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Another Life

By: Karla Marie Sweet
Narrated by: Erin Doherty, Kingsley Ben-Adir
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For fans of Octavia E Butler, Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman, a thrilling, heart-wrenching debut novel from Karla Marie Sweet, exploring disparity of privilege, the quest for identity and the human need for connection.

When the External Womb Programme is launched, the news is controversial. Hundreds take to the streets in protest, feeling strongly that growing a baby outside of the human body is "unnatural". But thousands more people rejoice: at last, an alternative for those who wish to have children but worry about the physical toll it may take. A chance that throwing a baby-shaped grenade into one's career path might not derail it entirely.

For Lucy, whose acting career is finally taking off, the news is well worth celebrating. Could having a baby this way mean she can have it all? As she and her husband James embark on their journey, however, it becomes clear she's not being entirely honest with him and, as an old flame returns, everything is thrown into jeopardy.

Decades later, the use of external wombs is commonplace. But a corrupt government stepping into power leads to this groundbreaking piece of technology falling into the wrong hands, forcing everyone to reckon with a challenging new world and their place within it.

Performed by Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Kingsley Ben-Adir (Bob Marley: One Love), Another Life marks the arrival of a brilliant new literary talent that will thrill, entertain and challenge you from beginning to end.

©2024 Karla Marie Sweet (P)2024 Audible Ltd.
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About the Creator- Karla Marie Sweet

About the Creator

Karla Marie Sweet is a British-American actor, screenwriter, novelist and dramaturg born and based in Manchester, UK. Recent acting credits include Black Dog and season 2 of Hulu’s No Man's Land. As a writer, she has multiple television credits to her name and her comedy-drama script DaSilva & Sharp landed her on the 2023 Brit List. Her theatre credits include Cheetham Hill (for the Royal Exchange), This Little Relic (BBC Radio 3 and the Belgrade Theatre) and Othello (Watermill Theatre), a re-versioning that The Guardian and WhatsOnStage awarded four stars each, calling it a "remarkable" adaptation that "moves with the pace of a thriller."

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Unique and intriguing

Even though I felt there were some holes that you had to fill in yourself, I thought this was a well-written, dramatic, dystopian thriller. I do wish there was a better connection between the two main characters in the different timelines and it could have been juicier as well. I'm not an author but if you're going to write a book like this, you might as well go for it. That said, I highly recommend this for the unique storyline and solid performance. Well done!

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Great female narrator!

Too many characters but a well worth the read time novel of futuristic civil rights importance! Excellently done

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Powerful, captivating and thought provoking

This story is is so gripping because it explores privilege and abuse of power. So very haunting in these times.

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deeply thoughtful

I really appreciate how the author tackles some really difficult topics and presents them through the life experiences of her characters. deeply moving story.

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you have to listen to this

this was really unexpected I thoroughly enjoyed each of the characters thoughts and I do a lot of conclusions to my own life and it was just a very good story all around I highly recommend it

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A Modern Dystopian Classic…

As someone who’s read many of the dystopian classics, I really enjoyed this modern story of two characters: A woman in the near-future, and a man in the far-future. The intertwining stories had so much depth and perspective. Definitely one of the best newer novels I’ve consumed in quite a while! I won’t be surprised if this book is considered a modern classic in the years to come! This story will also make a great Television Series.

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great

great story line. I would like to hear more from this universe. the narration was very well done. this listen kept me entertained.

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The story was okay. I thought maybe it will have a grand conclusion, but it didn't seemed to just stop short. one of the main characters, Omar, reading/ voice portrail was bland and was lacking energy.

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Magically appeared

I’m not sure how this book popped up on my account but I hit play anyway. I was immediately captivated by Lucy and having no idea what it was about, I thought this was auto biographical because I normally listening to philosophy or life management books. This was a captivating journey into a totally believable reality. I won’t draw any parallels because I don’t want to spoil anything but there was just enough twists, turns, tragedy’s, and beauty to make it believable. Both voice actors were phenomenal.

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The end just came up on me

I felt like it ended 3/4 of the way through. I enjoyed the book but it didn’t really get the two main stories to fully come together. I was kind of expecting book 2. Just reel let down a bit

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