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The Postcard

By: Fern Britton
Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister
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About this listen

You will love this witty and warm novel from the Sunday Times best-selling author Fern Britton.

Secrets. Sisters. The summer that changed everything . . .

Life in the Cornish village of Pendruggan isn’t always picture perfect. Penny Leighton has never told anyone why she’s estranged from her mother and sister. For years she’s kept her family secrets locked away in her heart, but they’ve been quietly eating away at her. When an unwelcome visitor blows in, Penny is brought face to face with the past. And a postcard, tucked away in a long-hidden case, holds the truth that could change everything.

Young Ella has come back to the place where she spent a happy childhood with her grandmother. Now she’s here to search for everything missing in her life. Taken under Penny’s broken wing for the summer, the safe haven of Pendruggan feels like the place for a fresh start. Soon, however, Ella starts to wonder if perhaps her real legacy doesn’t lie in the past at all.

Pendruggan: A Cornish village with secrets at its heart

©2016 Fern Britton (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Holidays Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Small Town & Rural Women's Fiction Witty Village

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Critic reviews

"This is a light-hearted, fun and easy read…" ( Daily Mail)
"Another ripping good read." ( Good Housekeeping)
"Charming and fun read." ( OK)
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Loved it, couldn't put it down. Great characters. Gabrielle Glaister is a great narrator. Great story.

Great story and narrator

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Really enjoyed the story and the narration was excellent and allowed your imagination to become immersed.

Thoroughly enjoyable

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Beautifully done .perfect for me to listen to by the pool on holiday,
well done Fearn 😊☺

The postcard

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I loved it. A lovely escape from my busy life.
Looking forward now to reading the next novel.

Absolutely wonderful

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Very good story real life complications with honest realities on the difficulty and well being people in so many families suffer.
Penny a strong woman suffers from childhood along with her sister but in two different ways.

Good book

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