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The Doorstep Girls

By: Val Wood
Narrated by: Anne Dover
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About this listen

Can two friends find hope in hard times?

Ruby and Grace have grown up in the poorest slums of Hull. Friends since early childhood, they have supported each other in bad times and good. But their families are bound together by more than friendship, and secrets from the past threaten to make their lives even more difficult.

The local cotton mill has provided work for Ruby and Grace since they were nine years old, and now, years later, both girls find themselves the objects of attention from the mill owner's sons. As times grow harder and money ever scarcer, Grace becomes involved in campaigns against poverty and injustice while Ruby is tempted into prostitution.

The two girls are searching for something that could take them far away...but what price will they pay to find it?

If you like books by Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, you'll love Val's heartwarming stories of triumph over adversity.

©2011 Valerie Wood (P)2016 Random House AudioBooks Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Genre Fiction Romance Heartfelt

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I really enjoyed this book I love a happy ending and the narrator was fab with a soothing voice.

Excellent easy reading

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I didn't want this book to end. A story of poverty and riches. I love Val Woods books.

BrillIant

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One of the best books I've listened to, such a wonderful story, the characters are so endearing and Ann Dover (the narrator) just brings them all to life, really didn't want it to end I enjoyed that much.

A very heartwarming read that I recommend to you all.

ONE OF THE BEST.....

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Such a good book, I didn't want it to end, is there a second one by chance?

Lovely

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I spent my time listening to this book during periods of insomnia and glad for once that I couldn't sleep. A really good book

Intriguing story

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