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The Exiles at Home
- The Exiles, Book 2
- Narrated by: Marie Lawrence
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
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Summary
Award-winning author Hilary McKay returns with another hilarious and adventurous story of the four Conroy sisters as they come together to devise a plan helping Ruth sponsor a child in Africa.
When Ruth Conroy decides to sponsor a child in Africa, she is unprepared for just how difficult it is to find 10 pounds per month. As any sister's next step would be, Ruth enlists the help of Phoebe, Naomi and Rachel.
All too eager to help their sister, the four girls work together to come up with multiple hare-brained, fundraising schemes that are a bit too mischievous to be fruitful. From undisciplined babysitters to unhygienic caterers and fraudulent pavement artists, the Conroy sisters' hilarious projects never fail to cause chaos and mayhem.
Critic reviews
"McKay has a genius for domestic comedy." (The Sunday Times)
"Hilary McKay's strength lies in her understanding of young people and her ability to evoke them very simply." (The Guardian)
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- Elisabeth Jackson
- 26-05-22
Its really good but they changed it
The author has edited this series of books to suit a modern audience. While some bits are improved by this to make more sense to todays kids, big changes to parts of the plot did change part of the tone & meaning of the book. Its still amazing & well worth a listen but read the original for the true story. If youre like me and read these books as a 90s kid its well worth a listen, lovely childhood nostalgia
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- Neaveeda A.
- 09-11-22
Great story but Reader doesn't bring it to life
The story is great, funny and really warming but I seriously preferred the narration by Julia Mckenzie as she brought the characters alive and made it more funny. This was narrated but done very poorly as the kids voices were awful and don't like the way Big Grandma voice was. It can become an ear ache to hear at times.
The story is funny as I have the books but just wish they could have got Julia Mckenzie narration of this.
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