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Girl Alone
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall251
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Performance220
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Story218
Aged nine Joss came home from school to discover her father's suicide. She's never got over it. This is the true story of Joss, 13, who is angry and out of control. At the age of nine, Joss finds her father's dead body. He has committed suicide. Then more recently her mother remarries, and Joss bitterly resents her stepfather, who abuses her mentally and physically.
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Superb!
- By Linda jauncey on 14-09-15
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Girl Alone
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 10-09-15
- Language: English
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Out Came the Sun
- Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family
- By: Mariel Hemingway
- Narrated by: Mariel Hemingway
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall37
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Performance36
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Story36
A moving, compelling memoir about growing up and escaping the tragic legacy of mental illness, suicide, addiction, and depression in one of America's most famous families: the Hemingways.
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Depressing
- By Linda T on 14-02-22
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Out Came the Sun
- Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family
- Narrated by: Mariel Hemingway
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 07-04-15
- Language: English
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Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall465
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Performance414
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Story414
Although Jodie is only eight years old, she is violent, aggressive, and has already been through numerous foster families. Her last hope is Cathy Glass. At the Social Services office, Cathy (an experienced foster carer) is pressured into taking Jodie as a new placement. Jodie's challenging behaviour has seen off five carers in four months. Despite her reservations, Cathy decides to take on Jodie to protect her from being placed in an institution.
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So so touching
- By Luke on 04-11-16
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Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 26-06-14
- Language: English
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Please Don't Take Mummy Away
- By: Maggie Hartley
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall47
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Performance45
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Story45
When police are called to a local supermarket late one evening, they find an angry shopkeeper and a silent young woman. It's the third time 24-year-old Zoe has been caught stealing in the past few days. Eyes filled with panic, Zoe has been hiding bread, milk, Calpol and nappies under her coat. As police officers break down the door of Zoe's flat they find seven-year-old Coco and two-year-old Lola, home alone, huddled on the floor in a freezing cold bedroom, crying out for their mummy.
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caring professional foster carer
- By Hannah Robinson on 12-02-25
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Please Don't Take Mummy Away
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Series: A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 29-02-24
- Language: English
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The Boy in the Cellar
- By: Stephen Smith
- Narrated by: Oliver J. Hembrough
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,301
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Performance1,167
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Story1,161
Stephen Smith is the boy who did not exist. Born out of wedlock in the early 1960s, Steve's parents - both devout Catholics - had felt so 'shamed' by their son's illegitimate birth that they hid him away from the world by locking him in the cellar...for 13 years. Apart from a few admissions to hospital as a result of his 'imprisonment', Steve remained in the coal cellar of the family home where he was deprived of daylight, his childhood, school and human contact until he'd reached his teenage years.
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Flipping heck
- By Catherine Gladwyn on 15-01-20
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The Boy in the Cellar
- Narrated by: Oliver J. Hembrough
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 26-12-19
- Language: English
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Cupboard Boy: A Shockingly True Story of Horrific Child Abuse
- The PT Saunders Story, Book 1
- By: P.T. Saunders
- Narrated by: Paul Winter
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall47
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Performance44
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Story44
Under the cover of anonymity, Paul Saunders courageously tells his shockingly true story of how he and his stepsiblings were repeatedly abused by their mother and stepfather. It doesn’t make “easy” listening, but living through it wasn’t fun, either.
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a well written story although very sad
- By Marie Richardson on 17-01-21
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Cupboard Boy: A Shockingly True Story of Horrific Child Abuse
- The PT Saunders Story, Book 1
- Narrated by: Paul Winter
- Series: The PT Saunders Story, Book 1
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Release date: 02-06-20
- Language: English
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Mummy, Please Don’t Leave
- By: Casey Watson
- Narrated by: Kate Lock
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall77
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Performance70
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Story71
The Watsons are no strangers to sibling placements, but when Casey takes the call from her supervising social worker one frosty January morning, she can instantly tell from the tone of her colleague’s voice that there’s a complicated case ahead. And she’s right. A four-day-old baby boy called Tommy - born in prison - plus his four-year-old half-brother, the lively Seth. A month later, the very moment she gets out of prison, the boys’ mother - a 19-year-old called Jenna - also follows.
