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An Apple from Eden
- Narrated by: Eve Karpt
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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- J A Phillips
- 30-06-20
a very nice story
well narrated, plenty of action within the different households. A very enjoyable book by Emma blair