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- De Jean en 04-30-19
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An Orphan in the Snow
- De: Molly Green
- Narrado por: Karen Cass
- Duración: 12 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 53
Liverpool, 1941. Troubled by a dark family history and the pain of seeing her country torn apart by war, young June Lavender finds new hope when she takes a job at the Dr Barnardo's children's home. There she meets Lizzie McRae, a little girl who is the spitting image of June's sister, who died tragically years before. Against the matron's wishes, the two girls form an unexpected bond as June tries to get the traumatised orphan to speak.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The title doesn't fit the story
- De mrsmlbj en 11-23-22
De: Molly Green
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The Forgotten Secret
- De: Kathleen McGurl
- Narrado por: Melanie MacHugh
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 115
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 117
It’s the summer of 1919, and Ellen O’Brien has her whole life ahead of her. Young, in love and leaving home for her first job, the future seems full of shining possibility. But war is brewing, and before long, Ellen and everyone around her are swept up by it. As Ireland is torn apart by the turmoil, Ellen finds herself facing the ultimate test of love and loyalty. A hundred years later and Clare Farrell has inherited a dilapidated old farmhouse in County Meath.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Forgotten Secret
- De Amazon Customer en 08-31-20
De: Kathleen McGurl
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Lavender Road
- De: Helen Carey
- Narrado por: Annie Aldington
- Duración: 14 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Lavender Road boasts a pawnbroker, a pub, two rows of terraced working class homes, and, at one end, the big house owned by the local brewer. When war breaks out, the lives and fortunes of the families who live in Lavender Road are changed out of all recognition.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story with wonderful, believable characters!
- De Kathleen Bailey en 03-27-24
De: Helen Carey
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Lights Out Liverpool
- De: Maureen Lee
- Narrado por: Maggie Ollerenshaw
- Duración: 13 h y 59 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
As Britain stands alone against a monstrous enemy, the inhabitants of Pearl Street face hardship and heartbreak with courage and humour. The war touches each of them in a different way: for Annie Poulson, a widow, it means never-ending worry when her twin boys are called up and sent to France; Sheila Reilly's husband, Cal, faces the terror of U-Boat attacks; Eileen Costello is liberated from a bitter, loveless marriage when her husband is sent to Egypt.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful
- De Tansy Adderley en 10-03-18
De: Maureen Lee
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Under Heaven's Shining Stars
- De: Jean Grainger
- Narrado por: Alan Smyth
- Duración: 12 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 114
For three young boys, Liam, Patrick, and Hugo, life in Ireland of the 1960s proves to be both idyllic and flawed. Living in close proximity but leading vastly different lives, the bonds of friendship bind these young men as they grow, dream, and navigate the storms of youth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Modern Irish Catholic Tale
- De Jane Meddaugh en 12-19-20
De: Jean Grainger
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The Nightingale Girls
- De: Donna Douglas
- Narrado por: Penelope Freeman
- Duración: 15 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 87
Three very different girls sign up as trainee nurses at a big London teaching hospital in 1934. Dora leaves her overcrowded, squalid working-class home for a better life. But has she got what it takes to keep up with other, better-educated girls? And will her hated stepfather ever let her go? Helen is born for the job; her brother is a doctor, her all-powerful mother a hospital trustee. But will Helen’s secret misery be her downfall? An aristocratic rebel, Millie’s carefree attitude will find her up in front of Matron again and again. Will she ever care enough to make a nurse? Or will she go back to the glamorous life she was born to?
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2 out of 5 stars
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For young girls
- De deborah jernigan en 12-31-16
De: Donna Douglas
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After the War Is Over
- A Novel
- De: Jennifer Robson
- Narrado por: Lucy Rayner
- Duración: 10 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 133
After four years as a military nurse, Charlotte Brown is ready to leave behind the devastation of the Great War. The daughter of a vicar, she has always been determined to dedicate her life to helping others. Moving to busy Liverpool, she throws herself into her work with those most in need, only tearing herself away for the lively dinners she enjoys with the women at her boardinghouse.
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3 out of 5 stars
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More romance than history
- De RueRue en 08-17-16
De: Jennifer Robson
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The Little Orphan Girl
- De: Sandy Taylor
- Narrado por: Aoife McMahon
- Duración: 9 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 108
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 106
When Cissy Ryan’s real mother comes to claim her from the workhouse, it’s not how she imagined. Her family’s tumbledown cottage has ice on the inside of its windows and is in an isolated, poverty-stricken village in the muddy Irish countryside. But when Cissy is allowed to help neighbour Colm Doyle and his horse named Blue on their milk round one morning, Cissy starts to feel as though friendship could get her through anything.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful heart breaking story.
