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The Secrets of Summer House
- By: Rachel Burton
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall57
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Performance54
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Story54
1976. Rushing out of the University Library, undergraduate Alice Kenzie bumps straight into PhD student Tristan Somers. There begins a whirlwind romance, and Alice falls pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl. Then Tristan is killed in a car accident. Unable to cope, Alice takes her baby to Summer House, Tristan's family home in Suffolk, leaves her there and disappears. 2018. Olivia Somers has always been told that her mother died in the same accident as her father. When she finds old letters in Summer House, everything she ever believed about her mother is called into question.
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Very enjoyable
- By freckles mum on 22-09-24
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The Secrets of Summer House
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 21-04-22
- Language: English
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The House by the Loch
- By: Kirsty Wark
- Narrated by: Siobhan Redmond
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall45
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Performance42
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Story42
Scotland, 1950s. Walter MacMillan is bewitched by the clever, glamorous Jean Thompson and can't believe his luck when she agrees to marry him. Neither can she, for Walter represents a steady and loving man who can perhaps quiet the demons inside her. Yet their home on remote Loch Doon soon becomes a prison for Jean, and neither a young family nor Walter's care can seem to save her.
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Heavy Going
- By Arrbee on 11-07-19
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The House by the Loch
- Narrated by: Siobhan Redmond
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 13-06-19
- Language: English
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Madensky Square
- By: Eva Ibbotson
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall51
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Performance48
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Story47
Susanna Weber is the best dress maker in Imperial Vienna. Through skill and hard work, she now owns her own dress shop, looking out over the beautiful Madensky Square. To do so, she has left her past behind, if not without regret, at least resolutely. Looking around her, at her customers and friends, Susanna is aware that she has more than most - but a few small changes cause her to realize just how precarious her situation is.
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Lack of knowledge of German
- By Robin on 13-01-23
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Madensky Square
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 17-06-13
- Language: English
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Heartaches and Christmas Cakes
- By: Amy Miller
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall42
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Performance36
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Story36
December 1940: All that Audrey Barton wants is her family together for Christmas. But the war changes everything.... The Barton family bakery in Bournemouth has been at the heart of the town for generations: Audrey and Charlie Barton have never been rich, but their bread and cakes – and their love and advice – have enriched the lives of others in the town for many years. When war breaks out, it doesn't take long for trouble to arrive on the bakery doorstep.
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Terrible narration - couldn’t continue listening
- By J Barrow on 10-04-21
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Heartaches and Christmas Cakes
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Series: Wartime Bakery Series, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 10-11-17
- Language: English
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Family Affairs at Orchard Cottage Hospital
- Orchard Cottage Hospital, Book 2
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall64
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Performance63
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Story63
Doctor Frances Brakespeare continues to settle into her new life in rural Somerset at Orchard Cottage Hospital, striving to improve the medical treatments on offer to the community. After successfully establishing a mother and baby clinic, Frances is determined to move with the times and add family planning advice to her roster – but are the residents of Norton Dene ready for such progress or will she face opposition?
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Love Lizzie Lane books
- By N M on 01-02-26
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Family Affairs at Orchard Cottage Hospital
- Orchard Cottage Hospital, Book 2
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Series: Orchard Cottage Hospital, Book 2
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 10-10-24
- Language: English
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Wedding Bells for Land Girls
- By: Jenny Holmes
- Narrated by: Janine Birkett
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance14
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Story15
Summer 1942. Britain is in the depths of war and the Women’s Land Army is hard at work looking after the farms while the men are away fighting. While patriotism, duty and a wonderful spirit of camaraderie sustain the Land Girls through tough times, it’s no surprise that love is also often on their minds. For Yorkshire Land Girls and firm friends Grace, Brenda and Una, romance in wartime comes with a host of challenges. There’s a wedding to plan, but married bliss is threatened when the time comes for the groom to enlist.
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Disappointing
- By Karen Hubbard on 15-01-20
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Wedding Bells for Land Girls
- Narrated by: Janine Birkett
- Series: The Land Girls, Book 2
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 14-11-19
- Language: English
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Fire Rush
- SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION
- By: Jacqueline Crooks
- Narrated by: Leonie Elliott
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall98
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Performance84
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Story84
Brought to you by Penguin. London, 1978. Yamaye, a woman in her 20s unsure of who she is, but with dreams of being a DJ and MC. Yamaye lives for the weekend, when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt, an underground club in the industrial town on the outskirts of London where she was...
