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The Tobacco Girls
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,017
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Performance935
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Story928
Bristol, 1939. School leaver Maisie Miles suspects her father, a small-time crook, has an ulterior motive for insisting she gets a job at the W. D. & H. O. Wills tobacco factory but keeps it to herself. She's befriended by effervescent Phyllis Mason and kind-hearted Bridget Milligan who take pity on her and take Maisie under their wing. But beneath their happy-go-lucky exteriors, they all harbour dreams and worries about what the future holds.
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another very good book well presented and narrated
- By mrs susan white on 29-06-21
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The Tobacco Girls
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Series: Tobacco Girls, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 05-01-21
- 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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The Summer Garden
- Bronze Horseman Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Paullina Simons
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell
- Length: 30 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance14
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Story14
Through years of war and devastation, Tatiana and Alexander suffered the worst the twentieth century had to offer. Miraculously reunited in America, they now have a beautiful son, Anthony, the gift of a love strong enough to survive the most terrible upheavals. Though they are still young, the ordeals they endured have changed them-and after living apart in a world laid waste, they must now find a way to live together in postwar America.
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Fabulous trilogy
- By L Dumpleton on 08-04-26
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The Summer Garden
- Bronze Horseman Trilogy, Book 3
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell
- Series: The Bronze Horseman Trilogy, Book 3
- Length: 30 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 06-02-24
- Language: English
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A Woman of Substance
- By: Barbara Taylor Bradford
- Narrated by: Bea Holland
- Length: 35 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall388
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Performance337
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Story338
Now a major new Channel 4 series starring Brenda Blethyn (Vera) and Jessica Reynolds (Outlander) from OBE‑honoured, award‑winning author Barbara Taylor Bradford One girl. One secret. One unstoppable ascent. In 1905 a young kitchen maid leaves Fairley Hall. Emma Harte is sixteen, single and...
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Excellent read
- By bunce2659 on 07-02-19
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A Woman of Substance
- Narrated by: Bea Holland
- Series: Harte Family Saga, Book 1
- Length: 35 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 04-05-17
- Language: English
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The Porcelain Maker
- 'An absorbing study of love and art' Sunday Times
- By: Sarah Freethy
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall55
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Performance52
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Story52
‘A page-turning journey to uncover a past of heroism, betrayal, love, and loss’ Heather Morris, bestselling author of Sisters under the Rising Sun 'So compelling' Sunday Times 'A gorgeous debut' Heat Two lovers caught at the crossroads of history A daughter’s search for the truth Germany...
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Stunning.
- By c.lucy on 04-03-26
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The Porcelain Maker
- 'An absorbing study of love and art' Sunday Times
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 26-10-23
- Language: English
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A Wartime Promise for the East End Girls
- By: Jean Fullerton
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
East London, 1943: As air raid sirens wail, can the East End Girls join forces to protect their city and the people they love? Nell Reilly’s blonde curls and piercing blue eyes might look angelic, but she is ready to fight with everything she has for a better future. Brought up in London’s tough East End, she is fiercely determined to keep the promise she made to her little sister Jo to build a new life for them one day. Until a chance meeting changes everything…
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A Wartime Promise for the East End Girls
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Series: The East End Girls, Book 3
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 29-05-26
- Language: English
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A Hopscotch Summer
- By: Annie Murray
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall94
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Performance87
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Story86
In 1930s Birmingham, in the impoverished district of Nechells, a young girl bravely endeavours to hold her family together in trying times. A Hopscotch Summer is an emotional journey of determination and resilience from Annie Murray. Read by Penelope Freeman (My Daughter, My Mother) Emma Brown...
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easy listen
- By Sue on 14-05-15
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A Hopscotch Summer
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Series: Hopscotch Summer, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 17-02-14
- Language: English
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Songs of Love and War
- The Deverill Chronicles: Book 1
- By: Santa Montefiore
- Narrated by: Genevieve Swallow
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall516
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Performance477
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Story475
West Cork, Ireland, 1900. The year marks the start of a new century, and the birth of three very different women: Kitty Deverill, the flame-haired Anglo-Irish daughter of the castle, Bridie Doyle, the daughter of the Irish cook and Celia Deverill, Kitty's flamboyant English cousin. Together they...
