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All Our Shimmering Skies
- By: Trent Dalton
- Narrated by: Ruby Rees
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Darwin, 1942, and as Japanese bombs rain down, motherless Molly Hook, the gravedigger's daughter, is looking to the skies and running for her life. Inside a duffel bag she carries a stone heart, alongside a map to lead her to Longcoat Bob, the deep-country sorcerer who she believes put a curse on her family. By her side are the most unlikely travelling companions: Greta, a razor-tongued actress, and Yukio, a fallen Japanese fighter pilot. The treasure lies before them, but close behind them trails the dark. And above them, always, are the shimmering skies.
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Got to Chapter 20, Couldn’t finish
- By Anonymous User on 08-10-2020
- All Our Shimmering Skies
- By: Trent Dalton
- Narrated by: Ruby Rees
Not as good as Boy Swallows Universe.
Reviewed: 03-02-2021
Too much violence for me. Long. Beautiful descriptions of Darwin and Litchfield Litchfield National park
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A View Across the Rooftops
- By: Suzanne Kelman
- Narrated by: Alan Medcroft
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Would you risk your life to save just one person? An incredible story of love, hope, and friendship; and a testament to humanity and courage in history’s darkest days. 1941, Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Professor Josef Held has never recovered from the loss of his beloved wife - and has no intention of ever letting anyone new into his quiet, safe world. But then the Nazis come for the Jews - and Mrs Epstein is killed. And Josef, in an impulsive act of courage, offers his student Michael Blum a place to hide.
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A great, melodramatic saga
- By Anonymous User on 03-11-2020
- A View Across the Rooftops
- By: Suzanne Kelman
- Narrated by: Alan Medcroft
A great, melodramatic saga
Reviewed: 03-11-2020
It needed to be cut by 1/3. The story would have been more powerful in the hands of a better writer.
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Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
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For years, rumors of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens.
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Wonderful core story, but ultimately disappointing
- By Melle on 06-02-2020
- Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Wow
Reviewed: 27-09-2020
This book really drew me in. The ending is incredible. There are some leaps of probability but overall, it's an amazing, moving story about prejudice and resilience that's well told.
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Hamnet
- By: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Daisy Donovan
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home? Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London. Neither parent knows that one of the children will not survive the week.
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Beautifully written and read
- By Barbara on 20-05-2020
- Hamnet
- By: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Daisy Donovan
One of the best books I've listened to this year.
Reviewed: 22-08-2020
Donovan's narration was very very good. you won't regret reading this book if you want a good story
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Miss Austen
- By: Gill Hornby
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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1840: 23 years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen returns to the village of Kintbury, and the home of her family’s friends, the Fowles. She knows that, in some dusty corner of the sprawling vicarage, there is a cache of family letters which hold secrets she is desperate should not be revealed. As Cassandra recalls her youth and her relationship with her brilliant yet complex sister, she pieces together buried truths about Jane’s history and her own.
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A must for lovers of Jane Austen
- By Anonymous User on 01-06-2020
- Miss Austen
- By: Gill Hornby
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
A must for lovers of Jane Austen
Reviewed: 01-06-2020
Highly recommend this book if you enjoy Jane Austen's work. it's a treat. A family tree would help!