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A Mother's Wish

A moving family saga from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author

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A Mother's Wish

By: Dilly Court
Narrated by: Annie Aldington
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Since the untimely death of her husband, young mother Effie Grey has been forced to live on a narrowboat owned by her tyrannical father-in-law Jacob. In spite of her own despair, she is determined to protect her brother Tom and her baby son Georgie from Jacob's bullying ways - for she is all they have in the world.

But when Jacob hires villainous Salter and his vile wife Sal to run the barge, Effie's life becomes even more unbearable, and Tom is sent packing without a penny to his name. Forced to live on deck with little to shelter her and Georgie from the elements, tormented by the Salters, Effie is driven to desperation. And stealing Jacob's hidden cache of money she escapes with her son. As she begins her frantic search for Tom, Effie vows that whatever happens she will make a home for little Georgie and keep him safe from harm.

Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Marriage

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A great story that keeps you interested from the start
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This should be made into a drama series on TV! It would be brilliant.

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lovely warm hearted story from start to finish. highly recommend read/listen. Going to look for more by author.

Loved it

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absolutely loved it wanted it to carry on,narration was fantastic as always
from Annie Aldington.

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No boring waffling…..a great story that has everything, I would have loved to have seen a picture of Effie in her wedding dress…after all she’d been through.😊❤️

Riveting

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This book kept me listening to the very end. It was a lovely story. RECOMMENDED

a lovely story

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