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Despised and Rejected
- By: Rose Allatini
- Narrated by: Robyn Holdaway
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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In the year leading up to the First World War, four people’s lives intertwine, only to be pulled apart. A landmark of gay and pacifist literature, Rose Allatini’s story foregrounding conscientious objectors and queer love amidst wartime turmoil was banned months after its publication. At a...
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Despised and Rejected
- Narrated by: Robyn Holdaway
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 16-10-25
- Language: English
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Sea of Spies
- The Richard Prince Thrillers, Book 2
- By: Alex Gerlis
- Narrated by: Rupert Bush
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall123
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Performance115
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The Allies are desperate to stop neutral Turkey supplying vital materials to the Nazis - materials which could help them win the war. But then a British agent makes a fatal mistake and disappears in Istanbul. In England, detective-turned-spy Richard Prince - back from a clandestine mission in Nazi-occupied Europe - is hunting for his lost son. Before long he is drawn into a dangerous follow-up operation, posing as a journalist in Turkey. The mission soon goes wrong.
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Escapism, needing to suspend disbelief
- By Robert on 18-08-21
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Sea of Spies
- The Richard Prince Thrillers, Book 2
- Narrated by: Rupert Bush
- Series: The Richard Prince Thrillers, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 18-03-21
- Language: English
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Hope for the Railway Girls
- The Railway Girls, Book 5
- By: Maisie Thomas
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Manchester, 1942. A new year brings new hope for the railway girls. Alison's romance with the charming Dr Maitland is blossoming, but then she is posted away from Manchester. Working in a canteen isn't part of her plan, nor is meeting her beau's old girlfriend. Margaret is supportive of her friend's new relationship, until she realises exactly who he is. Torn between keeping her secret and warning Alison, she turns to Joan for help. Working in Lost Property wouldn't be Joan's first choice of job, but with a baby on the way she knows she can't continue being a station porter.
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- By John on 06-05-25
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Hope for the Railway Girls
- The Railway Girls, Book 5
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Series: The Railway Girls, Book 5
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 14-04-22
- Language: English
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The Air Raid Book Club
- By: Annie Lyons
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall24
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Performance23
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Story23
London, 1938. Bookseller Gertie Bingham is facing difficult times, having just lost her beloved husband, Harry, and with a lingering sadness at never having been able to have a child of her own. Struggling to face running the bookshop she and Harry opened together, Gertie is preparing to sell up and move away when she is asked if she would be willing to take in a young Jewish refugee from Germany. Gertie is unsure and when sullen teenager Hedy Fischer arrives, Gertie fears she has nothing left to give the troubled girl.
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Just in general, the story was atmospheric and followed all the characters lives very sympathetically.
- By sally mccaffrey on 11-06-26
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The Air Raid Book Club
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 11-07-23
- Language: English
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Sarah's Choice
- Trenwith, Book 1
- By: Rosie Clarke
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Hampshire, 1913. Amidst the glitz and glamour of England’s High Society, Sarah Trenwith is more of a wallflower living in the shadow of her beautiful sister Marianne. But as the war approaches Sarah will have to step out of the place society and her family have assigned her if she’s to do her part and claim the love she always dreamed of from afar.
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Stoicism and love
- By Mo Bass on 04-02-24
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Sarah's Choice
- Trenwith, Book 1
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Series: Trenwith, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 05-12-23
- Language: English
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When No One Else Will
- By: Amanda Skenandore
- Narrated by: Nicole Poole
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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In the fall of 1939, while Europe grapples with the outbreak of war, Mimi Lukas wages a private battle in her Chicago neighborhood. Her husband, Stan, once a promising White Sox player, has been sidelined by a broken leg. His hopes of returning to baseball are dwindling along with their savings...
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When No One Else Will
- Narrated by: Nicole Poole
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 26-05-26
- Language: English
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Home Comforts at Rookery House
- Rookery House, Book 5
- By: Rosie Hendry
- Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance8
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After a difficult few years with her husband Victor, Prue's life is about to change in a dramatic and unexpected way. Will she have the strength to carry on into a more positive future? Rookery House is bursting at the seams after Thea welcomes two WAAFs to stay while their accommodation is being built on the new aerodrome.
