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  • By: Sue Townsend
  • Narrated by: Rob Crossan
  • Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (14 ratings)
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Summary

Sue Townsend, creator of the much-loved Adrian Mole series, tells a compassionate and gritty story of love and loss in Ghost Children. Seventeen years ago Angela Carr aborted an unwanted child. The child's father, Christopher Moore, was devastated by the loss and retreated from the world. However, when he makes a horrifying discovery on the heath, he finds that he is compelled to confront Angela about the past. As they start seeing each other again, can they avoid past mistakes? And will their future together be eclipsed by the mistakes of yesterday?
©1997 Sue Townsend (P)2013 W F Howes Ltd
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‘Bleak, tender and deeply affecting. Seldom have I rooted so hard for a set of fictional individuals.’ MAIL ON SUNDAY
‘Gripping and disturbing. Utterly absorbing.’ INDEPENDENT

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Poor narration

This is an excellent story about love and loss and parenthood, marred by pretty dire narration. Dozens if not hundreds of words are mispronounced or misread, from Thomas Aquinas ('Aquinnius') to cul-de-sac ('coldy-sack') to bought ('brought'). And as for the accented characters - oh dear.

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