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Emily

By: Val Wood
Narrated by: Anne Dover
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Random House presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of Emily by Val Wood, read by Anne Dover.

Emily was only five years old when she was sent away from her ma and pa and her brother, Joe, to go and live with old Granny Edwards.

A loving and hardworking child, she goes into service when she is 12 at the house of Roger Francis, whose connections with Emily's own family prove to be closer than she could ever have guessed.

Roger's daughter, Deborah, takes a great fancy to Emily, and when Emily has moved to another household in Hull she finds that her new employer's son, Hugo, is to marry Deborah. But Hugo, too, has taken a fancy to Emily and dishonours and then betrays her to such an extent that she is imprisoned, tried and deported to Australia.

But just when her fortunes seem to be at their lowest ebb, Emily is reunited with the one man who can save her from her miserable existence and bring her wealth and happiness.

©2010 Val Wood (P)2017 Random House AudioBooks Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Romance Women's Fiction

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Life of the poor exposed in many twists and turns. Goodness and love triumphing above cruelty and meanness.
The noratiion of the story was excellent.

fascinating story

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Would you listen to Emily again? Why?

If I totally forgot the story then I would listen again

Who was your favorite character and why?

Emily. She is so strong

What does Anne Dover bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

She has a lovely clear calming voice that keeps you interested.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Couldnt stop listening.

Brilliant

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Excellent narrative was engaging from start to finish. Amazing twist and turns and a happy ending

Brilliant

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A lovely heart wrenching story told so well. Its an easy story that draws you in from the start & keeps you following desperate to know what's next . I loved it ..

A rollercoaster of emotions that's fantastic

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OMG, I loved this book, from start to finish. I don't want it to end. I hope we get to hear what happens next in Emily's life

love, love, loved

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