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Home for Christmas

By: Annie Groves
Narrated by: Sue Jenkins
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Home for Christmas is a tale of four very different young women thrown together by war. Finding freedom and independence – as well as love, passion and heartbreak – for the very first time, a unique bond is formed as the hostilities take their toll on Britain.

It's September 1940 and the German blitz on London has just begun. The four young girls who live at No. 13 Article Row live under its constant threat. But life must go on…

Tilly and Sally both work at Barts Hospital where they witness the cruelty of war first-hand.

Agnes volunteers to work extra hours at her underground station to help with the nightly influx of people seeking safety from the bombs.

Dulcie, with her broken ankle, tries to make peace with her mother, following the news of the death of her sister Enid. But her grief-stricken mother doesn't want to know.

Sally returns to her painful past in Liverpool. But it's not seeing the man she once loved, nor her father and ex-best fiend's child that hurt most…

As Christmas approaches, the arrival of the handsome young American Drew, ignites new life in the heart Tilly thought was broken.

As the bombs continue to rain down on a frosty London, perilous challenges lay around every corner. And all anyone wants this year is to be home for Christmas.

20th Century Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Medical War & Military War Heartfelt Christmas England Military Winter

Critic reviews

Praise for Home for Christmas:

‘Read with a mince pie in hand’ The Sun

Praise for Annie Groves:

‘An engrossing story’ My Weekly

‘A stirring and heartrending family saga…Against a backdrop of change when the suffragette movement was coming to the fore, the choices and dreams of a generation of women combine to create this passionate story’ Liverpool Daily Post

‘Heartwrenching and uplifting in equal measure – a tragic indictment of what can happen when you swap passion for duty. Roll on the sequel!’ Take a Break

‘Written from the heart’ My Weekly

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what a difference a good narration brings, I'm hooked on Annie Groves wartime stories, more please!

loved it

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But shame it wasn't the same narrater as the previous book. Dulcie the East end girl that works at Selfridges and always tried to sound posh now sounds like a fish wife. The New Zealand accent was also not evident, all important things when trying to create an image of the characters from an audio book.

Great story

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Great story, the characters are really starting to develop and much improved with a better reader.

Good story, read well

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second book and I thougherly enjoyed listening to the next chapters of the families.
it also makes you think about the little things that are so important but forgotten too easily.
Now onto the third one.

love it. heartwarming tale.

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I love these stories, but the narrator spoiled it for me as their accents were awful. I don’t feel she had read the 1st book & researched her characters beforehand.

Another great book

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