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Tania Crosse
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1930s London - a backstreet saga full of hopes, dreams and the fight for survival. Perfect for the fans of Rosie Clarke and Lindsey Hutchinson.
Work at Price's Candle Factory in Battersea is tedious for intelligent 17-year-old Hillie Hardwick, but she knows she is lucky to have a job at all.
Her home life is no better, as she constantly battles with her exacting and bullying father in order to protect her mother and five younger siblings from his abuse.
Her only solace is her loving relationship with the chaotic Parker family and her best friend, Gert Parker.
When matters violently escalate for Hillie, smitten Jack-the-Lad Jimmy Baxter seems her only salvation. But could this be the biggest mistake of her life, and should she be looking for protection nearer home?
A story that crackles with unease where courage and friendship are the only hope.
©2018 Tania Crosse (P)2019 W. F. Howes LtdLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
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Great story with wonderful, believable characters!
- De Kathleen Bailey en 03-27-24
De: Helen Carey
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An Orphan in the Snow
- De: Molly Green
- Narrado por: Karen Cass
- Duración: 12 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 52
Liverpool, 1941. Troubled by a dark family history and the pain of seeing her country torn apart by war, young June Lavender finds new hope when she takes a job at the Dr Barnardo's children's home. There she meets Lizzie McRae, a little girl who is the spitting image of June's sister, who died tragically years before. Against the matron's wishes, the two girls form an unexpected bond as June tries to get the traumatised orphan to speak.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The title doesn't fit the story
- De mrsmlbj en 11-23-22
De: Molly Green
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There'll Be Blue Skies
- De: Ellie Dean
- Narrado por: Annie Aldington
- Duración: 10 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 62
When sixteen-year-old Sally is evacuated to the English south coast, she is terrified by what lies ahead of her. All she knows are the sights and sounds of London's East End – but Sally swallows her tears as they leave the familiar landmarks behind, knowing that she has to be a Grown-Up Girl and play mother to her six-year-old brother Ernie. Playing mother is nothing new for Sally – their real mother Florrie, a good-time girl, hasn't even come to the station to wave them off and Ernie, crippled at an early age by polio, is used to depending on his older sister.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really great feel good novel
- De Tara Morrissey en 01-07-25
De: Ellie Dean
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Lights Out Liverpool
- De: Maureen Lee
- Narrado por: Maggie Ollerenshaw
- Duración: 13 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
As Britain stands alone against a monstrous enemy, the inhabitants of Pearl Street face hardship and heartbreak with courage and humour. The war touches each of them in a different way: for Annie Poulson, a widow, it means never-ending worry when her twin boys are called up and sent to France; Sheila Reilly's husband, Cal, faces the terror of U-Boat attacks; Eileen Costello is liberated from a bitter, loveless marriage when her husband is sent to Egypt.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful
- De Tansy Adderley en 10-03-18
De: Maureen Lee
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An Orphan’s War
- De: Molly Green
- Narrado por: Julie Masey
- Duración: 11 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 48
Liverpool, 1940. When her childhood sweetheart, Johnny, is killed in action, Maxine Grey loses more than her husband - she loses her best friend. Desperate to make a difference in this awful war, Maxine takes a nursing job at London’s St Thomas’ hospital. She takes comfort in the attentions of a handsome surgeon, but Edwin Blake isn’t all he seems. And as the Blitz descends on the capital, Maxine faces more heartache. When she returns to Liverpool, she harbours a secret.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Orphan's War by Molly Green
- De customers coins en 05-04-19
De: Molly Green
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The District Nurses of Victory Walk
- De: Annie Groves
- Narrado por: Alex Tregear
- Duración: 11 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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 has already had her heart broken once and isn’t about to make the same mistake again. Alice and her best friend, Edith, are based in the East End, but before they’ve even got their smart new uniforms on, war breaks out, and Hitler’s bombs are raining down on London.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A Look at the Role of the District Nurse
- De Jean en 04-30-19
De: Annie Groves
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Rainy Day Sisters
- Hartley-by-the-Sea, Book 1
- De: Kate Hewitt
- Narrado por: Rosalyn Landor
- Duración: 11 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 281
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 260
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 262
When Lucy Bagshaw's life in Boston falls apart thanks to a scathing editorial written by her famous artist mother, she accepts her half-sister Juliet's invitation to stay with her in Hartley-by-the-Sea, a charming seaside village in Northern England. Lucy is expecting quaint cottages and cream teas but instead finds that her sister is an aloof host; the weather is wet, windy, and cold; and her new boss, Alex Kincaid, is a disapproving widower who hired her only as a favor to Juliet.
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4 out of 5 stars
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like a cup of tea
- De Paige Reed en 10-03-19
De: Kate Hewitt
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Spring at Lavender Bay
- Lavender Bay, Book 1
- De: Sarah Bennett
- Narrado por: Rachel Bavidge
- Duración: 7 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 35
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 32
Beth Reynolds loved growing up close to Eleanor's Emporium – a bric-a-brac shop full of wonders on Lavender Bay. Devastated to learn that Eleanor has died, she returns home from London immediately and is shocked to discover that the elderly lady has left the shop to her! Vowing to restore it to its former glory, she only intends to stay until the end of the season. Although the longer she spends in the colourful seaside town, the more she falls back in love with everything she left behind... and quite possibly, with her best friend Eliza's older brother, local chef Sam Barnes!