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Enjoyable, but disappointed end.
- By Sarah on 28-04-16
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Songs of Love and War
- The Deverill Chronicles: Book 1
- Narrated by: Genevieve Swallow
- Series: The Deverill Chronicles, Book 1
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 04-02-16
- Language: English
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The Four Winds
- From the multimillion copy bestselling author of The Women and The Nightingale
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall1,982
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Performance1,796
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Story1,790
'One of the greatest storytellers of our time' Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing 'A story of love, family, unbreakable bonds, bravery and hope' Christy Lefteri, author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo The Four Winds, an instant New York Times number one bestseller and Richard and Judy...
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Excellent in all aspects
- By Anonymous on 07-02-21
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The Four Winds
- From the multimillion copy bestselling author of The Women and The Nightingale
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 02-02-21
- Language: English
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The Figurine
- The enchanting Sunday Times bestseller from the much-loved author of The Island
- By: Victoria Hislop
- Narrated by: Rose Akroyd
- Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall668
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Performance656
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Story656
Multi-million copy bestselling author Victoria Hislop returns with the captivating tale of one woman's quest to come to terms with her family's brutal past. In her irresistible new novel, Sunday Times No 1 bestselling author Victoria Hislop shines a light on the questionable acquisition of...
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Give in to a dream of Greece!
- By Jon Littler on 20-10-23
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The Figurine
- The enchanting Sunday Times bestseller from the much-loved author of The Island
- Narrated by: Rose Akroyd
- Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 28-09-23
- Language: English
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War Baby
- Sweet Sisters, Book 2
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall36
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Performance33
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Story33
The war has had a devastating effect on the Sweet family, with young Charlie Sweet, lost at sea, presumed dead and bombs falling on nearby Bristol. Still there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon in the form of Mary Sweet’s upcoming wedding to her Canadian beau. But even that has failed to rouse their father from his grief. But in London a baby has been found in a bombed out house, sheltered in the arms of his dead mother. A child to make life worth living again...
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The most boring ever
- By porky on 24-07-25
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War Baby
- Sweet Sisters, Book 2
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: The Sweet Sisters, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 26-04-24
- Language: English
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The Bells of Bournville Green
- Chocolate Girls, Book 2
- By: Annie Murray
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall44
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Performance41
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Story41
Pretty seventeen-year-old Greta has never known a stable family life. With no father, and loathing her mother Ruby's latest boyfriend, Greta finds life hard at home and is happiest at work with her friends at the Cadbury factory in Birmingham where she is popular with the boys. Life takes a turn...
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Another Great story
- By Pauline on 04-09-20
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The Bells of Bournville Green
- Chocolate Girls, Book 2
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: Chocolate Girls, Book 2
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 13-02-14
- Language: English
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The Invitation
- The enchanting and irresistibly romantic new novel from the bestselling author!
- By: Veronica Henry
- Narrated by: Sophie Winkleman
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall79
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Performance79
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Story79
Be swept away by the enchanting and devastatingly romantic new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Veronica Henry - available now! 'A rich, compelling story of love, family and forgiveness. I loved it' SARAH MORGAN 'Romance, heartbreak and secrets, I loved it!' FERN BRITTON 'Warm, wise...
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Another Veronica Henry cracker!
- By Daisy71 on 31-03-26
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The Invitation
- The enchanting and irresistibly romantic new novel from the bestselling author!
- Narrated by: Sophie Winkleman
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 12-02-26
- Language: English
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The Teashop Girls
- A warm, moving tale of wartime friendship
- By: Elaine Everest
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall126
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Performance115
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Story114
The Teashop Girls is a warm and moving tale of friendship and love in wartime, by the bestselling author of the Woolworths series, Elaine Everest. It is early 1940 and World War Two has already taken a hold on the country. Rose Neville works as a Lyon’s Teashop Nippy on the Kent coast...