- De kanga2012 en 07-08-20
De: Sandy Taylor
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The Tea Rose
- De: Jennifer Donnelly
- Narrado por: Jill Tanner
- Duración: 28 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,965
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,813
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,800
East London, 1888 - a city apart. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled streets by day and a killer stalks at night, where bright hopes meet the darkest truths. Here, by the whispering waters of the Thames, Fiona Finnegan, a worker in a tea factory, hopes to own a shop one day, together with her lifelong love, Joe Bristow, a costermonger's son. With nothing but their faith in each other to spur them on, Fiona and Joe struggle, save, and sacrifice to achieve their dreams.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow. Wow wow wow!
- De I like to shop en 04-26-16
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Half a Lifelong Romance
- A Novel
- De: Eileen Chang
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 15 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Manzhen is a young worker in a Shanghai factory where she meets Shijun, the son of wealthy merchants. Despite family complications, they fall in love and begin to dream of a shared life together - until circumstances force them apart. When they are reunited after many years, can they start their relationship again? Or is it destined to be the romance of only half a lifetime?
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5 out of 5 stars
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super
- De Marcus Aurelius en 10-05-17
De: Eileen Chang
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Daughters of Eden
- De: Charlotte Bingham
- Narrado por: Kim Hicks
- Duración: 13 h y 35 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 82
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 28
Daughters of Eden focuses on the lives and fortunes of four very different young women at the outbreak of the Second World War. Marjorie, left at a boarding school by her emigrating mother; plain Poppy, pushed into marriage with a mean-spirited aristocrat; Kate, despised by her father, but determined to prove herself; and man-mad Lily, who turns out to be the bravest of them all. That all of them are chosen to work undercover for the espionage unit at Eden Park is a surprise, not least to them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An amazing book everyone should read.
- De XX en 09-11-05
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The Atomic City Girls
- A Novel
- De: Janet Beard
- Narrado por: Xe Sands
- Duración: 8 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 484
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 428
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 430
In November 1944, 18-year-old June Walker boards an unmarked bus, destined for a city that doesn't officially exist. Oak Ridge, Tennessee has sprung up in a matter of months - a town of trailers and segregated houses, 24-hour cafeterias, and constant security checks. There, June joins hundreds of other young girls operating massive machines whose purpose is never explained. They know they are helping to win the war, but must ask no questions and reveal nothing to outsiders.
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1 out of 5 stars
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disappointing
- De Justinmud en 07-07-18
De: Janet Beard
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The Amish Girl Who Never Belonged
- De: Samantha Price
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 3 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 93
After Emma's parents died, her disagreeable grandmother often sent her to stay with the Eshes, a nearby family. When her grandmother died, Emma was sent to live with distant relatives. While Emma was comfortable at their home, she never felt she truly belonged. On her 20th birthday, things took a turn for the worse when her uncle announced he was finding her a suitable husband. Emma was shocked to learn the man was Thomas Esh, who was said to be a secret drunkard and a gambler.
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5 out of 5 stars
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absolutely love it!
- De Joy en 06-16-21
De: Samantha Price
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Sarah Morris Remembers
- De: D. E. Stevenson
- Narrado por: Patience Tomlinson
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 90
With the help of her old diaries, Sarah Morris recounts her life story. The daughter of an English vicar, she begins by telling of her happy childhood with her brothers and sister in their country village. As a teenager, Sarah’s brother brings home a friend - Charles, a charming Austrian to whom she quickly becomes close. Over the years they fall in love, but when war breaks out Charles must return to Austria. While she awaits his return, Sarah quietly continues working hard and caring for her family. But she can’t stop wondering if she will ever see her sweetheart again…
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lovely story
- De Hearth en 08-08-15
De: D. E. Stevenson
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God's Handmaiden
- De: Gilbert Morris
- Narrado por: Christine Rendel
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Gervase Howard is in her mid-teens when her working-class mother dies and she must go to live with relatives in service to a wealthy, noble family, outside of London. While learning various jobs, she is drawn to the eldest son, Davis. Her fascination with him grows deeper, but more hopeless, since the two are separated not just by class, but also by Davis's love for Roberta. When Davis announces his engagement, he asks Gervase to join them as Roberta's maid. But instead Gervase becomes a companion to Florence Nightingale and accompanies her when the Crimean War breaks out....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Always enjoy Gilbert Morris-Great historical fict.
- De Linda - Yakima en 01-17-13
De: Gilbert Morris