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The River Between Us
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction
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Critic reviews
"Wonderfully evocative." (Judy Finnigan)
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- Anne Dewis
- 17-06-21
Achingly beautiful story and lesson of strength and enduring love
A beautifully woven story of love and loss returning back to present day love and rediscovery of family. You’ll live this and love it and will return to it as I do. Thank you Liz a triumph, a beautiful book.
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- Tibby
- 27-02-22
Another very enjoyable book by Liz Fenwick
I have read this book twice now and enjoyed it both times. The first time I read it we were in the throws of lockdown with covid and I was thinking of tracing my past. This book gave me the idea to look into DNA.
It was an interesting look into the not so distant past as my Grandad had gone to war too and my mother must have been about John's age. they never wanted to speak of the war and the war years.
The people that fought and won woman's rights I never heard about first hand as we lived so far away from the action. What a lot of good works went on back then.
Without instant communication other than telegrams life must have been so different.
Thank you Liz for your research into our past lives I really enjoyed reading both your story and between the lines.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-09-21
great
Absolutely brilliant. Another great listen. Heart wrenching and warming at the same time.
Well done Liz Fenwick
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- Lindaloo
- 15-07-21
Not what I expected
What is a good plot is let down by unnecessary rambling, I found the main character is always breathless & sounding caught by surprise & all the other characters had the same butch voice, I was tempted to fast forward at times, I didn’t enjoy this book.
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- Alicia Bentley
- 19-07-22
Wonderful Narration
As a child, I used to rewatch scenes of Lucy Scott playing Charlotte Lucas in the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice because I loved her voice. I downloaded this book for a cross-country flight and was shocked to hear Charlotte Lucas narrating! I had no idea Lucy Scott narrated books! I will be listening to many more!