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Chapter 13
- By Miss B mcgregor on 04-03-26
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Home Comforts at Rookery House
- Rookery House, Book 5
- Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson
- Series: Rookery House, Book 5
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 30-01-25
- Language: English
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The Lost Song of Paris
- Heartwrenching WW2 historical fiction with an utterly gripping story inspired by true events
- By: Sarah Steele
- Narrated by: Samara MacLaren
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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She played for love. She fought for freedom. Inspired by incredible true events, The Lost Song of Paris is a heart-wrenching story of lost love, danger and espionage and one remarkable woman's bravery in World War Two, from the bestselling author of The Missing Pieces of Nancy Moon and The...
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I would give this book more stars if I could
- By DeeL on 11-06-26
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The Lost Song of Paris
- Heartwrenching WW2 historical fiction with an utterly gripping story inspired by true events
- Narrated by: Samara MacLaren
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 21-07-22
- Language: English
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The Shooting Party
- A Novel
- By: Isabel Colegate
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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A leisurely weekend among the British gentry reveals the cracks in their upper-class society in this "beautifully crafted" historical fiction novel set in pre-WWI England (Washington Post). It is the autumn of 1913. Sir Randolph Nettleby has assembled a brilliant array of guests at his...
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The narration is weak. What a wasted opportunity, seriously.
- By Cogito Ergo Sometimes on 30-04-26
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The Shooting Party
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 28-04-26
- Language: English
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Three Sisters in the Snow
- By: Annie Groves
- Narrated by: Alex Tregear
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance15
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Will Christmas bring them happiness or heartache? Don't miss the heartwarming new novel from the author of Secrets for the Three Sisters and The Three Sisters of Victory Walk. ___________________________________ It’s 1942 on Victory Walk in East London, and the Harrison sisters are wishing for...
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Great storyline/ loved the narrator.
- By Amazon Customer on 19-01-26
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Three Sisters in the Snow
- Narrated by: Alex Tregear
- Series: The Three Sisters, Book 3
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 20-11-25
- Language: English
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Down Stepney Way
- East End Sagas, Book 1
- By: Sally Worboyes
- Narrated by: Rose Riley
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Blackshirts march through the East End in 1930s London and the Jewish community is under threat of violence. In the midst of this, Jessie Warner discovers a family secret and turns to her mother for answers – but she is met with silence. Over in Bethnal Green, Hannah Blake reluctantly joins the Blackshirts, forced by her cold-hearted mother to do so. Next-door neighbour Emmie Smith looks on, wishing she could tell Hannah the truth about her family and provide her with hope for a brighter future.
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Great book!
- By Sakazoke on 04-03-26
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Down Stepney Way
- East End Sagas, Book 1
- Narrated by: Rose Riley
- Series: The East End Sagas, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 01-09-24
- Language: English
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A Single Swallow
- By: Zhang Ling, Shelly Bryant - translator
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey, Adam Verner, Feodor Chin, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall36
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Performance33
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On the day of the historic 1945 Jewel Voice Broadcast - in which Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender to the Allied forces, bringing an end to World War II - three men, flush with jubilation, made a pact. After their deaths, each year on the anniversary of the broadcast, their souls would return to the Chinese village of their younger days. Now, seventy years later, the pledge is being fulfilled by American missionary Pastor Billy, brash gunner’s mate Ian Ferguson, and local soldier Liu Zhaohu. All that’s missing is Ah Yan - also known as Swallow.
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Fascinating
- By Nicola on 19-07-21
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A Single Swallow
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey, Adam Verner, Feodor Chin, Tanya Eby, Christopher Lane
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 01-10-20
- Language: English
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Land Girls at the Wartime Bookshop
- Book 2 in the uplifting WWII saga series about a community-run bookshop, from the bestselling author
- By: Lesley Eames
- Narrated by: Polly Edsell
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Brought to you by Penguin. The village of Churchwood has never needed The Wartime Bookshop, or its community, more. But when the bookshop comes under threat at the worst possible time, can Alice, Kate and Naomi pull together to keep spirits high? Kate has always found life on Brimbles Farm...