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This is a book you feel and hear as much as read.
- By Kindle Customer on 09-04-23
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Fire Rush
- SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION
- Narrated by: Leonie Elliott
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 02-03-23
- Language: English
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The Christmas Card
- By: Dilly Court
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall243
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Performance216
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Story217
The new novel from Sunday Times best seller Dilly Court. She turned the picture of the Christmas card over with her frozen hands. The scene showed a family at Yuletide as they gathered around the magnificent tree. Standing stiff with cold on the icy cobbles, Alice could only dream.... With the snow falling steadily, Alice and her ailing mother have found themselves on the cold streets of London with only debts to their name - forced to rely on the begrudging charity of cruel Aunt Jane.
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Delightful, magnificent & brilliantly narrated.
- By Dawn on 08-11-16
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The Christmas Card
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 03-11-16
- Language: English
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China Towns: Based on the Five Towns Novels
- BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Arnold Bennett
- Narrated by: Kate O'Flynn, Neil Dudgeon, Tim McInnerny, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall37
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Performance34
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Story34
In this radical reinterpretation of six brilliant Arnold Bennett novels, it’s the 19th-century Midlands and over 10-and-a-half sweeping hours individuals rise and fall, they age, flourish, and try to keep up as the world around them changes into something unrecognisable, transformed by new technology. Fortunes are made and lost, hearts broken, empires built and deals made. These tales of aspiration and passion, damage and danger are told with Bennett's forensic, (journalist’s) eye for human psychology and a surprising degree of witty comedy.
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Strange brew but still tasty....
- By Arthur Mennym on 05-11-20
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China Towns: Based on the Five Towns Novels
- BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- Narrated by: Kate O'Flynn, Neil Dudgeon, Tim McInnerny, Don Gilet, Rebekah Staton, full cast
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 19-09-19
- Language: English
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The Pull of the Stars
- A gripping and deeply moving historical novel from the bestselling author of Room
- By: Emma Donoghue
- Narrated by: Emma Lowe
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall795
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Performance702
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Story702
Three days in a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu. The Pull of the Stars is the Sunday Times Bestseller from the acclaimed author of The Wonder and Room. 'An immersive, unforgettable fever-dream of a novel' – The Times The old world dying on its feet, a new one struggling to be...
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incredible
- By Anonymous on 13-09-20
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The Pull of the Stars
- A gripping and deeply moving historical novel from the bestselling author of Room
- Narrated by: Emma Lowe
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 23-07-20
- Language: English
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Whale Fall
- The heartbreaking historical fiction and BBC Between The Covers book club pick
- By: Elizabeth O'Connor
- Narrated by: Gwyneth Keyworth
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall69
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Performance65
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Story65
Including poems specially adapted into melody and song for this audiobook. One of The New York Times Best Audiobooks of 2024 A BBC ‘BETWEEN THE COVERS’ BOOK CLUB PICK 'I didn't want it to end' - Maggie O'Farrell 'Powerful . . . written with a calm, luminous precision' - Colm Tóibín An...
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Breathtaking description
- By Mrs J Maddison on 09-12-24
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Whale Fall
- The heartbreaking historical fiction and BBC Between The Covers book club pick
- Narrated by: Gwyneth Keyworth
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 25-04-24
- Language: English
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Friends and Enemies
- By: Beryl Matthews
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance20
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Story20
London 1941. Sirens warn of danger as German bomber planes approach the city. Ever cautious, Kathy and her mother head immediately for the nearest public air raid shelter, and when the building is destroyed in a direct hit, it is a miracle Kathy survives. Finding herself alone, Kathy is left with nothing but a burning fury and a determination to join the war effort.
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Friends and Enimies
- By Sakazoke on 27-07-19
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Friends and Enemies
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 01-05-19
- Language: English
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The Street of Broken Dreams
- By: Tania Crosse
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall24
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Performance23
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Story23
Summer, 1945. The nation rejoices as the Second World War comes to an end, but Banbury Street matriarch Eva Parke foresees trouble ahead. Her daughter, Mildred, awaits the return of her fiancé from overseas duty, and doubts begin to seep into her mind about how little she knows of the man she has promised to marry. Meanwhile new neighbour, dancer Cissie Cresswell, hides a terrible secret. Can the two young women unite to face the doubt and uncertainty of the future?
