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The Songbird

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

The choice was hers - fame and fortune or true love.
Poppy Mazzini, born in Hull over her father's grocery shop, lives up to the promise of her fiery red hair and Italian ancestry. Her lovely singing voice and good looks lead her to her great ambition - to go on the stage and see her name top of the bill. She becomes a music hall star both in her native town and in the south, after an appearance in the theatre at Brighton - she even performs in Paris, to tremendous acclaim. But when her first love, an ambitious shoemaker in her home town, becomes engaged to someone else Poppy is devastated. She disappears, believing that she will never return to her life of stardom. But her fame cannot be kep a secret...

 Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Romance

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Another great summer read. A Family story revolving around the young singer as she goes onto the stage.
Quite enjoyable

Great summer read

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did not want to stop listening to this, such a lovely story and do beautifully narrated.

beautiful story

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I really enjoyed listening to this story - it held my interest from the start until the end and hoped there may be another book to continue the story further.

Wonderful Story

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absolutely loved this book it was so very descriptive and took me to many places.

awesome

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