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The Godforsaken Daughter
- Narrated by: Sue Pitkin
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
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The Godforsaken Daughter
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Summary
When Ruby Clare's father was alive, they toiled together happily on their dairy farm in Northern Ireland. Since his death Ruby - thirty-three, plump but comely - has been forced indoors and made a domestic drudge for Martha, her endlessly critical mother, and her prettier younger sisters, May and June.
But everything changes when Ruby finds her late grandmother's old case in the attic. Among its strange contents: a curious, handmade volume called The Book of Light.
As Ruby delves into its mysterious pages, she's enticed into a most beguiling world whose allure and magnetic power she finds irresistible.
Martha, convinced that her newly empowered daughter is going crazy, enlists the help of the kindly parish priest and then psychiatrist Henry Shevlin. Henry appears imperturbable yet is inwardly reeling from his wife's unexplained disappearance the previous year.
As Ruby undergoes therapy, she meets local bachelor farmer Jamie McCloone. Through their shared loneliness and isolation the two find the courage to connect. But will Ruby's mother allow her daughter the happiness she so richly deserves?
The Godforsaken Daughter is an unforgettable peek into small-town life in Ireland's recent past. It's a glorious successor to McKenna's first two Tailorstown novels, The Misremembered Man and The Disenchanted Widow.
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- Dr Christopher D Good
- 20-08-21
Shame about the accents
Good story and character development. Shame you used Scottish accents throughout for Northern Irish characters.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-07-18
Nice story. poor reading
Not as good as 1st two books in trilogy. Reader's Irish accent awful as were her male voices sadly. Other two books in trilogy were really well read. Go for those.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-04-19
Exciting, Thrilling
I really loved this book and the continuity from the previous 2 books in the trilogy. This was a beautiful love story full of despair and hope where good triumphs over evil.
My only problem was the narrow range of voices from the narrator. It was difficult at times to tell between male and female. magistrate, cleaner and RUC. Also lack of research of local pronunciation irked me "donegal" for example. But I eventually got used to it.
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- Ken
- 27-08-21
Funny yet deeply moving
Strongly defined characters, beautiful story lines and all woven together so skilfully. This is the most enjoyable book of the series so far, this despite all the others being excellent.
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- Jyne Mills
- 02-06-19
the godforsaken daughter by Christina McKenna.
Enjoyable read would follow this author. Interesting story easy to follow. Just the thing for an easy relaxing read with a bit of twist to keep going.
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- Helen
- 23-08-16
What a terrible accent!
Audiobook Vvry annoying for a native northern irelander. Same character, same paragraph contains Irish brogue, Scottish and Cornish!
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- Edeline Toth
- 03-09-16
Terrible performance
If this book wasn’t for you, who do you think might enjoy it more?
Maybe... a nine year old interested in spies and witches
Would you recommend The Godforsaken Daughter to your friends? Why or why not?
No - terrible performance, mediocre story of spies and wicca
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Sue Pitkin should just read the book not try to "perform" it. Her accents are appalling. She doesn't even maintain the same "voice" for a character and apparently forgets whether a given character is Irish, English or Scottish. It sounds like the kind of "performance" a school teacher might do when reading Roald Dahl to four year olds.
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- Kara
- 24-11-17
Dreadful narration,
Terrible choice of narrator. Gave up on audible and read the story instead. This is an easy read, gentle distraction, but the narrator was totally unable to relate, terrible false accent slipped all over the place and didn't seem to understand the dialect.
Wish I could return the purchase.
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