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1 out of 5 stars
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The Story Was Soooooo Slow
- De VICTORIA E PRALL en 04-26-24
De: Sarah Bennett
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The Christmas Secret
- De: Karen Swan
- Narrado por: Laura Main
- Duración: 15 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 85
Alex Hyde is the leaders' leader. An executive coach par excellence, she's the person the great and the good turn to when the pressure gets too much; she can change the way they think, how they operate, she can turn around the very fortunes of their companies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Was the narrator Nurse Turner?
- De Sally en 12-24-17
De: Karen Swan
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Honor
- De: Elif Shafak
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marno, Piter Marik
- Duración: 12 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 100
An honor killing shatters and transforms the lives of Turkish immigrants in 1970s London. Internationally best-selling Turkish author Elif Shafak’s new novel is a dramatic tale of families, love, and misunderstandings that follows the destinies of twin sisters born in a Kurdish village. While Jamila stays to become a midwife, Pembe follows her Turkish husband, Adem, to London, where they hope to make new lives for themselves and their children. In London, they face a choice: stay loyal to the old traditions or try their best to fit in.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Complex but Compelling
- De Cariola en 04-14-13
De: Elif Shafak
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The Memory
- De: Lucy Dawson
- Narrado por: Clare Corbett
- Duración: 10 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,217
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,128
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,121
She’ll never forget...I’ll never forgive. People always notice my daughter, Isobel. How could they not? Incredibly beautiful...until she speaks. An unsettling little-girl voice, exactly like a child’s, but from the mouth of a full-grown woman. Izzie might look grown up, but inside she’s trapped. Caught in the day it happened...the day that broke her from within. Our family fell apart that day, and we never could pick up the pieces....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Occult Heavy
- De S. L. Cutler en 03-26-19
De: Lucy Dawson
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The Things We Never Said
- De: Susan Elliot Wright
- Narrado por: Kate Lee
- Duración: 9 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 166
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 149
In 1964, Maggie wakes to find herself in a mental asylum, with no idea who she is or how she got there. Remnants of memories swirl in her mind - a familiar song, a storm, a moment of violence. Slowly, she begins to piece together the past and the events which brought her to this point.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Anonymous User en 01-18-22
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A Year at the Star and Sixpence
- De: Holly Hepburn
- Narrado por: Karen Cass
- Duración: 13 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 54
The perfect escapist listen, for all fans of Cathy Bramley and Scarlett Bailey. A Year at the Star and Sixpence is Holly Hepburn's four Star and Sixpence novellas collected together as a novel for the first time. When sisters Nessie and Sam inherit a little pub in a beautiful country village, they jump at the chance to escape their messy lives and start afresh. But when they arrive at the Star and Sixpence, it's not quite what they imagined - it's pretty much derelict, ruined by debts, and it's going to be a huge job....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Year at the Star and Sixpence
- De Thalia en 08-05-19
De: Holly Hepburn
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The Cherry Tree Cafe
- De: Heidi Swain
- Narrado por: Karen Cass
- Duración: 9 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 101
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 101
Lizzie Dixon's life feels as though it's fallen apart. Instead of the marriage proposal she was hoping for from her boyfriend, she is unceremoniously dumped, and her job is about to go the same way. So there's only one option: to go back home to the village she grew up in and to try to start again. Her best friend, Jemma, is delighted Lizzie has come back home, as she has just bought a little cafe, and Lizzie's sewing skills are just what she needs to help get it ready for the grand opening.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The weakest heroine ever
- De m Gary en 05-11-20
De: Heidi Swain
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The Woman at 72 Derry Lane
- De: Carmel Harrington
- Narrado por: Aoife McMahon
- Duración: 10 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 777
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 711
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 707
On a leafy suburban street in Dublin, beautiful, poised Stella Greene lives with her successful husband, Matt. They're the perfect couple in every way, and Stella appears to have it all. Next door, at number 72, however, lives Rea Brady. Gruff, bad tempered and rarely seen besides the twitching of her net curtains, rumour has it she's lost it all...including her marbles, if you believe the neighbourhood gossip. But appearances can be deceiving, and when Stella and Rea's worlds collide they realise they have much in common.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So much emotion, I was not prepared
- De RedLady en 08-29-18
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The Girl Who Lied
- De: Sue Fortin
- Narrado por: Amy De Bhrún
- Duración: 10 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 374
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 342
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 342
The truth hurts.... Erin and Roisin were friends until a fatal accident ruined both their lives. Now Roisin has discovered a secret - one Erin has kept for over a decade - and she's determined to make Erin pay for her lies. Erin wants nothing to do with Roisin. She has a new life in London and no intention of going back home. Yet when her father is mysteriously and critically injured, Erin has no choice but to return and face Roisin - and her past.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Overall Mediocre, Slow Moving
- De David en 01-07-17
De: Sue Fortin
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The Wicked Girls
- De: Alex Marwood
- Narrado por: Anna Bentinck
- Duración: 14 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 3,826
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 3,465
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 3,461
On a fateful summer morning in 1986, two 11-year-old girls meet for the first time. By the end of the day, they will both be charged with murder. Twenty-five years later, journalist Kirsty Lindsay is reporting on a series of sickening attacks on young female tourists in a seaside vacation town when her investigation leads her to interview carnival cleaner Amber Gordon. For Kirsty and Amber, it's the first time they've seen each other since that dark day so many years ago.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I didn't want to like these girls...
- De Lesley en 08-30-13
De: Alex Marwood