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Messy, Wonderful Us
- By: Catherine Isaac
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall114
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Performance105
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From Richard & Judy Book club author Catherine Isaac comes the emotional and uplifting story of love, loss, friendship and a letter that changes everything. In late 1983, a letter arrives from Italy, containing secrets so unthinkable that it is hidden away, apparently forever. More than three...
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Caroline
- By Caz on 01-06-20
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Messy, Wonderful Us
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 28-11-19
- Language: English
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The Boy That Never Was
- Soon to be a major TV series starring Colin Morgan and Simon Callow
- By: Karen Perry
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland, Gerry O'Brien, Niamh Daly, and others
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall114
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Performance104
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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Boy That Never Was by Karen Perry. Read by Gerry O'Brien, Niamh Daly, Christopher Ragland and Roy McMillan. You were loved and lost - then you came back . . . Five years ago, three-year-old Dillon disappeared. For his father...
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Beautifully narrated.
- By The Book Girl on 07-08-14
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The Boy That Never Was
- Soon to be a major TV series starring Colin Morgan and Simon Callow
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland, Gerry O'Brien, Niamh Daly, Roy McMillan
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 27-03-14
- Language: English
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Blast From the Past
- By: Ben Elton
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall111
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Performance90
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Story91
It’s 2:15 a.m., and you’re in bed alone and you’re woken by the phone.Your eyes are wide and your body tense before it has completed so much as a single ring. And as you wake, in the tiny moment between sleep and consciousness, you know already that something is wrong.Only someone bad would call at such an hour. Or someone good, but with bad news, which would probably be worse.You lie there in the darkness and wait for the answer machine to kick in.
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Notable narration
- By Rob Claydon on 28-03-11
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Blast From the Past
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 25-02-11
- Language: English
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The Thing Around Your Neck
- By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall392
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Performance343
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Story343
From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the Orange Prize-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, come 12 dazzling stories in which she turns her penetrating eye on the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Nigeria and the West. Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow and longing, this collection is a resounding confirmation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's prodigious storytelling powers.
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Gripping short stories but terrible performance
- By Aisha on 13-09-18
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The Thing Around Your Neck
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 12-08-09
- Language: English
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Die Straße
- Der neue Roman des Bestsellerautors von »Das Café ohne Namen«
- By: Robert Seethaler
- Narrated by: Matthias Brandt
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Ein Jahr, eine Straße, ihre Menschen: Robert Seethalers neuer Roman Die Straße ist nicht im Zentrum der Stadt und nicht an ihrem Rand. Versteckt liegt sie irgendwo dazwischen. Kein Besucher würde sich dorthin verirren, und doch passiert in ihr alles, was Menschen passieren kann. Ein Junge...
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Die Straße
- Der neue Roman des Bestsellerautors von »Das Café ohne Namen«
- Narrated by: Matthias Brandt
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 30-04-26
- Language: German
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Diary of an Oxygen Thief
- By: uncredited
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall95
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Performance79
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Story78
Hurt people hurt people. Say there was a novel in which Holden Caulfield was an alcoholic and Lolita was a photographer's assistant and, somehow, they met in Bright Lights, Big City. He's blinded by love. She by ambition. Diary of an Oxygen Thief is an honest, hilarious, and heartrending novel...
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Great look at a shallow paranoid guy
- By Ryan B on 12-11-24
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Diary of an Oxygen Thief
- Series: The Diaries of an Oxygen Thief, Book 1
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 25-08-16
- Language: English
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Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall70
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Performance67
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Story67
Isabel Dalhousie thinks often of friends, sometimes of lovers, and on occasion of chocolate. As an Edinburgh philosopher she is certain of where she stands. She can review a book called In Praise of Sin with panache and conviction, but real life is... well, perhaps a bit more challenging...
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3rd in Isobel Dalhousie series
- By Alison on 02-01-17
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Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Series: Isabel Dalhousie Series, Book 2
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 16-04-15
- Language: English
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The Cleverness of Ladies
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall57
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Performance49
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Story49
Glorious short stories from international bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith, in a collection written especially for World Book Day. There are times when ladies must use all their wisdom and good sense to face life's problems and mysteries. Mma Ramotswe, owner of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, keeps her wits about her as she looks into why the country's star goalkeeper isn't saving goals.
