The Transition: A Novel

Written by Luke Kennard

Narrated by Joe Gaminara

"Narrator Joe Gaminara keeps listeners right where the author wants them: teetering between perception and reality." — AudioFile Magazine

From acclaimed British poet Luke Kennard comes The Transition: an intriguing and mysterious debut audiobook.

Do you or your partner spend more than you earn? Have your credit card debts evolved into collection letters? Has either of you received a court summons? Has either of you considered turning to a life of a crime? You are not alone. We know. We can help.

Welcome to the Transition.

While taking part in the Transition, you and your partner will spend six months living under the supervision of your mentors, two successful adults of a slightly older generation. Freed from your financial responsibilities, you will be coached through the key areas of the scheme—Employment, Nutrition, Responsibility, Relationship, Finances, and Self-respect—until you are ready to be reintegrated into adult society.

At the end of your six months, who knows what discoveries you’ll have made about yourself? The “friends” you no longer need. The talents you’ll have found time to nurture. The business you might have kick-started. Who knows where you’ll be?

More praise for The Transition:

“The sort of book that cuts you off from your family and has you walking blindly through seven lanes of traffic with your face pressed obliviously to the page.” —James Marriott, The Times (London)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio
• Release date: Jan 9, 2018
• ISBN: 9781427294685

Luke Kennard

Luke Kennard is a poet and writer of fiction who was born in Kingston Upon Thames in 1981. His second collection The Harbour Beyond the Movie was published by Salt in 2007 and was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection, making him the youngest writer ever to be shortlisted. His most recent collection, Cain, was published by Penned in the Margins in 2016 and shortlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize. His first novel, The Transition, was BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime and was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and his second novel The Answer to Everything will be published in 2021.

Reviews for The Transition

[Glenn Killey · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Well....it had such promise. The story was building, you had the sense that something big was just around the corner, and then......it ended.