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Chandlers Green
- Narrated by: Marlene Sidway
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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- EllaouiseTomas
- 14-04-20
Great story ❤️
Being from Bolton I love listening to the different places being described & then picturing it in my mind lol, just wish there were more of her books on audible as there's only a few but this is the only book that's based in Bolton the other 2 or 3 are based in Liverpool 😊
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- Mrs. K. I. Richards
- 18-08-15
once all the characters have been introduced
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this becomes a really good book.
Richard chandler is an alcoholic who believes he is the lord of the manor and can do what he wants. this character is really well written as he descends into the last stages of alcoholism.
recommended.