Try free for 30 days
-
A Family’s Heartbreak
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from Wish List failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy Now for $25.82
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also picked
-
The Three Sisters of Victory Walk
- The Three Sisters, Book 1
- By: Annie Groves
- Narrated by: Alex Tregear
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The three sisters of Victory Walk in East London will face heartache and tears on the home front. As rationing, blackouts and bombs start to bite, life will change forever for the three sisters.
-
-
A good read
- By Psalteryschool on 27-01-2024
-
A Wife's Courage
- By: Kitty Neale
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
London, 1944. With bombs raining over London, keeping the Battersea Tavern open is no easy feat for owner Winnie Berry - but the community need the warmth and familiarity of the pub more than ever. After marriage, Maureen Fanning had moved out to Wandsworth with her bad-tempered husband Brancher. But when he loses both his job and their lodgings, the only people who will take them in are her kindly grandparents, Len and Renee. Getting a cleaning job at the Battersea Tavern is the least she can do to pay them back. It would all be fine...if it weren't for Brancher.
-
A Family Secret
- By: Kitty Neale
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
London, 1940. Winnie Berry is at the heart of the community in her pub, The Battersea Tavern. Her door is always open to those in need of a cup of tea and sympathy. Winnie's abusive husband has left, and she finds herself foolishly falling in love with black-market trader Harry Hampton. But Harry is married, and Winnie soon finds herself tied up in his web of secrets. Meanwhile Winnie's son is back in London—not to visit his own child, but to charm the latest barmaid at the Battersea Tavern, which will lead to devastating consequences for the family.
-
New Neighbours for Coronation Close
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Bristol 1936. Jenny Crawford has resigned herself to a loveless marriage living hand to mouth with their two children. Like many others, husband Roy struggles to find work at the docks but a chance encounter turns the family's fortunes around. Not only does he get regular work but they are also allocated a council house on Coronation Close on the outskirts of the city. Jenny and the children are overjoyed, this is the fresh start she could only ever dream of. But trouble feels never too far away.
-
-
Can’t wait for the next in the series
- By Denise on 04-03-2023
-
A Sister’s Sorrow
- By: Kitty Neale
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Sarah Jepson’s mother Annie dies, Sarah is left with her little brother Tommy to care for. Alone in the world, the two of them must make a life for themselves in the wake of the terrible upbringing they have endured. But when Tommy is struck down by illness, Sarah’s new life collapses. Lost in grief, she turns to the handsome Roger to save her – only to find that he is not who he seems....
-
A Daughter’s Ruin
- By: Kitty Neale
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Seventeen-year-old Constance has had a privileged upbringing in Clapham, with staff to attend to her every need. But her parents have always been cold and distant, never showing her love.Craving affection, Constance falls into the arms of Albie Jones, the cook’s grandson. But one fateful encounter leaves her ashamed and pregnant, and she is soon shunned from the family home. Heartbroken and threatened by scandal, Constance is forced to wed Albie and moves to Battersea, where she suffers unforgiving stares and cruel whispers from the neighbours.
-
-
1960s London, rich miss meets the cooks son
- By Elsie Plays on 08-11-2021
-
The Three Sisters of Victory Walk
- The Three Sisters, Book 1
- By: Annie Groves
- Narrated by: Alex Tregear
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The three sisters of Victory Walk in East London will face heartache and tears on the home front. As rationing, blackouts and bombs start to bite, life will change forever for the three sisters.
-
-
A good read
- By Psalteryschool on 27-01-2024
-
A Wife's Courage
- By: Kitty Neale
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
London, 1944. With bombs raining over London, keeping the Battersea Tavern open is no easy feat for owner Winnie Berry - but the community need the warmth and familiarity of the pub more than ever. After marriage, Maureen Fanning had moved out to Wandsworth with her bad-tempered husband Brancher. But when he loses both his job and their lodgings, the only people who will take them in are her kindly grandparents, Len and Renee. Getting a cleaning job at the Battersea Tavern is the least she can do to pay them back. It would all be fine...if it weren't for Brancher.
-
A Family Secret
- By: Kitty Neale
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
London, 1940. Winnie Berry is at the heart of the community in her pub, The Battersea Tavern. Her door is always open to those in need of a cup of tea and sympathy. Winnie's abusive husband has left, and she finds herself foolishly falling in love with black-market trader Harry Hampton. But Harry is married, and Winnie soon finds herself tied up in his web of secrets. Meanwhile Winnie's son is back in London—not to visit his own child, but to charm the latest barmaid at the Battersea Tavern, which will lead to devastating consequences for the family.
-
New Neighbours for Coronation Close
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Bristol 1936. Jenny Crawford has resigned herself to a loveless marriage living hand to mouth with their two children. Like many others, husband Roy struggles to find work at the docks but a chance encounter turns the family's fortunes around. Not only does he get regular work but they are also allocated a council house on Coronation Close on the outskirts of the city. Jenny and the children are overjoyed, this is the fresh start she could only ever dream of. But trouble feels never too far away.