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Couldn’t get past the first half an hour
- By Anonymous on 23-08-21
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Mummy, Please Don’t Leave
- Narrated by: Kate Lock
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 15-04-21
- Language: English
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Next of Kin
- A Memoir
- By: Gabrielle Hamilton
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Hamilton
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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In her long-awaited new memoir, the author of the New York Times bestseller and James Beard Award winner Blood, Bones & Butter tells the “raw and darkly humorous” (People) story of her family's unexpected dissolution. “Hamilton’s voice is as singular and rollicking as ever in Next of Kin...
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Next of Kin
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Hamilton
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 14-10-25
- Language: English
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Stop Getting Gaslighted
- Recognize and Understand Manipulative and Narcissistic Behavior, Learn How to Recover from its Emotional Abuse and Be in Control of Your Emotions
- By: Cameron J. Clark
- Narrated by: Andrew Hansen
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance13
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Story13
You’ll find that gaslighting has crept into every layer of society—romantic relationships, office teams, family dynamics, or even political institutions. Gaslighters can twist the facts and distract you from reality, making you question whether you are to blame or not. The long-term effects of gaslighting can leave you feeling isolated, depressed, and confused about what’s true and what’s not. And while the gaslighter will shrug all responsibility, you will have to endure an emotional storm. With this book, you can break the cycle, free yourself, and reclaim your life!
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Excellent audiobook
- By David Bryant on 21-08-22
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Stop Getting Gaslighted
- Recognize and Understand Manipulative and Narcissistic Behavior, Learn How to Recover from its Emotional Abuse and Be in Control of Your Emotions
- Narrated by: Andrew Hansen
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 11-08-22
- Language: English
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Stronger
- What Didn't Kill Me, Made Me
- By: Nicola Hanney
- Narrated by: Rua Barron
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall131
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Performance129
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Story129
In 2016, against all odds, Nicola Hanney survived a terminal cancer diagnosis and decided to live life to the full. When she matched with Garda Paul Moody on a dating app, she thought her dreams had come true, but never could have imagined she would be plunged into another nightmare: a four-year campaign of violence and coercive control at his hands.
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Gripping
- By danielle pritchard on 18-12-25
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Stronger
- What Didn't Kill Me, Made Me
- Narrated by: Rua Barron
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 17-10-24
- Language: English
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Paper Girl
- A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America
- By: Beth Macy
- Narrated by: Beth Macy
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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An Instant National Bestseller Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and Vanity Fair "There couldn’t be a timelier book . . . searingly poignant, essential . . . Macy follows closely in the footsteps of . . . Barbara...
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Paper Girl
- A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America
- Narrated by: Beth Macy
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 07-10-25
- Language: English
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Too Scared to Cry
- And Other True Stories from The Nation's Favourite Foster Carer
- By: Maggie Hartley
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall112
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Performance97
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Story96
Maggie Hartley is one of the UK's most prolific foster mothers. These heartwarming and inspiring short stories show the power of a foster mother's love, and her determination to help the children who come into her care. Includes 'Too Scared to Cry', 'The Girl No One Wanted' and 'A Family for Christmas'.
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Loved it!
- By Linda jauncey on 27-06-20
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Too Scared to Cry
- And Other True Stories from The Nation's Favourite Foster Carer
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Series: A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 25-06-20
- Language: English
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Unwanted: The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child?
- The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child?
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: DeNica Fairman
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall151
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Performance144
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Story143
Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose. With no extended family to look after her, she was put into foster care. The care system failed Lara and now she is failing her son. Lara and her one-year-old son, Arthur, are brought to experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, by...
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Meh
- By Lisa on 02-03-23
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Unwanted: The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child?
- The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child?
- Narrated by: DeNica Fairman
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 19-01-23
- Language: English
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A Family Friend
- By: Casey Watson
- Narrated by: Kate Lock
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28
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Performance26
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Story26
Teenage Sammy has been in care from the age of nine. His mother has tragically spent much of his young life in and out of prison. Sammy has never found a safe haven and has been passed from pillar to post. When he arrives with Casey Watson, he is a closed book, but he slowly begins to open up. Casey realises that he has nobody in his life who he counts as family apart from a neighbour, ‘Uncle Kenny’. Sammy dotes on Kenny, even running away to be with him but having come across similar relationships before, alarm bells star to ring for Casey.
