The last wave

DAISY Sound Recording 2018

A beautifully rendered family drama set in Dover, England, between the 1940s and the present day, "The Last Wave" follows the life of Martha, a woman who has swum the English Channel ten times, and the complex relationships she has with her husband, her children, and her close friends. The one constant in Martha's life is the sea, from her first accidental baptism to her final crossing of the channel. The sea is an escape from her responsibilitie...

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Dover (England) Fiction

England, Southern Fiction

English Channel Fiction

Families Fiction

Swimmers Fiction

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Edition:

Daisy edition
Computer data (52 files : 147 MB)

Description:

1 DAISY disc (10 hr., 38 min.) : sound ; 12 cm
digital DAISY
4 3/4 in

Notes:

Canadiana
Access restricted to persons who are visually impaired or physically disabled and cannot use conventional print materials
Narrated by Ann Saunders and Simon Curwen
Audio and text
Reproduced from: Toronto : Anansi, 2017. 382 pages : 9781487002930 (softcover)
System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software or DAISY talking book player. Also plays in CD-MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software
Search and access by headings and pages
DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps
Studio original

Control Number:

3164904

Other Authors:

Centre for Equitable Library Access (Canada)
Curwen, Simon, narrator
Saunders, Ann (Narrator), narrator

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