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A mix of beautiful short stories
- By Silva4 on 16-07-19
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The Cleverness of Ladies
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Series: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 12.6
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 01-04-12
- Language: English
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The Other Family
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall40
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Performance32
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Story32
Chrissie knew that Richie had loved her for all the twenty-three years they’d been together, loved their three daughters and their house in Highgate and their happy, chaotic existence. Richie gave her everything, except the one thing that would have made her life perfect. She even had a sparkling ring - but it was not a wedding ring, and did not bring with it the security of marriage. That belonged to Margaret, back in Newcastle where Richie had started off as a musician, before he became famous.
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Still as talented as ever!
- By Frances G on 06-02-15
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The Other Family
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 19-11-10
- Language: English
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Gather ‘Round the Sound
- Holiday Stories from Beloved Authors and Great Performers Across the Globe
- By: Paulo Coelho, Yvonne Morrison, Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Angele Masters, Daniel Frances Berenson, Magda Szubanski, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall39
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Performance35
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Story33
2017 has been a monumental year for Audible, having just celebrated our 20th anniversary, a milestone that would have never been possible without our wonderful and loyal listeners. One of our major commitments is bringing new and diverse audio experiences to our members, so this year, as our gift to you, we pulled together a collection that reflects a little bit of everything we’ve been up to recently.
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Overall enjoyed it
- By Frieda on 25-08-25
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Gather ‘Round the Sound
- Holiday Stories from Beloved Authors and Great Performers Across the Globe
- Narrated by: Angele Masters, Daniel Frances Berenson, Magda Szubanski, Simon Callow, Dan Starkey, John Banks, Vern
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Release date: 08-12-17
- Language: English
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The Watcher in the Shadows
- By: Carlos Ruiz Zafón
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall71
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Performance64
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Story63
A mysterious toymaker who lives as a recluse in an old mansion, surrounded by the magical beings he has created...a sickly wife locked away in a hidden room...an enigma involving strange lights that shine out from the small island on which an old, disused lighthouse stands...a shadowy creature that hides deep in the woods...These are the elements of a mystery will bind 14-year-old Irene to Ismael during one magical summer spent in Blue Bay when her mother takes a job as a housekeeper for the enigmatic toymaker, Lazarus Jann.
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Great gothic story
- By Julia B on 23-10-17
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The Watcher in the Shadows
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Series: Niebla, Book 3
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 09-05-13
- Language: English
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How to Talk to a Widower
- By: Jonathan Tropper
- Narrated by: Eric Ruben
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Abridged
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Overall47
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Performance25
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A Richard and Judy Summer Read Selection.
Doug Parker is a widower at age 29, and in his quiet suburban town, that makes him something of a celebrity - the object of sympathy, curiosity, and, in some cases, unbridled desire. But Doug has other things on his mind. First, there's his 16-year-old stepson, Russ, who now is getting into serious trouble on a daily basis. And then there's his bossy twin, Clair, who's just left her husband...-
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great book, terrible narration
- By JoeyG on 21-12-18
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How to Talk to a Widower
- Narrated by: Eric Ruben
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 25-07-07
- Language: English
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
- By: Junot Diaz
- Narrated by: Karen Olivo, Various, Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall451
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Performance400
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Story399
Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, he's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J R R Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. Poor Oscar may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fuku - the curse that has haunted his family for generations.
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Amazing
- By LAURA on 29-07-20
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
- Narrated by: Karen Olivo, Various, Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 05-03-09
- Language: English
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The Second Worst Restaurant in France
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Timothy Ackroyd
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall79
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Performance71
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Story71
In the follow-up to My Italian Bulldozer, hapless food writer Paul Stewart once again finds himself trapped in a series of hilarious misunderstandings, this time facing off against the second worst restaurant in France. Paul Stewart has returned to Scotland to continue his successful career. His agent and girlfriend, Gloria, has arranged for him to write The Philosophy of Food in Six Easy Chapters, a project he relishes but that will have to be delivered in six months.
