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Her Father's Legacy
- Narrated by: Deborah Balm
- Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
When tragedy strikes, it leaves young Rose Herriott all alone in the world. What will become of her hopes and dreams? She lives in fear and daily torment, at the mercy of her cruel stepmother.
Her father proved to be a man with a charitable heart and a deep love for his favorite daughter. When a mysterious letter arrives, she realizes she is not alone as she once believed.
A special visitor brings fresh hope to her heart. Edward Taylor is a young man with a debt of gratitude to pay. When he returns home from the new world, he finds things to be far from that which he had expected.
Can Edward act before it is too late, or will he find the faith placed in him misguided?
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- MissAngel36
- 01-03-2021
retelling
this is a retelling of cinderella tale/ever after movie
and the narrator needs to learn to have different voices for different characters
I DNFd at 28%
glad I got this for free.
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- Mrs Barbara Guy
- 17-02-2021
Boring tale.
This was more like a fairy tale, very simple, predictable and with the expected happy ending. The narration was sickly sweet and uninspiring.
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