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Christmas for the Halfpenny Orphans
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The Midwives of Raglan Road.
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Christmas may be the season of goodwill and festive cheer, but not for the poor of 1950s Liverpool. And for St Angelus Hospital in Lovely Lane, it is frantically busy. There are the old, the dying, the children and the emergencies.
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A Shilling for a Wife
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of A Shilling for a Wife by Emma Hornby, read by Penelope Freeman. A dismal cottage in the heart of Bolton, Lancashire, has been Sally's prison since Joseph Goden 'bought' her from the workhouse as his wife. A drunkard and bully, Joseph rules her with a rod of iron, using fists and threats to keep her in check. When Sally gives birth, however, she knows she must do anything to save her child from her husband's clutches.
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excellent read strong story lines
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The Angels of Lovely Lane
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It is 1953, and five girls are arriving to start their training at St Angelus Hospital. Dana has escaped from her family farm in Ireland. Victoria is running away from an aristocratic background. Beth is an army brat and throws her lot in with bitchy Celia Forsyth, and Pammy has come from the wrong side of the tracks. When an unknown girl is admitted after a botched backstreet abortion, a tragedy begins to unfold which will rock the world of St Angelus to its foundations.
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Lovely book
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Two older brothers had taught Nancy Ann how to look after herself well enough, and she could hold her own with the roughest of the village children. But soon she had to muster her courage and fortitude to the full when the far greater challenges of a controversial marriage thrust her into womanhood and into a whole new world of conflict and tragedy which had to be faced and overcome.
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A gritty and compelling drama from the best-selling author of The Orphans of Halfpenny Street.
Perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries and Sheila Jeffries. Little twin sisters Sarah and Samantha are all alone in the world. When their mother died giving birth to Sarah, she was blamed for the death by her father, and her learning difficulties serve only to make him more angry and violent towards her. Now he's finally abandoned them both, and they've found sanctuary at St Saviour's Children's Home in London's East End. It seems they're doomed to be separated; no one wants to take Sarah on, but life apart will break their hearts.
Alice, a former worker at the home who is now a mother and happily married to Bob, finds her happiness under threat when a face from the past reappears. Jack Shaw, East End bad boy, has always been Alice's weak spot, but is she really about to throw everything away?
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- Liz
- 22-10-16
Well read albeit a slow book
I found this book boring
I think the narrator did a good job considering the material
It felt like a history lesson for children
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- Anne Callender
- 18-09-17
great story well told
the story comes alive when you are listening it's well writen and we'll read I was really happy with this book has plenty of interest believable characters
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- steph
- 05-01-17
Christmas at halfpenny
I really enjoyed this story it had lots of twist and turns in it , leaving you wanting to know more.
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- denise stott
- 19-12-16
Brilliant follow up
I read the orphan s of halfpenny street which I enjoyed. The characters from that book carried on into the second book. And the story carried on. Good book.
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- Janet
- Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom
- 21-10-16
TERRIBLE BORING NARRATION
Really trying to get past chapter 7 - the narration is far too condescending & samey.. its a real struggle.
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