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A Wartime Family
- Mary Anne Randall, Book 2
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall60
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Performance56
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Bristol 1941. Having left her abusive husband for very good reasons, Mary Anne Randall finds herself judged harshly by her friends and neighbours, after courageously risking everything for a second chance at happiness with Michael. With Michael away fighting, Mary Anne is less concerned by her tarnished reputation and focusses on keeping her beloved children safe. But with the bombs beginning to fall on Bristol, danger is all too close to home.
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Great characters and storytelling
- By Lulu on 08-07-23
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A Wartime Family
- Mary Anne Randall, Book 2
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Series: Mary Anne Randall, Book 2
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 15-06-22
- Language: English
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A New Home at the Wartime Hotel
- The Wartime Hotel, Book 1
- By: Maisie Thomas
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance10
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Kitty learned early on in her marriage that her husband, Bill Dunbar, isn’t reliable with money. So when they inherit the Dunbar family hotel at the start of the war, she's hopeful that their financial worries are over… until the bailiffs turn up! With Bill away fighting, it’s up to Kitty to turn things around for her family, or risk ruin. Lily worked as a chambermaid at Dunbar’s before the war. She met Daniel there, but their relationship was complicated by class differences and the disapproval of Daniel’s mother.
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the twists and turns of fare
- By Chrystal on 27-02-26
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A New Home at the Wartime Hotel
- The Wartime Hotel, Book 1
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Series: The Wartime Hotel, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 27-03-25
- Language: English
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The Jewel in the Crown
- Raj Quartet
- By: Paul Scott
- Narrated by: Sam Dastor
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall250
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Performance201
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Story196
In the India of 1942, two rapes take place simultaneously - that of an English girl in Mayapore, and that of India by the British. In each, physical violence, racial animosity, the coercion of the weak by the strong all play their part, but playing a part too are love, affection, loyalty, and recognition that the last division of all to be overcome is the colour of the skin.
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Mesmerising!
- By Pamela Brooks George on 23-03-13
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The Jewel in the Crown
- Raj Quartet
- Narrated by: Sam Dastor
- Series: The Raj Quartet, Book 1
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 28-04-11
- Language: English
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Las hijas del Capitán
- By: María Dueñas
- Narrated by: Olga María García Panadero
- Length: 20 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance13
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Story13
Nueva York, 1936. La pequeña casa de comidas El Capitán arranca su andadura en la calle Catorce, uno de los enclaves de la colonia española que por entonces reside en la ciudad. La muerte accidental de su dueño, el tarambana Emilio Arenas, obliga a sus indomables hijas veinteañeras a tomar las riendas del negocio mientras en los tribunales se resuelve el cobro de una prometedora indemnización.
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Bad readers
- By Maria M. on 14-04-26
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Las hijas del Capitán
- Narrated by: Olga María García Panadero
- Length: 20 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 23-05-20
- Language: Spanish
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Atonement
- Discover the modern classic that has sold over two million copies.
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Harriet Walter
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall86
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Performance81
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Story81
Brought to you by Penguin. This new audio edition of Ian McEwan’s beloved modern classic is narrated by Olivier Award winner and Emmy nominee Harriet Walter, who starred as Emily Tallis in the Academy Award-winning film adaptation of Atonement. Her recent credits range from The Crown to...
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The story twists
- By J Reeves on 10-09-24
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Atonement
- Discover the modern classic that has sold over two million copies.
- Narrated by: Harriet Walter
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 04-07-24
- Language: English
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The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter
- By: Hazel Gaynor
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall79
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Performance71
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Story71
1838: when a terrible storm blows up off the Northumberland coast, Grace Darling, the lighthouse keeper’s daughter, knows there is little chance of survival for the passengers on the small ship battling the waves. But her actions set in motion an incredible feat of bravery that echoes down the century. 1938: when 19-year-old Matilda Emmerson sails from across the Atlantic to New England, she faces an uncertain future. Sent away in disgrace, she must stay with her reclusive relative, Harriet Flaherty, a lighthouse keeper on Rhode Island.