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The second worse restaurant in France
- By yvonne atkins on 25-06-19
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The Second Worst Restaurant in France
- Narrated by: Timothy Ackroyd
- Series: Paul Stewart, Book 2
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 09-05-19
- Language: English
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The Storyteller
- By: Jodi Picoult
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marno, Jennifer Ikeda, Edoardo Ballerini, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall349
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Performance325
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Sage Singer has a past that makes her want to hide from the world. But when she strikes up an unlikely friendship with Josef Weber, a quiet old man and respected pillar of the community, she feels that finally, she may have found someone she can open up to. Until Josef tells her the evil secret he's kept for sixty years…
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Such a moving story
- By Anja on 12-07-13
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The Storyteller
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marno, Jennifer Ikeda, Edoardo Ballerini, Suzanne Toren, Fred Berman, Various
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 26-03-13
- Language: English
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Freshwater
- By: Akwaeke Emezi
- Narrated by: Akwaeke Emezi
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall143
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Performance126
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Story126
Ada was born with one foot on the other side. Having prayed her into existence, her parents Saul and Saachi struggle to deal with the volatile and contradictory spirits peopling their troubled girl. When Ada comes of age and heads to college, the entities within her grow in power and agency. An...
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Mindblowing seems a little on the nose..
- By Amazon Customer on 08-08-19
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Freshwater
- Narrated by: Akwaeke Emezi
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 27-12-18
- Language: English
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The Beating of his Wings
- By: Paul Hoffman
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall718
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Performance666
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The Beating of his Wings by Paul Hoffman is the final instalment in his epic Cale and the Sanctuary of Redeemers series. Thomas Cale has been running from the truth. Since discovering that his brutal military training has been for one purpose - to destroy God's greatest mistake, mankind itself -...
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Satisfying ending...
- By Robyn on 12-01-14
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The Beating of his Wings
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Series: Left Hand of God, Book 3
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 15-08-13
- Language: English
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Daughters-in-Law
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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Overall92
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Performance56
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Rachel has always loved being at the centre of her large family. She has fiercely devoted herself to her three sons all their lives, and continues to do so even now they are all grown up. They are, of course, devoted to her – she and Anthony, their father, hold the family together at their big, beautiful, ramshackle house near the wide, bird-haunted coast of Suffolk. But when Luke, her youngest, gets married, Rachel finds that control is slipping away.
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A gentle, well narrated book
- By WeimOwner on 01-09-11
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Daughters-in-Law
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 08-07-11
- Language: English
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Finding Family at Seabreeze Farm
- Seabreeze Farm, Book 2
- By: Jo Bartlett
- Narrated by: Hollie Hales
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance15
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Freya Halliwell is looking forward to marrying the man of her dreams and starting their new life together. After the death of both of her parents, Ollie, along with Freya’s aunt, are the only family she has, but they are all the family she needs. Until Freya discovers a shocking secret that makes her question everything she thought she knew about her once happy family and especially the man she used to call Dad. Devastated, and feeling more alone than ever before, Freya needs time and space to come to terms with the news. But until then the wedding is off!
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Sea breeze farm
- By Anonymous on 25-05-24
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Finding Family at Seabreeze Farm
- Seabreeze Farm, Book 2
- Narrated by: Hollie Hales
- Series: Seabreeze Farm, Book 2
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 13-04-23
- Language: English
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The Dead Fathers Club
- By: Matt Haig
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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Overall231
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Performance210
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Philip Noble is an eleven-year-old in crisis. His pub landlord father has died in a road accident, and his mother is succumbing to the greasy charms of her dead husband's brother, Uncle Alan. The remaining certainties of Philip's life crumble away when his father's ghost appears in the pub and declares Uncle Alan murdered him. Arming himself with weapons from the school chemistry cupboard, Philip vows to carry out the ghost's relentless demands for revenge.
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Brilliant descriptions of child's inner states
- By indigoblue on 16-08-19
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The Dead Fathers Club
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 04-01-18
- Language: English
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