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I was distracted from the story by the narrator. so much so I didn't finish listening
- By Lelle on 23-02-24
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Land Girls at the Wartime Bookshop
- Book 2 in the uplifting WWII saga series about a community-run bookshop, from the bestselling author
- Narrated by: Polly Edsell
- Series: The Wartime Bookshop, Book 2
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 17-08-23
- Language: English
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Murder at Down Street Station
- London Underground Station, Book 2
- By: Jim Eldridge
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall46
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Performance40
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December 1940. Down Street underground station, in the heart of London's Mayfair, is now a secret retreat for Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his cabinet from the relentless air raids overhead. In this supposedly secure location, the body of a woman is found, stabbed in the heart. The victim, fortune-teller Lady Za Za, did not see this one coming. Chief Inspector Coburg and Sergeant Lampson are called to investigate but whispers of treason and corruption succeed in muddying the waters of the case.
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Twist
- By Jack Birth on 29-04-23
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Murder at Down Street Station
- London Underground Station, Book 2
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Series: London Underground Station Mysteries, Book 2
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 20-04-23
- Language: English
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The Runaway Orphans
- By: Pam Weaver
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance11
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Desperate to escape their stepfather’s house, sisters Amy and Lillian stow away aboard a train full of children being evacuated from London and the threat of Hitler’s bombs. Arriving in the seaside town of Worthing, they are taken in by kindly Norah and her husband, Jim. With their future now entrusted to strangers, can the girls finally find a safe harbour in these dark days of war? And will they find the strength to confront what they have been running from, when their past finally catches up with them?
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Great story
- By Ruth on 26-10-24
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The Runaway Orphans
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 09-06-22
- Language: English
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
- By: John Boyne
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall919
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Performance811
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Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution or the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is...
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One of the best books I have ever read.
- By anne levine on 11-12-16
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Series: Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Book 1
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 06-10-16
- Language: English
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Darkest Hour
- A Jack Tanner Adventure
- By: James Holland
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall143
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Performance129
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Readers of Robert Harris, Bernard Cornwell and Ken Follett will love this gripping, edge-of-your-seat wartime thriller from bestselling author and historian James Holland. Guaranteed to keep you turning the pages! 'Old-fashioned, testosterone-fuelled escapism and Tanner is a chiselled...
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very nice book and nicely read.
- By sorkun terzi on 23-05-19
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Darkest Hour
- A Jack Tanner Adventure
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Series: Jack Tanner, Book 2
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 21-12-12
- Language: English
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Afterlives
- By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021
- By: Abdulrazak Gurnah
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall164
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Performance148
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Bloomsbury presents Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah, read by Damian Lynch. BY THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2021 'One of Africa's greatest living writers' Giles Foden 'Exquisite' Telegraph ‘A remarkable novel, by a wondrous writer’ Philippe Sands 'To read Afterlives is to be...
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Lynch a great reader of this book
- By EEL on 06-11-21
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Afterlives
- By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 29-10-20
- Language: English
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Flying Angels
- By: Danielle Steel
- Narrated by: Dan John Miller
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall39
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Performance38
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Audrey Parker's life changes forever when Pearl Harbor is attacked on December 7, 1941. Her brother, a talented young Navy pilot, had been stationed there, poised to fulfill their late father's distinguished legacy. Fresh out of nursing school with a passion and a born gift for helping others, both Audrey and her friend, Lizzie, suddenly find their nation on the brink of war. Driven to do whatever they can to serve, they enlist in the Army and embark on a new adventure as flight nurses.
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Really enjoyed this book
- By kay edwards on 23-04-23
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Flying Angels
- Narrated by: Dan John Miller
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 23-11-21
- Language: English
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The Lost Children
- By: Shirley Dickson
- Narrated by: Rosie Jones
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall110
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Performance104
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Story102
England, 1943: Home is no longer safe for eight-year-old twins Molly and Jacob. Night after night, wailing bombs and screeching planes skim the rooftops overhead. They cradle each other, shivering in terror, not knowing if they'll live to see dawn. Their mother, Martha, has no choice but to evacuate them to the safety of the countryside. At the train station, Martha bites back tears as she says good-bye to her precious children. Knowing she might never see them again, she gives Jacob a letter, pressing the envelope into his hands and telling him to only read it if they are in danger.
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- By bookworm on 10-11-20
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The Lost Children
- Narrated by: Rosie Jones
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 30-09-20
- Language: English
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