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The Beloved Girls
- Narrated by: Siobhan Redmond
- Length: 18 hrs and 34 mins
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Summary
The outstanding new novel from the Sunday Times Top 10 best-selling author of The Garden of Lost and Found.
'It's a funny old house. They have this ceremony every summer.... There's an old chapel, in the grounds of the house. Half-derelict. The Hunters keep bees in there. Every year, on the same day, the family processes to the chapel. They open the combs, taste the honey. Take it back to the house. 'Half for them' - my father winced, as though he had bitten down on a sore tooth. 'And half for us.'
Catherine, a successful barrister, vanishes from a train station on the eve of her anniversary. Is it because she saw a figure - someone she believed long dead? Or was it a shadow cast by her troubled, fractured mind?
The answer lies buried in the past. It lies in the events of the hot seismic summer of 1989, at Vanes - a mysterious West Country manor house - where a young girl, Jane Lestrange, arrives to stay with the gilded, grand Hunter family, and where a devastating tragedy will unfold. Over the summer, as an ancient family ritual looms closer, Janey falls for each member of the family in turn. She and Kitty, the eldest daughter of the house, will forge a bond that decades later is still shaping the present....
'We need the bees to survive, and they need us to survive. Once you understand that, you understand the history of Vanes, you understand our family.'
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- Anonymous User
- 25-09-23
Special and I couldn’t stop listening
If there is a grand old house somewhere called Vanes I think the owners should quickly rename it…
Couldn’t put it down, wanted to know how things developed and so do enjoyed this.
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- P. Warner
- 07-07-23
Confusing….
Found it hard to follow and not overly engaging. I do like to try different genres and it may be that this isn’t one for me
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- val thorpe
- 07-07-22
Fantastically enjoyable
beautifully performed and a twisting, engaged and rich plot. just loved this book - best for a long time
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-08-21
Rather disappointing.
The story started for me with such promise and was of great interest as the story was based in the area which I live. Unfortunately my interest waned as I found the tale terribly slow and I struggled to listen to the whole story.
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- V
- 29-11-23
Suspense and intrigue
I found this book totally gripping from the beginning until the very last moments. I was never sure what was going to happen next. A great read.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-09-21
A quite different Harriet Evans
I've just finished this with a smile on my face but to be honest it was a long time coming. I definitely think this will be a marmite book if you, like me, are a fan of this author. It was almost like she'd been told to 'uplevel' her writing style and this did distract from the story a little, lots of descriptive language and needless sub plots. All that said I did enjoy it, but for me not one of her best.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-07-22
Just ok-wouldn’t recommend
I nearly gave up after a couple of hours but then the story went back in time and picked up a bit. It continued to hold my interest as I wanted to find out what had gone on but it turns out, nothing much! I got through it but I wouldn’t recommend it.
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- Sandra
- 27-12-22
A good listen!
Well written story with many twists and turns along the way as we dip into the lives of the families entwined in the tale. There is love friendship and a little sinister twists as we go through the tale. The story of set in different timelines but each explains the others!
The reader speaks clearly and you are quickly pulled into the intrigue of this strange family. Good use of voices and intonation.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-01-23
The Beloved Girls
It was different with a twist, I listened until the end but I couldn’t say that I enjoyed the book
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- Marie Littler
- 05-09-21
Late nights warning!
A fabulous story, hooked from the opening chapter. Great narration. highly recommend to others. kept me up late on several nights .
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