Madame Barbara
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Madame Barbara
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Narrated by:
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Dorothy Lawrence
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By:
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Helen Forrester
About this listen
Set in the aftermath of war, this is a tale of courage and endurance of ordinary people.
A young Liverpool woman is widowed in the Second World War before she can know the happiness of having a family.
On a trip to Normandy, to see the site of the D-Day landings where her husband was killed, she meets an impoverished French poultry farmer. Reduced by the war to driving a beaten-up taxi and caring for his mother and dying brother, his happiness feels out of reach.
Can two people shake off the shadows of the past and build a new life together?
Critic reviews
Praise for Liverpool Miss:
‘Records of hardship during the Thirties or earlier are not rare; but this has features that make it stand apart’
Observer
‘The story of a young girl’s courage and perseverance against adversity… warm-hearted and excellent’
Manchester Evening News