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The Villa
- By: Rosanna Ley
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall490
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Performance448
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When Tess Angel receives a solicitor's letter inviting her to claim her inheritance - the Villa Sirena, perched on a clifftop in Sicily - she is stunned. Her only link to the island is through her mother, Flavia, who left Sicily during World War II and cut all contact with her family. Initially resistant to Tess going back to her roots, Flavia realises the secrets from her past are about to be revealed and decides to try to explain her actions.
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So happy when it was over...
- By Amazon Customer on 10-10-14
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The Villa
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 06-03-14
- Language: English
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A Christmas Miracle for the Railway Girls
- The festive, feel-good and romantic historical fiction book (The Railway Girls Series, 6)
- By: Maisie Thomas
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Brought to you by Penguin. The sixth heartwarming, feel-good instalment in the much-loved Railway Girls series! Manchester, 1942. There are surprises in store for the railway girls this festive season... When Cordelia's daughter Emily falls for a young chap who doesn't meet the approval of her...
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Railway Girls
- By Fi Jardine on 13-02-23
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A Christmas Miracle for the Railway Girls
- The festive, feel-good and romantic historical fiction book (The Railway Girls Series, 6)
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Series: The Railway Girls, Book 6
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 13-10-22
- Language: English
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In the Unlikely Event
- By: Judy Blume
- Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall101
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Performance94
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In 1987, Miri returns to her hometown to attend a commemoration of the worst year of her life. Beautiful, gripping and deeply moving, In the Unlikely Event is an unforgettable novel from Judy Blume. Thirty-five years ago, when Miri Ammerman was fifteen and in love for the first time, three...
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Wonderful story, beautifully narrated
- By Anne MacMillan on 11-06-15
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In the Unlikely Event
- Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 04-06-15
- Language: English
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The Pearl of Penang
- Penang Series, Book 1
- By: Clare Flynn
- Narrated by: Victoria Riley
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Evie Fraser, paid companion to a crotchety spinster, seems destined for a lonely life. Then, out of the blue, a marriage proposal arrives by post. She met the handsome Douglas Barrington just once - at his wedding - but never forgot him. Now widowed, plantation owner Douglas offers her a new life on the lush, exotic island of Penang. How can Evie resist?
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Reliving my past
- By Amazon Customer on 07-10-23
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The Pearl of Penang
- Penang Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Victoria Riley
- Series: Penang Series, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 20-08-20
- Language: English
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A Daughter's Hope
- Yorkshire Blitz, Book 3
- By: Donna Douglas
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance22
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Story22
Autumn, 1942. The Blitz has come to an end, but for many families, it's not over yet. As the residents of Jubilee Row begin to rebuild their lives, twins Sybil and Maudie Maguire decide to go off and do their bit by joining the WAAFs. But what starts off as a great adventure soon forces the girls to grow up as they are confronted with the harsh realities of war. Will they stick together, or will their experiences drive them apart? Back in Hull, their older sister Florence is a typing pool supervisor who has resigned herself to a life without love.
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everything
- By Liz GJ on 23-06-24
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A Daughter's Hope
- Yorkshire Blitz, Book 3
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Series: Yorkshire Blitz Trilogy, Book 3
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 28-04-22
- Language: English
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The Best of Daughters
- By: Dilly Court
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall52
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Performance49
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Despite her privileged upbringing, Daisy Lennox has always longed to make something of her life. She is drawn to the suffragette movement, but when her father faces ruin they are forced to move to the country and Daisy’s first duty is to her family. Here she becomes engaged to her childhood friend – a union both families have dreamed of. But, on the eve of their wedding, war is declared, and Daisy knows her life will never be the same again...
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- By kerry on 26-02-18
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The Best of Daughters
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 23-01-14
- Language: English
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Where Earth Meets Sky
- By: Annie Murray
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 14 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall49
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Performance47
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Story46
Beautiful, dark-haired Lily has been abandoned in a Birmingham slum as a tiny child. With few clues as to her identity she endures a childhood of loneliness and loss. At eighteen she applies for a post as nanny with the family of a Captain Fairford, a soldier in Ambala, north India and his...