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loved it
- By Kindle Customer on 30-08-19
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The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 24-01-19
- Language: English
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A Mother's Love
- By: Katie Flynn
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall53
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Performance44
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Story45
Liverpool, 1940. There comes a moment in every child’s life when they must learn to stand on their own two feet. For 15-year-old Ellie Lancton, that time has come all too soon. The death of her mother and the increase in air raids leaves Ellie alone and in grave danger. It’s not long before she is forced to leave her beloved Liverpool behind and cross the Mersey to seek refuge in the countryside. But as the war takes comforts away, so too does it bring new opportunities: for work, new friendships and perhaps a little love....
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great read
- By Anne Callender on 09-04-19
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A Mother's Love
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 21-02-19
- Language: English
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The Housekeeper’s War
- By: Elaine Johns
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Unabridged
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Widowed and grieving, Eileen Bentley leaves bomb-scarred London for the rugged coast of Cornwall, determined to start over as housekeeper to her dear late husband's brother. But the war is never far behind. As air raids reach the docks of Falmouth and Eileen takes up fire-watching duty once more, the past refuses to loosen its hold - her husband's memory shadowing every step. Then she meets Captain Andrew Harvey, a man marked by loss, whose quiet strength begins to break through her sorrow.
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The Housekeeper’s War
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 28-07-26
- Language: English
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Private Life
- By: Jane Smiley
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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A riveting new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winner that traverses the intimate landscape of one woman’s life, from the 1880s to World War II. Margaret Mayfield is nearly an old maid at twenty-seven in post–Civil War Missouri when she marries Captain Andrew Jackson Jefferson Early. He’s...
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Private Life
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 13 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 04-05-10
- Language: English
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The Cavendon Women
- By: Barbara Taylor Bradford
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall97
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Performance85
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Story86
A sweeping, multigenerational saga for fans of Downton Abbey, set around the stately home of Cavendon Hall as the roaring '20s change the family's fortunes forever. It's 1926. One stately home's future lies with four very different young women.... On a summer weekend in 1926, the Ingham family gathers at Cavendon Hall, the great house in Yorkshire that has been their family home for centuries, summoned by the earl.
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Definitely ready!
- By Mrs J Allen on 08-08-22
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The Cavendon Women
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Series: Cavendon Hall, Book 2
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 26-03-15
- Language: English
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The Berlin Girl
- By: Mandy Robotham
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall80
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Performance75
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Story75
Berlin, 1938: it’s the height of summer, and Germany is on the brink of war. When fledgling reporter Georgie Young is posted to Berlin, alongside fellow Londoner Max Spender, she knows they are entering the eye of the storm. Arriving to a city swathed in red flags and crawling with Nazis, Georgie feels helpless, witnessing innocent people being torn from their homes. As tensions rise, she realises she and Max have to act - even if it means putting their lives on the line.
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Enjoyable war novel
- By Christineb on 05-11-20
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The Berlin Girl
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 29-10-20
- Language: English
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Christmas with the Teashop Girls
- By: Elaine Everest
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall94
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Performance86
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Story85
Christmas with the Teashop Girls is a heartwarming and moving story of wartime love, bravery and hope, by the bestselling author of the Woolworths series, Elaine Everest. It is late 1940 and the war feels closer to home than ever for Rose Neville and her staff at the Lyon’s Teashop in Margate...
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A lovely sequel to The Teashop Girls
- By Tracy Hewett on 04-10-21
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Christmas with the Teashop Girls
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: Teashop Girls, Book 2
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 15-10-20
- Language: English
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The District Nurses Make a Wish
- The District Nurses, Book 5
- By: Annie Groves
- Narrated by: Alex Tregear
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall49
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Performance47
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Story46
For the district nurses of Victory Walk, there's been little time to bask in the triumph of D-day as London is facing a new threat - the buzz bombs. Everyone is terrified, never knowing where the next one will strike. Into this tense atmosphere, new nurse Iris must make her mark. She’s had more experience of nursing than many, but since arriving in East London from the countryside, she has struggled to fit in with the other staff. Meanwhile, Alice is facing an agonising wait to hear if her boyfriend, Joe, has survived D-day.
