The Lost Girl
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Buy Now for £29.99
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Narrated by:
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Charlie Sanderson
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By:
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Rosie Goodwin
About this listen
1875
With their father missing and their mother suddenly passing, Esme and Gabriel are forced to track down their estranged grandfather in Lincolnshire. Cold and unwelcoming, he is reluctant to take them in, but aware of his standing as the village vicar, he knows must protect his reputation, and allow the children to stay with him.
Esme's relief at finding refuge soon turns to despair when Gabriel is sent to boarding school, leaving her alone in their grandfather's unhappy home. But the house isn't as empty as it first appeared and Esme, with her unusual gift of being able to see spirits, begins to encounter the ghosts of young women in the abandoned rooms and dark corridors of the rectory. The women are trapped between this world and the next, seeking help from Esme and leaving her with a mystery to solve if she is to stand a chance of establishing a peaceful, happy life.
Can Esme lay the ghosts to rest to save herself and find the life she deserves?
©2023 Rosie Goodwin (P)2023 Bonnier Books UKSuch a wonderful story
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I’m not sure how decisions are made re who will narrate but unfortunately for me this story was quite undermined by the narration :(
The reader sounds, to me, as a young, slightly unconfident child might when they are asked to read aloud in class… because it really was just that! i.e. purely reading - minimal emotion, minimal inflection, poor awareness of the punctuation that is in the script.
I feel sad as I found this immensely impacting on the story. I could push through this enough to determine that it was an extremely well-written novel, with beautiful pieces, (potentially) well-rounded characters and etc, but I had to concentrate terribly hard to overcome the reader’s voice and I found my own mind having to play the words again, in my head!! ….. simply to give it the impact that the story deserved
I am sorry, narrator, but please stick to kids’ narration, which I feel IS a good fit.
I may buy the book itself now, and read it myself.
Love Rosie Goodwin - poor narration
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A great book
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excellent
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Excellent
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