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  • The Butcher's Hook

  • By: Janet Ellis
  • Narrated by: Janet Ellis
  • Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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The Butcher's Hook

By: Janet Ellis
Narrated by: Janet Ellis
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Publisher's summary

Set in Georgian London, the dark and twisted tale of a young girl who determines to take her destiny into her own hands - no matter the cost.

London, summer 1763.... At 19, Anne Jaccob is awakened to the possibility of joy when she meets Fub, the butcher's apprentice, and begins to imagine a life of passion with him....

The only daughter of well-to-do parents, Anne lives a sheltered life. Her home is a miserable place. Though her family want for nothing, her father is uncaring, her mother is ailing, and the baby brother who taught her to love is dead.

Unfortunately, her parents have already chosen a more suitable husband for her than Fub. But Anne is a determined young woman, with an idiosyncratic moral compass. In the matter of pursuing her own happiness, she shows no fear or hesitation. Even if it means getting a little blood on her hands....

A vivid and surprising tale, The Butcher's Hook brims with the color and atmosphere of Georgian London, as seen through the eyes of a strange and memorable young woman.

©2016 Janet Ellis (P)2016 Recorded Books
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The narrator GULPS

I enjoyed the story, even though I frequently felt myself wanting to scream at the main character bc she is awful I enjoyed it. However I had to listen at 2x speed to try and distract from the way the reader GULPS for air in between breaths a swallow of recording always bugs me these were loud and constant. This is on the editor, obviously the reader has to take breaths

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