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A Simple Wish

By: Rosie Goodwin
Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson
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1885.

Ruby Carter works hard in her parents' bakery. Whilst life isn't easy, she's happy enough - her gentle mother protects young Ruby from her cruel father and loves her unconditionally. So, when her mother falls ill, Ruby is heartbroken, and when from her deathbed her mother reveals that Ruby was adopted, the young girl is distraught.

Stricken by grief and alone with the violent man she called her father, Ruby feels she has no choice but to flee. At just 15, homeless and alone, Ruby is relieved when a kindly stranger named Mrs Bamber takes pity on her and welcomes her into her home.

But soon, Ruby learns Mrs Bamber is not as generous as she first seemed - she forces Ruby into a life of crime as a jewel thief in Birmingham's jewellery quarter. With nothing to her name and nowhere to go, Ruby has no choice but to go along with it, despite the guilt and shame she feels. But Ruby is determined that she will atone for what she's done and be reunited with her birth parents.

Ruby's only wish is to find her family.

©2021 Rosie Goodwin (P)2021 Bonnier Books UK Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Victorian Romance Heartfelt

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I really did love this story from the beginning to the end. It was sad and upsetting in different parts of the book but then really happy . It was interesting about the jewellery making also. I think everyone would enjoy listening to it.

So Enjoyable

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storyline with some great characters and antics within the book. The narrator was very good at using different voices for the characters.

A lovely.....

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Overall the narrator is fine but she hisses on an "s" or a "ch" at the end of a lot of words and I found it incredibly irritating.

Narrator hissing spoilt it for me

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A young girl is fostered and when the foster mum does the young woman suffers a dreadful ordeal. Forcing her to run away at a young age. A woman takes her into her home but all is not as it should be, so the cool arranges for the girl to work for a rich family. Again all does not go well, and so the girl moves again. But what is her fate this time?.

A well written story.

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l really enjoyed this from Start to finish, wondering which one to go for next time.

lovely

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