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loved this book
- By Julie on 11-06-16
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Where Earth Meets Sky
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 14 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 27-03-14
- Language: English
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High Hopes for the Bomber Girls
- Bomber Command Girls, Book 4
- By: Vicki Beeby
- Narrated by: Sofia Engstrand
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance13
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Even with peace on the horizon, Met WAAF Jenny Hazleton is as busy as ever. Her keen weather-forecasting allows the pilots to continue their missions, including food drops to starving allies and the repatriation of prisoners of war. Navigating many of these missions is Flying Officer Edwin Holland, whose rejection of her advances at Christmas still stings. Edwin is increasingly haunted by his role in the war, including the bombing of Dresden, and Jenny yearns to comfort him. But when he reveals the shocking reason he turned her down, she must decide if their friendship is well and truly over.
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Great.
- By John Marsden on 06-05-26
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High Hopes for the Bomber Girls
- Bomber Command Girls, Book 4
- Narrated by: Sofia Engstrand
- Series: Bomber Command Girls, Book 4
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 19-06-25
- 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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Overall11
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Performance11
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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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Good writing, held you till the end.
- By Charles F Rice on 29-06-26
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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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Alvesdon
- A gripping WW2 historical novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author
- By: James Holland
- Narrated by: Rachel Holland
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28
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Performance27
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Story27
Brought to you by Penguin. The village of Alvesdon has been home to the Castells for generations. But the year is 1939 and the peace and tranquillity there is about to be shattered once more by the stormclouds of war in Europe. As three generations of the family gather, they must all face the...
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dreadful
- By Amazon Customer on 04-08-24
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Alvesdon
- A gripping WW2 historical novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author
- Narrated by: Rachel Holland
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 25-07-24
- Language: English
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Winter Cottage
- By: Mary Ellen Taylor
- Narrated by: Shannon McManus
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall27
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Performance25
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Story25
Still grieving the loss of her wandering, free-spirited mother, Lucy Kincaid leaves Nashville for the faded town of Cape Hudson, Virginia. She goes to see the house she’s inherited—one she never knew existed, bequeathed to her by a woman she’s never even met. At the heart of this mystery is the hope that maybe—just maybe—this “Winter Cottage” will answer the endless questions about her mother’s past...including the identity of her birth father.
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Excellent book
- By Mrs. Theresa Deakin on 22-11-20
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Winter Cottage
- Narrated by: Shannon McManus
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 17-11-20
- Language: English
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The Tea Planter's Daughter
- The India Tea Series, Book 1
- By: Janet MacLeod Trotter
- Narrated by: Sarah Coomes
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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1904 INDIA: beautiful and headstrong Clarissa Belhaven and her delicate sister Olive find their carefree life on their widowed father's tea plantation threatened by his drinking and debts. Wesley Robson, a brash young rival businessman, offers to help save the plantation in exchange for Clarrie's hand in marriage, but her father flatly refuses. When Jock Belhaven dies suddenly, his daughters are forced to return to their father’s cousin in Tyneside and work long hours in his pub.
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Nice story line.
- By Patricia on 03-08-25
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The Tea Planter's Daughter
- The India Tea Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Sarah Coomes
- Series: India Tea, Book 1
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 27-08-24
- Language: English
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New Horizons for the Woolworths Girls
- Woolworths, Book 11
- By: Elaine Everest
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall33
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Performance33
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New Horizons for the Woolworths Girls is the emotional and hopeful finale to the beloved Woolworths Girls series by bestselling author Elaine Everest. There are fresh challenges and new beginnings on the horizon for the girls at Woolworths . . . When the Bexleyheath branch of F. W. Woolworths is...
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Wool with girls
- By Aileen Fraser on 14-03-26
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New Horizons for the Woolworths Girls
- Woolworths, Book 11
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: Woolworths, Book 11
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 07-05-25
- Language: English
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The Factory Girls of Lark Lane
- Lark Lane 1
- By: Pam Howes
- Narrated by: Georgia Maguire
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall207
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Performance194
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A heart-wrenching family saga about women in World War 2, the strength of friendship, and hope. 1940, Liverpool: Alice Turner and her best friend, Millie Markham, work for the war effort at Rootes munitions factory, making shell caps and Halifax bombers. Alice’s sweetheart Terry is home from...
