, though some might think a trivial thing, grated on my nerves and made the story telling lose so much! Anyone who lived in Edinburgh would KNOW the correct way to pronounce DunDAS Street... CorSTORphine Road... CLERK Street as CLARK not CLERK.... (Also...Valvona and Crolla is most definitely NOT in the new town!!!! lol 😆...but that's a different matter!} All of these things undermined the story a bit for me. Surely someone must CHECK these things?????? but evidently NOT! This has happened in a lot of audible books that I have downloaded... and it is HUGELY irritating!
BUT ....apart from this... it is an EXCELLENT story and I THOROUGHLY recommend it...!!
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- Daniel
- 16-11-22
A story with stories, inside the story.
The story unfolds whilst being wrapped up in mythologies at the same time. You can relisten to this the moment you finish it.
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- Ms. PK
- 31-01-24
Hope to see it on stage or on film soon!
Excellent, thought-provoking plot and wonderful storytelling - weaving ancient humanity and tragedies together with our current dilemmas. Loved it!
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- Wendy Beautyman
- 22-07-24
Excellent
This is an excellent story. Fabulous characters that are multi layered and intense. wonderful narration. Highly recommended
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