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A Slice of the Moon

By: Sandi Toksvig
Narrated by: Lisa Dwan
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About this listen

Because of the potato me and my family left our home and travelled 6,000 miles to find a new life....

Slim Hannigan and her family are poor but happy. Theirs is a life filled with love and laughter - and a pet pig called Hamlet.

But things change overnight, and suddenly they find themselves facing hunger and danger like they have never known.... So they leave their village in Ireland to journey to America, where, they hope, family and fortune await them.

Slim soon finds herself living a life that feels just like one of those far-fetched stories her Da has always told. Can one brave girl keep her family together no matter what is thrown at them....?

©2015 Sandi Toksvig (P)2015 Random House AudioBooks Action & Adventure Fiction Adventure

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a great story with some very said parts, very well read. gives a good feel for the history

An Emotional listen

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I caught Sandi's name whilst surfing Audible's offerings and bought a few to dip my toes in the water. this is my first which, surprise surprise, i read straight through without stopping. Great story, well written and Historically accurate. the narrator did a good job with various accents. Well done.

Epic

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I was really interested in the history of the Irish potato famine and thought this would be wonderful way to gather a personal account albeit in a story format. Wonderfully written and beautifully told (though the odd accent was a bit sketchy!) disappointed that the next will have a different narrator. But throughly recommend for all ages!

Beautiful story telling and insight

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Beautifully narrated, this book, recommended to me (37F) by my niece (10F). It is well told, factually very accurate and full of many lessons including the difficult subjects of loss and the pitfalls of greed. Wonderfully descriptive, Toksvig has painted the perfectly correct picture of two seperate countries which, at the time, were places of everything and nothing all at once. I will go on to listen to the rest of the series.

A wonderful listen and a wonderful lesson

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Loved it and learnt a lot about the hard times Ireland faced during the potato famine

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