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The Orphans

By: Fiona McIntosh
Narrated by: Ainslie McGlynn
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Summary
 This audiobook includes an exclusive author's note from Fiona McIntosh.

Orphan Fleur Appleby is adopted by a loving undertaker and his wife and she quickly develops a special gift for helping bereaved families. Her ambition to be the first female mortician in the country is fuelled by her plan to bring more women into the male dominated funeral industry.

Raised in the outback of South Australia's Flinders Ranges, Tom Catchlove is faced with a life-changing tragedy as a young boy. He works hard but dreams big, striving for a future as a wool classer.

A chance encounter between the two children will change the course of their lives.

By adulthood Fleur finds herself fighting for the survival of the family's business, while her widowed father drinks away generations of prosperity and a new, conniving stepmother wants Fleur gone. When Tom emerges from the isolation of the desert to find new work at the port woolstores, his path crosses with Fleur's again - only to be caught up in a murder investigation, in which they can only trust each other.

At once tragic and triumphant, The Orphans is an unforgettable story about a unique bond between two children that will echo down the years, and teach them both about the real meaning of life, of loss, and of love. Fiction Friendship Genre Fiction Historical Fiction
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Loved the characters, the interwoven lives of city & country. Extremely interesting glimpse of a rarely talked about subject. Loved the prologue by Fiona, it finished the book beautifully . Thank you.

Great Australian Story.

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Great story, plausible with defined characters.Easy reading and the heroine maintains her status throughout.
Most enjoyable thankyou Fiona.

Informative and believable

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I loved how I could relate to the story, having grown up in the southern Flinders Ranges.

Worth the listen

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I could not put this book down so well read I listen to this pin just few days usually it takes me weeks to finish a book

Worth the listening to

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Thoroughly enjoyed the story and the narrator. Unusual subject and I learnt a lot from it

Good read

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