Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Audiobook (abridged)2 hours
The Cloning of Joanna May
Written by Fay Weldon
Narrated by Patricia Hodge
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
()
Unavailable in your country
Unavailable in your country
About this audiobook
An astonishing audiobook that probes into the strange world of genetic engineering.
Joanna May thought herself unique, indivisible – until one day, to her hideous shock, she discovered herself to be five: though childless she was a mother; though an only child she was surrounded by sisters young enough to be her daughers – Jane, Julie, Gina and Alice, the clones of Joanna May.
How will they withstand the shock of first meeting? And what of the avenging Carl, Joanna’s former husband and the clones’ creator: will he take revenge for his wife’s infidelity and destroy her sisters one by one?
In this astonishing novel, Fay Weldon weaves a web of paradox quite awesome in its cunning. Probing into the strange world of genetic engineering, The Cloning of Joanna May raises frightening questions about our identity as individuals – and provides some startling answers. Funny, serious, revolutionary, this is the work of a master storyteller at the height of her powers.
Unavailable
Author
Fay Weldon
Fay Weldon is a novelist, screenwriter and cultural journalist. Her novels include ‘The Life and Loves of a She-Devil’, ‘Puffball’, ‘Big Women’ and ‘Rhode Island Blues’. She has also published her autobiography ‘Auto da Fay’. Her most recent novel was the critically acclaimed ‘She May Not Leave’. She lives in Dorset.
Related to The Cloning of Joanna May
Related audiobooks
Escape: The Diamond as Big as the Ritz They Are Trying to Break Your Heart Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Humorist Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Miri, Who Charms Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Settlement Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Rules of Seeing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5With Her in Ourland - Sequel to Herland (Unabridged) Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Feminist Literary Classics - Volume II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMischief Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rhino Conspiracy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Work Backwards Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOut of the Woods: A tale of positivity, kindness and courage Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBrixton Rock Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Writer's Room Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5HiBrow: World Book Night 2012 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAnxious Eaters: Why We Fall for Fad Diets Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTroll Hunting Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Lost Pages Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWomen's Short Stories Volume 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGhost Children Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Invisible Crowd Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Whisper My Secret Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Art of Breaking Ice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsW.: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLimberlost Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Woman On the Edge of Time Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Here in the After Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGames of Passion in Mykonos Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings50 Things About Us: What We Really Need to Know About Britain Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cut Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Literary Fiction For You
Demon Copperhead: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Stardust Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: A Hunger Games Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bell Jar Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hunger Games Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tom Lake: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Yellowface: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Covenant of Water Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Poisonwood Bible Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man Called Ove: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Alchemist Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Picture of Dorian Gray: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dutch House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The House in the Cerulean Sea Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Parable of the Sower Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Kindred Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Leave the World Behind: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Name of the Wind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Measure: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Song of Achilles: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Overstory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nothing to See Here Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Left Hand of Darkness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
Too many choices! How to choose... [136] 0% found this document usefulYellowface by R.F. Kuang with Anna Leong Brophy & Emily Lloyd-Saini aka Egg 0% found this document usefulBONUS • Interview with Naomi Alderman and Raelle Tucker (The Power) 0% found this document usefulEpisode 130: Writing into (and out of) Trope, Cliche, and Abstraction - Anna Bruno 0% found this document usefulSitopia - a land with food at its centre: This special edition of The Food Programme comes from the year 2030. 0% found this document usefulCatherine Gray (Replay): The Power Of Personal Writing 0% found this document usefulAndrea Dworkin 0% found this document usefulDouglas Stuart: Booker Prize-winning author Douglas Stuart reveals the turning points of his creative life 0% found this document usefulSophie Mackintosh & Rebecca Watson: Cursed Bread 0% found this document usefulGeert Lovink, "Sad by Design: On Platform Nihilism" (Pluto Press, 2019): An interview with Geert Lovink 0% found this document useful829: Gemma Hartley: Author of Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward 0% found this document usefulWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson: For our annual Halloween episode John Mitchinson … 0% found this document usefulAngelica Malin: The Secret To Living Your Best Single Life 0% found this document usefulKeeping the faith in the Middle East with Janine di Giovanni 50% found this document usefulMiriam Margolyes: Kirsty Young's castaway is actress Miriam Margolyes. 0% found this document useful
Related articles
Diary Of A Scottish Bookseller Literary HubArticle
Diary Of A Scottish Bookseller
Jun 22, 2020
4 min readThe Doomed Project of American Dirt The AtlanticArticle
The Doomed Project of American Dirt
Jan 28, 2020
4 min readThe Hidden Debt Of Care New InternationalistArticle
The Hidden Debt Of Care
Oct 15, 2020
9 min readThe Invisible Woman George Orwell’s First Wife Has Been Ill-served By His Own Biographers, Yet Here The Witty And Fierce Eileen Is Stripped Of Agency All Over Again Guardian WeeklyArticle
The Invisible Woman George Orwell’s First Wife Has Been Ill-served By His Own Biographers, Yet Here The Witty And Fierce Eileen Is Stripped Of Agency All Over Again
Aug 18, 2023
3 min read'Our Women On The Ground' Unites Stories From Female Journalists In The Arab World NPRArticle
'Our Women On The Ground' Unites Stories From Female Journalists In The Arab World
Aug 6, 2019
3 min readThe Lighter Side of Dan Chaon The MillionsArticle
The Lighter Side of Dan Chaon
Apr 11, 2022
I had a dystopian idea in the beginning, and in the end the dystopia caught up with me. The post The Lighter Side of Dan Chaon appeared first on The Millions.