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The Teashop Girls
- By Sakazoke on 28-05-19
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The Teashop Girls
- A warm, moving tale of wartime friendship
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: Teashop Girls, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 02-05-19
- Language: English
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The Woolworths Girls
- Woolworths, Book 1
- By: Elaine Everest
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall69
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Performance68
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Story68
Against the backdrop of impending war, experience the trials, triumphs and camaraderie behind the Woolworths counter, in Elaine Everest’s historical romance The Woolworths Girls. It's 1938 and as the threat of war hangs over the country, Sarah Caselton is preparing for her new job at...
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Lovely book
- By freddie on 25-02-23
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The Woolworths Girls
- Woolworths, Book 1
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: Woolworths, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 10-11-22
- Language: English
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One Special Village
- Book 3 in the lively, uplifting Ellindale saga
- By: Anna Jacobs
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall160
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Performance143
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Story141
The third book in beloved and bestselling Anna Jacobs' Lancashire-based Ellindale saga Lancashire, 1932 Widower Harry Makepeace lives in Manchester with his sickly daughter Cathie, scrimping and saving to get by. But after she suffers a violent asthma attack, the doctors say she must move to the...
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Fantastic series of books.
- By ian mcnamara on 22-01-19
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One Special Village
- Book 3 in the lively, uplifting Ellindale saga
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Series: Ellindale Saga, Book 3
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 06-09-18
- Language: English
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A Pennyworth of Sunshine
- The Irish Sisters, Book 1
- By: Anna Jacobs
- Narrated by: Marie McCarthy
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall204
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Performance183
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Story181
Bestselling saga author Anna Jacobs' novel of life in nineteenth-century Lancashire and Australia. A must-read for fans of Dilly Court and the Rivenshaw saga. Love can cross oceans . . . Keara Michaels doesn't want to leave her family in Ireland, but fate sends her first to Lancashire, then...
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Penny worth of sunshine
- By anny on 23-01-21
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A Pennyworth of Sunshine
- The Irish Sisters, Book 1
- Narrated by: Marie McCarthy
- Series: The Irish Sisters Series, Book 1
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 05-09-19
- Language: English
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Rosie
- By: Lesley Pearse
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister
- Length: 23 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall182
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Performance160
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Story155
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Rosie by Lesley Pearse, read by Gabrielle Glaister. Her brutal, violent family will be the death of her . . . Without a mother, Rosie is at the mercy of her father and thuggish brothers. Then one day a friend comes to the farm in the form of cockney...
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Very addictive
- By Jess on 23-09-18
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Rosie
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister
- Length: 23 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 28-06-18
- Language: English
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The Home Front Nurses
- The Home Front Nurses, Book 1
- By: Rachel Brimble
- Narrated by: Willow Nash
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance12
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Story12
As war rages and brave soldiers returning home from the frontline need nurses more than ever, fiercely proud redhead Sylvia Roberts is determined to help in any way she can. In spite of her mother’s belief she isn’t good enough, Sylvia believes that becoming a home front nurse is her calling. Together with the two friends she makes on her first day in the job – Freda and Veronica – she knows she can help save lives. And, as the devastation of war shows no signs of ceasing, their work becomes ever more vital.
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The Home Front Nurses
- The Home Front Nurses, Book 1
- Narrated by: Willow Nash
- Series: The Home Front Nurses, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 08-08-24
- Language: English
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Three Summers
- Escape to Italy in this sweeping and romantic historical novel by the Sunday Times bestselling author
- By: Karen Swan
- Narrated by: Cara Horgan
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall40
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Performance40
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Brought to you by Penguin. If you love Lucinda Riley and Santa Montefiore, don't miss this sweeping and escapist new summer romance. Every summer tells a story 1957: The summer of innocence Amongst the lemon trees, Rafaella Parisi impatiently waits for the summer visitors to arrive in her small...
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Great summer read
- By N. T. F. on 02-05-26
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Three Summers
- Escape to Italy in this sweeping and romantic historical novel by the Sunday Times bestselling author
- Narrated by: Cara Horgan
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 26-02-26
- Language: English
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