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A Place to Call Home

By: Carole Matthews
Narrated by: Rita Sharma
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About this listen

In the dead of night, Ayesha takes her daughter, Sabina, and slips quietly from her home, leaving behind a life of full of pain. Boarding a coach to London, all Ayesha wants is a fresh start. Hayden, a former popstar, has kept himself hidden away for years. He's only opened up his home to two people - Crystal, a professional dancer with a heart of gold, and Joy, an ill-tempered retiree with a soft spot for waifs and strays.

When Crystal asks Hayden if Ayesha and Sabina can stay with them, he reluctantly agrees and, as different as they may be, they quickly form an unlikely bond. So when enemies threaten their peaceful home, they will do all they can to save it and each other.

Uplifting and emotional, this is a novel of new beginnings, of discovering love and of finding A Place to Call Home.

©2014 Carole Matthews (P)2014 Isis Publishing Ltd Contemporary Contemporary Romance Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Romance Romantic Comedy Women's Fiction Comedy Feel-Good Heartfelt

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Critic reviews

"The perfect escape" ( Woman)
"Simply brilliant" ( Closer)
"Witty, funny and incredibly touching, this is perfect for lifting the spirits" ( Heat)
"Matthews is one of the few writers who can rival Marian Keyes gift for telling heart -warming tales with buckets of charm and laughs" ( Daily Record)
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Carole does it yet again. Another fantastic story with lots of twists and turns. The narrator does the voices amazingly. Well done everyone involved

Gripping

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This was a lovely book well written and taken from the respective of the main characters. Emily and joyful and very easy to warm to eat carrots return. Definitely a good drink

Lovely moving story

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Really great story and well read. An easy listen. Would definitely recommend listening to this one.

Really enjoyed.

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Where does A Place to Call Home rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is another of those books that once I started listening I was immersed in the story and have not switched it off all day.

What was one of the most memorable moments of A Place to Call Home?

I am still listening to it but so far I loved the bit where she was welcomed into her new home by Crystal who is a great character with a big heart.

What does Rita Sharma bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

I am loving the narrator in this story. The story comes alive with the lovely softly spoken narration of a heart rending story.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The very start gripped me when she had to get up in the middle of the night to leave home with her daughter who had not spoken due to witnessing the abuse of her mother by her father over a long period of time and the fact that the mum had taken some time to collect money from her husband's wallet to get herself and her daughter free this abusive home.

Any additional comments?

Give this book a try - I cannot stop listening.

Can't Stop Listening - Great Book

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This book was very engrossing and kept me absorbed all the way through. The characters were very well written.

A thoroughly enjoyable story

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