4 min readKristen Arnett: It Starts With An Image Guernica MagazineArticle
Kristen Arnett: It Starts With An Image
Jul 3, 2019
7 min readThe Best Books For Summer 2018, Wherever And However You're Holidaying Post MagazineArticle
The Best Books For Summer 2018, Wherever And However You're Holidaying
Jul 12, 2018
10 min readTHE WD INTERVIEW Alice Hoffman Writer's DigestArticle
THE WD INTERVIEW Alice Hoffman
Jul 31, 2019
9 min read‘To Tell The Truth...’ The Australian Women's WeeklyArticle
‘To Tell The Truth...’
Apr 22, 2020
10 min read‘Life Is Fairly Random So All You Can Do Is Try Your Best!’ Woman's WeeklyArticle
‘Life Is Fairly Random So All You Can Do Is Try Your Best!’
Oct 20, 2021
2 min readWho Made You King Of Everything? Angela Saini On The Origins Of Patriarchy The GuardianArticle
Who Made You King Of Everything? Angela Saini On The Origins Of Patriarchy
Mar 4, 2023
On the day Angela Saini talks to me from her book-lined study in New York, the patriarchy is hard at work all over the world. Anti-abortion protestors are getting ready to march on the Supreme Court in Washington, the Metropolitan police force is cau
7 min readThe Duchess star Katherine Ryan ‘A JOKE DATE CHANGED MY LIFE’ Woman's Day Magazine NZArticle
The Duchess star Katherine Ryan ‘A JOKE DATE CHANGED MY LIFE’
Jan 6, 2021
5 min readFlowery Twats New Zealand ListenerArticle
Flowery Twats
Mar 5, 2023
2 min readA Year in Reading: C Pam Zhang The MillionsArticle
A Year in Reading: C Pam Zhang
Dec 11, 2019
It was the last year of my third decade on this earth, and it seems with every passing year I grow increasingly alien to that earth, or it to me. The post A Year in Reading: C Pam Zhang appeared first on The Millions.
4 min readIN CONVERSATION WITH Paula HAWKINS Woman & HomeArticle
IN CONVERSATION WITH Paula HAWKINS
Jul 29, 2021
4 min readBernardine Evaristo: I’m Not White, Upper Class Or Privileged — It’s Been A Very, Very Long Journey Evening StandardArticle
Bernardine Evaristo: I’m Not White, Upper Class Or Privileged — It’s Been A Very, Very Long Journey
Jan 21, 2021
‘I want to be a role model,’ says Bernardine Evaristo emphatically. ‘And an inspiration. Because my background, it’s not, you know, a white background. It’s not upper-class; it’s not privileged; it’s not Oxbridge. I come from a large, working-class,
5 min readShe Sees Life Through The Lens Of Books In 'Checkout 19' NPRArticle
She Sees Life Through The Lens Of Books In 'Checkout 19'
Mar 2, 2022
3 min readPoetry and Intrigue in Uzbekistan: On Hamid Ismailov’s ‘The Devil’s Dance’ The MillionsArticle
Poetry and Intrigue in Uzbekistan: On Hamid Ismailov’s ‘The Devil’s Dance’
Aug 8, 2018
In Hamid Ismailov’s book The Devil’s Dance, one Uzbek prisoner says to another, “It’s time for afternoon prayers, I think. Are you a believer, or one of the moderns?”—a familiar and false dichotomy that intellectuals in Muslim countries have had to c
6 min readOur Contributors’ Favorite Books of 2019 The Paris ReviewArticle
Our Contributors’ Favorite Books of 2019
Dec 16, 2019
10 min readMargaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie Headline 2019 Booker Prize Shortlist NPRArticle
Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie Headline 2019 Booker Prize Shortlist
Sep 3, 2019
3 min read‘After Lockdown, Things Exploded’ – How TikTok Triggered A Books Revolution The GuardianArticle
‘After Lockdown, Things Exploded’ – How TikTok Triggered A Books Revolution
Jun 8, 2022
It’s four o’clock on a sunny Saturday afternoon and the Krispy Kreme doughnut stall is doing a brisk trade at Lakeside shopping centre, a huge mall in Essex. But a few metres further along, young shoppers are salivating over a different sort of treat
7 min readJameela Jamil and the Trouble With #NoFilter Feminism The AtlanticArticle
Jameela Jamil and the Trouble With #NoFilter Feminism
Dec 5, 2018
6 min readRoxane Gay: What Does a Political Story Look like in 2018? Literary HubArticle
Roxane Gay: What Does a Political Story Look like in 2018?
Oct 3, 2018
8 min readWhat I Learned From Pretending to Be a Pretentious Lit Bro for 5 Years Literary HubArticle
What I Learned From Pretending to Be a Pretentious Lit Bro for 5 Years
Nov 7, 2019
3 min read'Aftershocks' Tells Of A Reckoning With The Self — And With Memory NPRArticle
'Aftershocks' Tells Of A Reckoning With The Self — And With Memory
Jan 13, 2021
3 min readHannah Gadsby’s Genius Follow-Up to Nanette The AtlanticArticle
Hannah Gadsby’s Genius Follow-Up to Nanette
Jun 25, 2019
4 min readMyla Goldberg on How to Describe Photographs without Being Boring Literary HubArticle
Myla Goldberg on How to Describe Photographs without Being Boring
Apr 30, 2019
2 min readLove Bugs BBC Countryfile MagazineArticle
Love Bugs
Apr 30, 2020
7 min readLike A Writer Possessed India TodayArticle
Like A Writer Possessed
Oct 8, 2022
3 min read
Reviews for The Cloning of Joanna May
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
1 rating0 reviews