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Down Lambeth Way

Adams Family, Book 1

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Down Lambeth Way

By: Mary Jane Staples
Narrated by: Annie Aldington
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About this listen

On the eve of war, can she and her family pull through?

The Adams family were poor, cheerful and, above all, respectable.

There was Mrs Adams, a widow having lost her husband in the Boer War; Boots, the bright one; Tommy, the quiet one; Sammy, a wheeler dealer in the making; and Lizzy. Lizzy was a real pearl - one of the prettiest girls in Walworth.

Then Lizzy falls in love it is 1914. War is coming, and everyone is going to be affected. Will the Adams family - gutsy, tough and cheeky - pull through?

Down Lambeth Way is the first in Mary Jane Staples' Adams Family series. Their story continues in Our Emily.

©2011 Mary Jane Staples (P)2021 Audible, Ltd Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction War Thought-Provoking

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All stars
Most relevant
Absolutely brilliant story and
narrator. Annie Addington has
improved tremendously.
You have to read it, there are 29 in the series.
I could write a lot more but I won't have have anything to
write in the other reviews.

Excellent Book!

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I'm not entirely sure why, but I have found myself totally drawn in to this book. It is just a book about family, poverty, loss, love, war....all aspects of life during those pre-war and war times...but I became totally invested in all the characters. I found myself laughing out loud and crying. Mary Jane Staples is a fabulous author and I can't wait to read more by her. The performance of Annie Aldington was truly outstanding. I'm off now to listen to book 2.....

Brilliant

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From start to finish this book entertained me , great story line, very humourous in parts . Narrator was so good . Really enjoy this book. Looking forward to book 2 .

BRILLIANT. First time reading a Mary Jane Staples

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Mary Jane Staples what a find . I’ve never head of this author until recently. Now enjoying many of her books . Both the Adams series
And the one off stories ….Out of the past with values long forgotten.
Very funny and many real gems please find out for yourselves

What a find../

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Wonderfully sensitive, and amusing. Will read another book from this author in the near future loved it.

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