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another wonderful memoir
- By Katie Cornwell on 01-03-25
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A Family Friend
- Narrated by: Kate Lock
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 27-02-25
- Language: English
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Toxic Minds
- How to Deal with Difficult People, Disarm Narcissists, and Handle Negative Personalities
- By: Chase Hill
- Narrated by: Jamiel Cal-Pin
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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In Toxic Minds, you’ll find straightforward, practical advice on how to spot toxic behaviors early, navigate tricky relationships, and set boundaries that stick—whether you’re dealing with a difficult coworker, a manipulative friend, or someone much closer. This isn’t about cutting people off at the first sign of trouble; it’s about learning how to manage the relationships you can’t simply walk away from and creating a healthier emotional landscape for yourself.
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Toxic Minds
- How to Deal with Difficult People, Disarm Narcissists, and Handle Negative Personalities
- Narrated by: Jamiel Cal-Pin
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 23-01-25
- Language: English
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Keri 2
- Child Abuse True Stories, Book 2
- By: Kat Ward
- Narrated by: Bridget Thomas
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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Story6
This second volume of Kat Ward’s sensational autobiography covers her plight as she grew in stature, and began to challenge the authority structures that had ruled over her young life so cruelly up until that point.
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Harrowing
- By Eli on 14-03-25
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Keri 2
- Child Abuse True Stories, Book 2
- Narrated by: Bridget Thomas
- Series: Child Abuse True Stories, Book 2
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 17-12-24
- Language: English
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The Cutting Girl: Charlotte
- Slave Girls, Book 1
- By: Louise Allen
- Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance17
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Story17
Charlotte—The Cutting Girl—comes from a family of high achievers. Her father is a politician, and her mother is a senior medical officer. When she moves from her prestigious boarding school she is groomed by a girl two years her senior, spiralling into a cycle of drugs, self-harm, and sexual abuse. When she goes missing, five other girls do, too. A nationwide media campaign sets out to track them down, but can Charlotte ever escape the gang behind the abduction and abuse?
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WHO ARE CHARLOTTES PARENTS GRRŔRRR
- By Amazon Customer on 18-10-25
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The Cutting Girl: Charlotte
- Slave Girls, Book 1
- Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson
- Series: Slave Girls, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 16-10-25
- Language: English
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Denied a Mummy
- By: Maggie Hartley
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall150
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Performance131
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Story129
The heartbreaking story of three little children searching for someone to love them. Maggie Hartley faces one of the toughest challenges of her career when three abused and neglected siblings she’s been caring for are placed for adoption with a family she believes are unsuitable. The couple are looking for a perfect ready-made family, and Maggie knows that they’re not going to find it with these traumatised children.
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Another fantastic book by this author.
- By ian mcnamara on 28-12-18
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Denied a Mummy
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Series: A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 27-12-18
- Language: English
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The Price (Dramatized)
- By: Arthur Miller
- Narrated by: Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving, Timothy West, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall26
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Performance23
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Arthur Miller’s deeply moving drama reunites two long estranged middle-aged brothers. Nostalgia and recrimination erupt as they sell off an attic full of furniture, their last link to a family and a world that no longer exists. This 1968 classic is a wrenching saga of plaintive gestures and missed opportunities. A co-production with the BBC.
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Outstanding
- By Fedup on 09-01-25
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The Price (Dramatized)
- Narrated by: Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving, Timothy West, Harris Yulin, full cast
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Release date: 23-08-06
- Language: English
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Willow's Story
- Thrown Away Children
- By: Louise Allen
- Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall45
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Performance43
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Story43
A young girl's life is shadowed by secrets and lies. When Willow arrives in the Allen household, curious things begin to happen. Who is the strange child dressed in outlandish clothes who refuses a mobile phone? What are the mysterious allegations that have been made about her?
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Willow
- By Audrey on 11-05-25
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Willow's Story
- Thrown Away Children
- Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
- Series: Thrown Away Children, Book 10
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 21-11-24
- Language: English
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