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  • By: Mary Harrison
  • Narrated by: Alexandra Jones
  • Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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The Eye of the Daruma

By: Mary Harrison
Narrated by: Alexandra Jones
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The amazing adventure story of a young Japanese woman in the time of the great earthquake of 1905. We follow the young woman, Chie, through many trials, tribulations, and exciting challenges.

Chie is attractive, intelligent, and resourceful and faces many terrors along the way - not least strong and appealing men. 

Mary Harrison has been an inspirational writer over the years. She loved writing this Japanese story about the many exciting adventures and challenges of Chie. She especially enjoyed the detailed research on the geishas and all things Japanese. Mary was proud of the The Eye of the Daruma

Mary started as a newspaper journalist in Bedford soon after her second son, Peter Antony, was born. Pete is now a school teacher and was her inspiration. Peter and Mary Harrison had four sons, Paul, Peter, Philip, and Christopher, and a daughter, Eve Louise. 

Mary was especially successful on radio and TV. For many years, she broadcast in London at the LBC radio station. Mary was paranormal consultant on The Pete Murray Show. Her most notable TV broadcast was on lTV's This Morning, when she asked viewers to phone in with their paranormal experiences. There were so many calls that the lTV phone network became jammed. Richard and Judy were dumbfounded by the reaction Mary caused on that special day, October 31.  

Mary sadly passed away in 2002 and is deeply missed. Her husband, Peter, lives in Hampstead and writes plays, films, and books. He continually pays tribute to Mary in books, blogs, and discussions.  

Mary was always Peter's inspiration from when they first met at College Entertainments, Archer Street, London, in February 1971. Mary came to work for Peter as his PA and college coordinator, neither realizing that it was the start of a fantastic 30-year romantic partnership.

©2016 Philip R Harrison (P)2018 Philip R Harrison

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A good idea, poorly produced and narrated.

From the first chapter, I was horrified by the terrible pronunciation of Japanese words by the narrator. I do not expect perfection, however, at least try a little harder by some prior research, please. The storyline is quite shallow, but it was OK, but I could not stand to listen to the narrator any longer than two hours before my irritation overcame my curiosity for the contents of the book. I have deleted it from my iPhone.

Unfortunately, poor production did not get any better. pronunciation became worse, often interrupted by shuffling and turning of the pages. I must be spoiled by professional narrators for all these years, as I listened through incorrect timing for breathing and other irritating accents.

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