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how people looked after each other
- By Dave Arnold on 11-05-25
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The District Nurses Make a Wish
- The District Nurses, Book 5
- Narrated by: Alex Tregear
- Series: The District Nurses, Book 5
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 28-10-21
- Language: English
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A Wartime Wedding in the Dales
- Made in Yorkshire, Book 4
- By: Betty Firth
- Narrated by: Claire Storey
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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January 1942. The new year brings heartache for Bobby Bancroft. Not only must she say goodbye to her fiance Charlie as he is called up, she must also leave behind her job at THE TYKE magazine to join the war effort, as conscription of women is rolled out across the country. But there are hopeful times ahead as Bobby's friends, Topsy and Teddy, get engaged. And when Bobby finally names a date for her own nuptials, the village is cheered by the prospect of weddings to lift the gloom of wartime.
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A Wartime Wedding in the Dales
- Made in Yorkshire, Book 4
- Narrated by: Claire Storey
- Series: Made in Yorkshire, Book 4
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 01-05-25
- Language: English
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The Promise
- By: Lesley Pearse
- Narrated by: Sherry Baines
- Length: 17 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall263
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Performance239
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Story240
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Promise from the bestselling author Lesley Pearse. War threatens to take all she has loved and lived for . . . When Belle Reilly's husband Jimmy enlists and heads for the trenches of Northern France, she knows she cannot...
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Excellent
- By Mrs.G.Parr on 24-02-15
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The Promise
- Narrated by: Sherry Baines
- Series: Belle, Book 2
- Length: 17 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 16-10-14
- Language: English
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Just Rewards
- By: Barbara Taylor Bradford
- Narrated by: Bea Holland
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall35
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Performance30
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Story30
The conclusion to the extraordinary tale of Emma Harte, the original Woman of Substance, and the powerful Harte clan… Love, passion, duty and honour collide as the members of this extraordinary dynasty try to protect their family name at all costs. Linnet O'Neill, heir apparent to Emma Harte...
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Excellent
- By Amanda M. on 11-08-22
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Just Rewards
- Narrated by: Bea Holland
- Series: Harte Family Saga, Book 6
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 03-05-18
- Language: English
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The End of Loneliness
- By: Benedict Wells, Charlotte Collins - translator
- Narrated by: Luke Thompson
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall75
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Performance66
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I've known Death a long time but now Death knows me. When their idyllic childhood is shattered by the sudden death of their parents, siblings Marty, Liz and Jules are sent to a bleak state boarding school. Once there, the orphans' lives change tracks: Marty throws himself into academic life; Liz is drawn to dark forms of escapism; and Jules transforms from a vivacious child to a withdrawn teenager.
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nice book
- By Creative Cathy on 13-05-19
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The End of Loneliness
- Narrated by: Luke Thompson
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 08-03-18
- Language: English
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Meet Me Under the Clock
- A gritty and heartwarming wartime saga
- By: Annie Murray
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall80
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Performance70
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Growing up in Birmingham, Sylvia and Audrey Whitehouse have always been like chalk and cheese. When the Second World War breaks out, Sylvia is still dreaming of her forthcoming marriage to fiancé Ian while Audrey jumps at the career opportunities the WAAF throws her way. Audrey joins the ranks...
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Enthralling!
- By Liz on 01-11-14
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Meet Me Under the Clock
- A gritty and heartwarming wartime saga
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 27-03-14
- Language: English
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The Downstairs Maid
- By: Rosie Clarke
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall203
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Performance185
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Story187
She is a servant girl... When her father becomes ill, Emily Carter finds herself sent into service at Priorsfield Manor in order to provide the family with an income. He will be the Lord of the Manor... Emily strikes up an unlikely friendship with the daughters of the house, as well as Nicolas, son of the Earl. But as the threat of war comes ever closer, she becomes even more aware of the vast differences between upstairs and downstairs, servant and master...If you like Downton Abbey you’ll love this!
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A brilliant read from start to finish.
- By Alison on 07-09-15
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The Downstairs Maid
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 29-01-15
- Language: English
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Small Acts of Resistance
- By: Anita Frank
- Narrated by: Cicely Whitehead
- Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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Sunday Times bestselling author Anita Frank returns with a breathtaking story of love and resistance ‘Tender and evocative… ultimately humane and affirming’ Sean Lusk 'Vividly captures a time of tested loyalties, courageous defiance and the ever-present yearning for love, safety and peace'...
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Captivating
- By Ms. C. Thornalley on 01-02-26
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Small Acts of Resistance
- Narrated by: Cicely Whitehead
- Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 20-11-25
- Language: English
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