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Hilary McKay
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From award-winning author Hilary McKay comes a "wholly satisfying" (Booklist, starred review) story full of wit, heartbreak, and hope as a girl fights for her independence during World War I.
Clarry Penrose finds the good in everyone. Even in her father, who isn't fond of children, and especially girls. He doesn't worry about her education, because he knows she won't need it. It's the early 20th century, and the only thing girls are expected to do is behave.
But Clarry longs for a life of her own. She wants to dive off cliffs and go swimming with her brother Peter and cousin Rupert. And more than anything, she wants an education. She helps Peter with his homework all the time, so why can't she manage it by herself? When war breaks out, Clarry is shocked to find that Rupert has enlisted. Then he is declared missing, and Clarry is devastated. Now she must take a momentous step into the wide world - for if she misses this chance, she may never make it.
This is an inspirational, funny, and heartwarming story about a girl who dares to open doors that the world would rather keep closed.
©2018 Hilary McKay (P)2018 Macmillan Digital AudioLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
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- De: Kate Atkinson
- Narrado por: Pearl Hewitt
- Duración: 12 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 500
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 438
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 437
Ruby Lennox begins narrating her life at the moment of conception, and from there takes us on a whirlwind tour of the 20th century as seen through the eyes of an English girl determined to learn about her family and its secrets.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Kate Atkinson multi-generational story
- De Satisfied Customer en 11-08-18
De: Kate Atkinson
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East of the Sun
- De: Julia Gregson
- Narrado por: Tania Rodrigues
- Duración: 19 h y 36 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 161
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 113
Autumn 1928. Three young women are on their way to India, each with a new life in mind. Rose, a beautiful but naive bride-to-be, is anxious about leaving her family and marrying a man she hardly knows. Victoria, her bridesmaid couldn't be happier to get away from her overbearing mother, and is determined to find herself a husband. And Viva, their inexperienced chaperone, is in search of the India of her childhood, ghosts from the past and freedom.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Indian history takes a back seat to 3 young women
- De Richard en 05-24-16
De: Julia Gregson
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Enemy Brothers (Living History Library)
- De: Constance Savery
- Narrado por: Paul L. Coffey
- Duración: 7 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 52
British airman Dym Ingleford is convinced that the young German prisoner, Max Eckermann, is his brother Anthony, who was kidnapped years before. Raised in the Nazi ideology, Tony has by chance tumbled into British hands. Dym has brought him back, at least temporarily, to the family he neither remembers nor will acknowledge as his own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More people should read this wonderful story!!!
- De E.F.B. en 08-02-18
De: Constance Savery
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The Postcard
- De: Leah Fleming
- Narrado por: Elaine Claxton
- Duración: 13 h y 18 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 172
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 160
2002, Australia. When Melissa discovers a postcard addressed to 'Desmond' among her recently deceased father's effects, she is determined to discover this person's identity and his relationship to her father. She soon embarks on a journey that will take her across oceans and into the past...
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3 out of 5 stars
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Meh
- De Summer Layne en 03-06-15
De: Leah Fleming
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Lights Out Liverpool
- De: Maureen Lee
- Narrado por: Maggie Ollerenshaw
- Duración: 13 h y 59 m
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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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Sarah Morris Remembers
- De: D. E. Stevenson
- Narrado por: Patience Tomlinson
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 92
With the help of her old diaries, Sarah Morris recounts her life story. The daughter of an English vicar, she begins by telling of her happy childhood with her brothers and sister in their country village. As a teenager, Sarah’s brother brings home a friend - Charles, a charming Austrian to whom she quickly becomes close. Over the years they fall in love, but when war breaks out Charles must return to Austria. While she awaits his return, Sarah quietly continues working hard and caring for her family. But she can’t stop wondering if she will ever see her sweetheart again…
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lovely story
- De Hearth en 08-08-15
De: D. E. Stevenson
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Miss Buncle's Book
- De: D. E. Stevenson
- Narrado por: Patricia Gallimore
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 624
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 534
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 534
The scene of this entertaining story is laid in a charming English village. The plot centres round Miss Barbara Buncle, a maiden lady who was obliged to write a book because – as she naively explained – her dividends were so poor. Unfortunately, Miss Buncle had no imagination, so she wrote about her friends – quite kindly and truthfully, of course, for she was a benevolent and veracious soul.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A complete pleasure
- De Sara en 01-16-14
De: D. E. Stevenson
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I Capture the Castle
- De: Dodie Smith
- Narrado por: Jenny Agutter
- Duración: 12 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,885
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,684
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,684
In this coming of age story, Dodie Smith introduces the visionary and eccentric character of seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain. The youngest daughter in a family of impoverished artists, it is her imagination and writing that takes us away from the ramshackle old English castle where they live, and towards an intriguing tale of husband-hunting and light-hearted sibling rivalry.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well, that was a surprise
- De Matthew en 12-16-13
De: Dodie Smith
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The Star of Kazan
- De: Eva Ibbotson
- Narrado por: Ruth Jones
- Duración: 6 h y 25 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 46
In 1896, in a pilgrim church in the Alps, an abandoned baby girl is found by a cook and a housemaid. They take her home, and Annika grows up in the servants' quarters of a house belonging to three eccentric Viennese professors. She is happy there but dreams of the day when her real mother will come to find her. One day a glamorous stranger arrives at the door.
