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Three Women and a Boat

By: Anne Youngson
Narrated by: Helen Lloyd
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A hugely charming, genuinely uplifting story that shows it's never too late for new adventures and unexpected friendship - for fans of Harold Fry, Dear Mrs Bird and The Librarian.

Meet Eve, who has departed from her 30-year career to become a Free Spirit, Sally, who has waved goodbye to her indifferent husband and two grown-up children, and Anastasia: defiantly independent narrow-boat-dweller, suddenly vulnerable as she awaits a life-saving operation.

Inexperienced and ill-equipped, Sally and Eve embark upon a journey through the canals of England, guided by the remote and unsympathetic Anastasia. As they glide gently - and not so gently - through the countryside, the eccentricities and challenges of canalboat life draw them inexorably together and a tender and unforgettable story unfolds.

Disarmingly truthful and narrated with a rare, surprising wit, Three Women and a Boat is a journey over the glorious waterways of England and into the unfathomable depths of the human heart.

©2020 Anne Youngson (P)2020 Penguin Audio Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Heartfelt Feel-Good England

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This is a captivating well written story which makes it one of those books that you will want to read again and again .I didn’t want it to end!

It’s just one of those books ...

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love this story of two women who's lives are changed by another who will not change ! lovely easily followed story .

women changing mundane

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I loved this story and immediately wanted to volunteer to do the same! I'd love a follow-up to find what happened next, but it would have to be a different narrator...

The narrator's woodenness, her lack of nuance and emotion, almost got the better of me and I nearly didn't finish the book. It's only because I'm print disabled and had no other choice but to listen that I did finish it - which only goes to show what a great story it is.

inspiring story

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Maybe it's because I'm perimenopausal, but I want to get a longboat immediately!Send help!

an aspirational idyl

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lovely writing, enjoyed the descriptions, the characters were delightful, story line simple but very interesting

lovely

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