Maggie's Tree

Name: Maggie's Tree
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Julie Walters
ISBN: 9780752886367

Author: Julie Walters

Narrator: Julie Walters

Abridged: 5 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Published: 07/19/2007

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Cissie is a stand-up comedienne and national darling.

Helena is the toast of Broadway.

Maggie is an extremely beautiful but troubled actress - and she's cracking up fast, in fact she's 'out of her tree'.

When Cissie takes Maggie to see Helena in New York, it leads to trouble straight away: Maggie disappears into the freezing February night, no one knows where.

As the search for their friend continues, alarming divisions occur in the lifelong friendships of Cissie, Helena and her stoic husband Luke. And then Cissie disappears too. So, two of the closest of friends are lost separately somewhere in snowbound Manhattan

Read by Julie Walters

(p) 2007 Orion Publishing Group

About Julie Walters

Julie Walters was nominated for an Oscar for EDUCATING RITA, having made the part her own on stage, and starred in BILLY ELLIOT. She played Mrs Weasley in the HARRY POTTER films, and co-starred with Helen Mirren in CALENDAR GIRLS. Versatile enough to appear both as Mrs Overall in her friend Victoria Wood's ACORN ANTIQUES as well as the Wife of Bath in the BBC's modernised adaptation of THE CANTERBURY TALES, she is 'arguably the nation's best-loved actress' (SUNDAY TIMES). She is the author of MAGGIE'S TREE, a novel, and THAT'S ANOTHER STORY, her bestselling autobiography.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sheila on July 11, 2018

Love Julie Walters, but struggled to make sense of this book. It was a struggle to make myself finish it!......more

Goodreads review by Michael on April 08, 2023

2.5 stars. I really wanted to like it. I thankfully grew up with a lot of late 90s pop culture, so I felt tuned in to Walter's references she had dotted around. Everything is incredibly visual, but it a way that would have been better suited for a play or a very theatrical film. I loved the overly fl......more

Goodreads review by Sandra on December 15, 2023

A confusing jumble it drew me in chewed me up and spat me out.......more

Goodreads review by J Willoughby on July 05, 2019

I thought this would be an enjoyable read but quite frankly I struggled with this book. I love Julie Walter's but I'm not sure I would read another of her books.......more

Goodreads review by Judith on July 20, 2012

I was curious as to whether a great actress could also be a great author. The question was unfortunately answered way too quickly. NO. The book is trying to be literary and clever but ends up being disjointed and frustrating. I was confused so much of the time and wanted so much to give up. Just as I......more