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Take This Woman

By: Josephine Cox
Narrated by: Sherry Baines
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Blackburn, 1947. In the tiny front parlour 14-year-old Laura Blake watches her beloved father die. But not before he tells her she will make something of her life. Laura never forgets his words. Yet her path to success proves to be a rocky one. Forced to trundle a cart around the back streets, selling other folk's cast-offs to support her family, Laura learns enough to start work in her uncle's furniture shop. But then fate deals another cruel blow when Laura is brutally raped. Bearing the child of her attacker in secret, she vows to make the world pay for its injustice towards her.

As she grows older her beauty blossoms, and her new toughness helps her forge a successful career in the antiques business. But it is in affairs of the heart that Laura stumbles, and before she can find fulfilment, she must learn to put the past behind her, and to give as well as take.

©1989 Josephine Cox (P)2024 Bolinda Publishing Family Life Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Heartfelt

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The narrator was so depressing in her tone throughout. For me it spoiled the long listen.

Interesting storyline however

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I liked the moral in the story that money and success do not bring happiness, it’s friends and family that matter.

The authentic Lancashire accents

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Absolutely wonderful story long but not long enough didn’t want it to end wish there was a book 📕 2

How wonderfully detailed the story is

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I think the plot was a little too long . But a good story . Very well read .

Great characters

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