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Unexciting
- By Mrs. C on 20-03-25
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The Street of Broken Dreams
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Series: Banbury Street, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 01-04-21
- Language: English
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The Resistance Daughter
- An utterly sweeping and unputdownable WW2 historical fiction debut novel, based on a true story
- By: Joanne Kormylo
- Narrated by: David Blair, Sarah Lambie
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Inspired by true stories of WWII, don't miss this emotional and poignant historical novel debut of courage against all odds, perfect for fans of Anna Stuart and Soraya M Lane. Poland, 1942. After witnessing the destruction of her hometown in Warsaw, Anna Kowalski joins the Polish Resistance. She...
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The Resistance Daughter
- An utterly sweeping and unputdownable WW2 historical fiction debut novel, based on a true story
- Narrated by: David Blair, Sarah Lambie
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 01-05-25
- Language: English
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Courage for the Cabinet Girl
- By: Molly Green
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance9
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Story9
If you love the bestselling historical fiction author Molly Green, her newest heartfelt, engrossing World War Two saga is out now: make sure you read The Wartime Librarian's Secret! Churchill’s Cabinet War Rooms are full of secrets … June, 1941 Britain is in the throes of war, but Katharina...
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Heartwarming
- By Mae on 09-04-26
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Courage for the Cabinet Girl
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 26-09-24
- Language: English
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A Daughter's Courage
- Linford Saga, Book 1
- By: Liz Harris
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
The war is over, but its shadows linger. When spirited Lily Brown meets Robert Linford, heir to a prosperous building dynasty, their connection is immediate and electric. But Robert's father, Joseph Linford, sees only danger in his new daughter-to-be. Convinced Lily is a gold-digger and Robert's love a fleeting fancy, Joseph will stop at nothing to protect the family name. What begins as prejudice soon turns into obsession, and Joseph's actions set in motion a lie that will haunt the Linfords for generations.
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A Daughter's Courage
- Linford Saga, Book 1
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Series: Linford Saga, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 26-02-26
- Language: English
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Trio
- By: William Boyd
- Narrated by: Hannah Arterton
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall183
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Performance166
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Story164
Brought to you by Penguin. A producer. A novelist. An actress. It is summer in 1968, the year of the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy. There are riots in Paris and the Vietnam War is out of control. While the world is reeling our three characters are involved in making a...
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Spoiled by careless performance
- By Piers von Simson on 26-10-20
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Trio
- Narrated by: Hannah Arterton
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 08-10-20
- Language: English
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The Narrowboat Girl
- By: Annie Murray
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall86
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Performance70
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Story72
Maryann Nelson's widowed mother, Flo, sees the opportunity to better her family by marrying the local undertaker, Norman Griffin. Though on the surface a caring family man, Maryann and her sister, Sal, soon discover that he has another side to him. For Sal, it is too much to bear and she escapes, leaving Maryann to take revenge on Griffin. The chance of a new life opens up when she befriends Joel Batholomew, who works on the canal. Aboard his narrowboat, she finds herself falling in love with her new life.
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very upsetting but excellent writing
- By Elaine on 17-03-10
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The Narrowboat Girl
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: The Narrowboat Girl, Book 1
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 02-07-07
- Language: English
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The District Nurses of Victory Walk
- By: Annie Groves
- Narrated by: Alex Tregear
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall178
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Performance150
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Story149
The compelling new bestseller from the author of The Mersey Daughter and Winter on the Mersey. Alice Lake has arrived in London from Liverpool to start her training as a District Nurse, but her journey has been far from easy. Her parents think that she should settle down and get married, but she...
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Brilliant
- By Country lass on 02-10-18
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The District Nurses of Victory Walk
- Narrated by: Alex Tregear
- Series: The District Nurses, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 31-05-18
- Language: English
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Wartime with the Tram Girls
- By: Lynn Johnson
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance6
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Story6
July 1914. Britain is in turmoil as WW1 begins to change the world. While the young men disappear off to foreign battlefields, the women left at home throw themselves into jobs meant for the boys. Hiding her privileged background and her suffragette past, Constance Copeland signs up to be a Clippie on the trams in Staffordshire, despite her parents' disapproval. Constance, known as Connie, soon makes fast friends with lively fellow Clippies, Betty and Jean, as well as growing closer to the charming, gentle Inspector Robert Caldwell.
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Just a nice story
- By Vikki on 22-08-25
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Wartime with the Tram Girls
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Series: The Potteries Girls, Book 2
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 01-09-21
- Language: English
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