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Random House presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of Going Home by Val Wood, read by Anne Dover.

For Amelia and her brothers and sisters, the grim past which their mother, Emily, had endured seemed very far away. As pretty as a picture and now learning to be a teacher in York, Amelia looked forward with pleasure to becoming acquainted with the young men clamouring to get to know her, and especially the two gentlemen who had come all the way from Australia to meet her family. Ralph Hawkins, bringing with him his friend Jack - a handsome half-aboriginal Australian who was determined to make a good living for himself - arrived in Hull looking for his roots. He found Amelia, whose tangled family history was inextricably bound up with his.

Ralph Hawkins' whole world had been turned upside down when he learned that he had been adopted by the couple he had always called his parents. In his quest to find his real mother, he uncovered some cruel and unpleasant truths before at last realising where his true destiny lay.

©2011 Valerie Wood (P)2017 Random House Audiobooks Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Women's Fiction
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Loved the. story with all its struggles and up lifting ways out of poverty
looking forward to listening to more of Vale books also the beautiful way its read by Ann many thanks to you both x.

Beautiful

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Oh what a lovely story. I never wanted it to finish It was a sequel to Emily and I do hope that Val Wood writes another to let us know what happens to both families in the future. Anne Dover, as usual, is a brilliant narrator. I can certainly recommend this book.

From Australia to England

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lovely lovly story and lovely to listen to. I also would like to know how the families got on with their new lives.

brilliant

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You need to read the first book called Emily prior to Going Home, as it makes this story even more compelling. Emily is a harrowing read without giving too much away, about abuse of servants, deportation and the horrific treatment of convicts on the ships sailing towards Australia. But it has a happy ending. Then Going Home is a continuation of the story which brings everything together. Absolutely excellent stories. I love my audio books, and the narrator Anne Dover is absolutely excellent. Her ability to use different accents never fail to impress, she is just brilliant and my favourite narrator to date. All I can say is these two books are a must read or must listen too as I prefer. If I could give it 10* rating, I would.

Absolutely Excellent story

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I’ve really enjoyed listening to this audiobook.
I read the book when first printed but Ann Dover brings it too life.

Another lovely story

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