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Chocolate Girls

By: Annie Murray
Narrated by: Frances Barber
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In Chocolate Girls, read by actress Frances Barber, three very different women work together at Cadbury's Bournville factory, and their lives become entwined by war and work - and a child called David.

Edie, the main character, marries young to escape her unhappy family home. Widowed at nineteen and, after losing her child from the marriage, she faces the war grieving and lonely. Then one night during the Blitz, an infant mysteriously abandoned during the bombing is handed into her care . . .

Ruby, meanwhile, doesn't want to be left behind in the wedding stakes and settles for marriage with Frank.

Finally there's Janet, kind-hearted and susceptible to male charm, who is hurt desperately by an affair with a married man.

David, the child who steals Edie's heart as she brings him up through a time none of them will ever forget, is the love of all their lives. And when David is old enough to wonder who he really is, he leads Edie through struggle and heartache to a life and love she would never have dreamed of . . .

Annie Murray's Chocolate Girls is followed by the captivating sequel, The Bells of Bournville Green.

© Annie Murray; (P) Macmillan Publishers Ltd 20th Century Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance Heartfelt War

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i loved this book by annie murray what a lovely story it was gripping and you just had to keep reading it, it was very sad in parts but a really great read also the follow on book was a great read to and sad but had a happy ending love audible

the chocolate girls

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narrator was brilliant and her voice changes made the book so much more interesting. reccommend

LOVED it

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Super reader, lovedd her accents, story line was a little weak. But enjoyed allthesame

Not the best from Annie Murray. loved the reader

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Very good story, well read and sorry it had to end where it did. Great book.

Great story

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Listen to it in one go start to finish
I new all the places mentioned around Sally oak, bournville
Fabulous book and highly recommend

Great local story

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