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Loved this book
- By Kindle Customer on 03-06-20
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The Factory Girls of Lark Lane
- Lark Lane 1
- Narrated by: Georgia Maguire
- Series: Lark Lane, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 18-04-19
- Language: English
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Believing in Tomorrow
- Heart-warming Historical Fiction from the Top Ten Bestseller
- By: Rita Bradshaw
- Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall37
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Performance33
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Believing in Tomorrow is the new sweeping family saga from the top ten bestselling author of One Snowy Night, Rita Bradshaw. Molly McKenzie is only eleven years old when her abusive father beats her to within an inch of her life. Escaping from the hovel she calls home, Molly is found by kind...
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Brilliantly done
- By Ros on 02-02-23
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Believing in Tomorrow
- Heart-warming Historical Fiction from the Top Ten Bestseller
- Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 10-11-22
- Language: English
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The Other Side Of Paradise
- An epic and moving love story under the shadow of war
- By: Margaret Mayhew
- Narrated by: Ruth Sillers
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall24
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Performance20
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Fans of Katie Flynn, Rosamunde Pilcher and Dinah Jeffries will love this emotional and sweeping wartime romance set in Singapore from bestselling author Margaret Mayhew. READERS ARE LOVING THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE! "Moving tale of bravery and human endurance...the sounds and smells and life of...
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Enjoyed knowing a bit of history
- By Ann mathieson on 29-11-18
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The Other Side Of Paradise
- An epic and moving love story under the shadow of war
- Narrated by: Ruth Sillers
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 30-05-13
- Language: English
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Before the Rains
- By: Dinah Jefferies
- Narrated by: Naomi Frederick
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall111
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Performance96
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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Before the Rains by Dinah Jefferies, read by Naomi Frederick. A gripping, heart-wrenching tale of love against the odds from the Number One Sunday Times bestselling author Dinah Jefferies 1930, Rajputana, India. Since her...
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evocative stroy
- By L M McDermott on 26-11-19
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Before the Rains
- Narrated by: Naomi Frederick
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 23-02-17
- Language: English
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Emma’s Secret
- By: Barbara Taylor Bradford
- Narrated by: Bea Holland
- Length: 17 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall55
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Performance49
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The legendary Emma Harte, heroine of A Woman of Substance, returns… The legendary Emma Harte, heroine of A Woman of Substance, returns… At the centre of this sweeping saga stands Paula O'Neill, beloved granddaughter of Emma and the guardian of her vast business empire. Paula believes that...
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Emma’s Secret
- By Anonymous on 28-04-25
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Emma’s Secret
- Narrated by: Bea Holland
- Series: Harte Family Saga, Book 4
- Length: 17 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 04-01-18
- Language: English
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The Tuscan Secret
- By: Angela Petch
- Narrated by: Ellie Heydon
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall84
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Performance70
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Anna is distraught when her beloved mother, Ines, passes away. She inherits a box of papers, handwritten in Italian and yellowed with age, and a tantalizing promise that the truth about what happened during the war lies within. The diaries lead Anna to the small village of Rofelle, where she slowly starts to heal as she explores sun-kissed olive groves, and pieces together her mother’s past: happy days spent herding sheep across Tuscan meadows cruelly interrupted when World War Two erupted and the Nazis arrived....
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What a great listen!
- By TG on 02-08-19
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The Tuscan Secret
- Narrated by: Ellie Heydon
- Series: Tuscany, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 26-06-19
- Language: English
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The Irish Midwife
- The Irish Midwives, Book 1
- By: Seána Tinley
- Narrated by: Roisin Rankin
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Can she finally put herself first, in order to find love? Peggy Cassidy is a milly, working in the Belfast linen mills to just about get by. But Peggy also has another job - a secret one. She works as a handywoman - an illegal midwife, tending to the women of her community in their time of need...
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True understanding of real midwifery
- By Siobhan Taylor on 15-11-25
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The Irish Midwife
- The Irish Midwives, Book 1
- Narrated by: Roisin Rankin
- Series: The Irish Midwives, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 11-09-25
- Language: English
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