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2 out of 5 stars
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not recommended for pleasure
- De SEE en 08-27-17
De: Eva Ibbotson
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A Change of Climate
- A Novel
- De: Hilary Mantel
- Narrado por: Sandra Duncan
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 93
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 77
Ralph and Anna Eldred are an exemplary couple, devoting themselves to doing good. 30 years ago as missionaries in Africa, the worst that could happen did. Shattered by their encounter with inexplicable evil, they returned to England, never to speak of it again. But when Ralph falls into an affair, Anna finds no forgiveness in her heart, and 30 years of repressed rage and grief explode, destroying not only a marriage but also their love, their faith, and everything they thought they were.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully written
- De Patricia S. en 10-11-15
De: Hilary Mantel
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Goodnight from London
- A Novel
- De: Jennifer Robson
- Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld
- Duración: 9 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 871
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 771
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 771
In the summer of 1940, ambitious young American journalist Ruby Sutton gets her big break: the chance to report on the European war as a staff writer for Picture Weekly newsmagazine in London. She jumps at the chance, for it's an opportunity not only to prove herself, but also to start fresh in a city and country that know nothing of her humble origins. But life in besieged Britain tests Ruby in ways she never imagined.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Light story
- De Bev Holdgate en 08-10-17
De: Jennifer Robson
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Homesick
- My Own Story
- De: Jean Fritz
- Narrado por: Jean Fritz
- Duración: 4 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 45
This heartwarming fictionalized autobiography tells the story of what it is like for a little girl to be growing up in an unfamiliar place. While other girls her age were enjoying childhood in America, Jean Fritz was in China in the midst of political unrest. During this time, foreigners were becoming more and more unpopular, and evacuation at a moment’s notice was imminent. Although Jean appreciated the beauty of China - the mountains, the countryside, the sea - she knew she belonged in America and longed to make her home there.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book!
- De R. SEVERSON en 10-19-18
De: Jean Fritz
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The Nightingale Girls
- De: Donna Douglas
- Narrado por: Penelope Freeman
- Duración: 15 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 89
Three very different girls sign up as trainee nurses at a big London teaching hospital in 1934. Dora leaves her overcrowded, squalid working-class home for a better life. But has she got what it takes to keep up with other, better-educated girls? And will her hated stepfather ever let her go? Helen is born for the job; her brother is a doctor, her all-powerful mother a hospital trustee. But will Helen’s secret misery be her downfall? An aristocratic rebel, Millie’s carefree attitude will find her up in front of Matron again and again. Will she ever care enough to make a nurse? Or will she go back to the glamorous life she was born to?
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2 out of 5 stars
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For young girls
- De deborah jernigan en 12-31-16
De: Donna Douglas
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
- De: R. A. Dick
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Jasicki
- Duración: 5 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,592
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,424
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,413
Burdened by debt after her husband's death, Lucy Muir insists on moving into the very cheap Gull Cottage in the quaint seaside village of Whitecliff, despite multiple warnings that the house is haunted. Upon discovering the rumors to be true, the young widow ends up forming a special companionship with the ghost of handsome former sea captain Daniel Gregg. Lucy finds in her secret relationship with Captain Gregg a comfort and blossoming love she never could have predicted.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bias Review Warning
- De Michael en 09-22-19
De: R. A. Dick
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The Pearl Thief
- De: Elizabeth Wein
- Narrado por: Maggie Service
- Duración: 7 h y 55 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,366
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,246
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,240
From the internationally acclaimed best-selling author of Code Name Verity comes a stunning new story of pearls, love and murder. Sixteen-year-old Julie Beaufort-Stuart is returning to her family's ancestral home in Perthshire for one last summer. It is not an idyllic return to childhood. Her grandfather's death has forced the sale of the house and estate, and this will be a summer of good-byes. Not least to the McEwen family - Highland travellers who have been part of the landscape for as long as anyone can remember.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Freshwater Pearls and Scottish Plaid
- De Cynthia en 08-14-17
De: Elizabeth Wein
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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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Total5 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
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Historia5 out of 5 stars
- K. Ramos
- 01-01-24
Fantastic Story
I love the connection that can be made with each of the characters. What a fitting ending.
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