-
-
Can’t wait for the next in the series
- By Denise on 04-03-2023
-
A Sister’s Sorrow
- By: Kitty Neale
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Sarah Jepson’s mother Annie dies, Sarah is left with her little brother Tommy to care for. Alone in the world, the two of them must make a life for themselves in the wake of the terrible upbringing they have endured. But when Tommy is struck down by illness, Sarah’s new life collapses. Lost in grief, she turns to the handsome Roger to save her – only to find that he is not who he seems....
-
A Daughter’s Ruin
- By: Kitty Neale
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Seventeen-year-old Constance has had a privileged upbringing in Clapham, with staff to attend to her every need. But her parents have always been cold and distant, never showing her love.Craving affection, Constance falls into the arms of Albie Jones, the cook’s grandson. But one fateful encounter leaves her ashamed and pregnant, and she is soon shunned from the family home. Heartbroken and threatened by scandal, Constance is forced to wed Albie and moves to Battersea, where she suffers unforgiving stares and cruel whispers from the neighbours.
-
-
1960s London, rich miss meets the cooks son
- By Elsie Plays on 08-11-2021
-
The Guernsey Girls
- The Guernsey Girls, Book 1
- By: Mary Wood
- Narrated by: Emma Vane
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
After the hard work of being a maid at Wallington Manor in the lead-up to Christmas, Annie is very excited at the prospect of going home to Bethnal Green. She has missed her family, but the money she earns keeps them all afloat. Harriet is from the island of Guernsey and is visiting her aunt at Wallington Manor. When she has to leave for London Annie is asked to look after her. On the train journey a friendship blossoms. And when an accident happens their friendship is made even stronger. A friendship that would see both girls through pain, happiness, marriage and death.
-
-
A beautiful story 
- By jnpenguin on 23-01-2024
-
The Orphan in the Peacock Shawl
- By: AnneMarie Brear
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Yorkshire Dales, 1850. As a terrible storm rages, Annabelle Wallis is shocked to find a distressed young woman at her cottage door, heavy with child. Moments later a baby girl is born. But by dawn, the mother has vanished, leaving behind the helpless child wrapped only in a silk peacock shawl. When news spreads that Lady Eliza Hartley, sister to a wealthy estate owner, has been found dead, Annabelle realises the terrible secret she has stumbled on. Terrified she’ll be blamed for Eliza’s death, Annabelle flees to the slums of York, where she plans to raise the orphan as her own.
-
-
5 Stars from me
- By jnpenguin on 20-05-2023
-
A Cuckoo in Candle Lane
- By: Kitty Neale
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Elsie and Bert Jones move with their children, Ann and Arthur, to Candle Lane, a modest street in Battersea, they miss their comfortable house in Wimbledon. But the move is the right thing to do, as it will enable Bert to finance his new removal business. They are a warmhearted family, and Elsie soon makes friends with her less fortunate neighbour, Ruth, and her daughter, Sally. But before long Elsie realises that all is not well in the house next door....
-
A Mother’s Betrayal
- By: Emma Hornby
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Manchester, 1867. Mara longs for a peaceful life free of violence and poverty. But she has married into the O'Hara family, who have a reputation for their drunkenness and quick tempers. Her eldest stepson, Conrad, is the worst of them all - a brute and a criminal who makes Mara's life a misery. But then Conrad is accused of a crime he didn't commit, and Mara is the only one who can prove his innocence. Perhaps this is her chance to finally free her family from his toxic influence....
-
The Empty Hearth
- By: Kitty Neale
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Pratchett family have to contend with coalman Alfie Pratchett's obsessive jealousy. A bully, his two teenage children, John and Millie, have learned to dodge him and his moods. The main concern of ugly duckling Millie - who looks nothing like her handsome brother John - is to protect their mum, Eileen. When crisis strikes the Pratchetts' home, Alfie is forced to watch his whole world gradually collapse around him. Their old life has gone forever, and a new one has begun - one in which rape, debt, alcoholism and insanity play their parts. And redemption is a long time coming.
-
-
The Empty Nest
- By linda on 27-06-2021
-
A Mother's Sacrifice
- By: Kitty Neale
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Glenda Jenkins has been beaten by her husband, Harry, one too many times - and this time he's put her in a hospital bed. Battered and bruised, Glenda slowly makes her recovery. But she fears what awaits her back at home.... When Glenda meets kind hospital porter Frank, he offers her a lifeline she can't refuse. The pair decide to run away together, escaping the terror of Harry. But, fearing for her life, Glenda has to make the biggest sacrifice of all and leave her baby, Johnnie, behind.
Publisher's Summary
All they ever wanted was somewhere to call home....
Beaten
When Jenny’s mother abandons her and her younger siblings, Jenny is left at the mercy of her abusive father, Henry. And when Henry beats his eldest daughter so badly that she ends up in the hospital, it seems like there’s nowhere left for them all to go.
Broken
But factory worker Craig has fallen head over heels for Jenny, and he offers her a place to stay. Happy at last, Jenny begins a new life with him, but when tragedy strikes, she’s left to pick up the pieces of both her broken home - and her broken heart.
Bereft
Desperately trying to make ends meet, Jenny is alone and working round the clock. Will she ever be able to give her siblings the happy home they deserve? Or is the worst yet to come...?
The Sunday Times best seller is back in a gritty family drama, perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries and Dilly Court.