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The Pear Affair
- Narrated by: Rachel Winters
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
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Publisher's Summary
When Penelope Magnificent's awful parents tell her they're taking a trip to Paris, she surprises them by begging to go along.
Penelope Magnificent's life doesn't live up to her name. Her dad thinks only about making money and her mum loves her handbag more than her daughter. But she gets through the hard times remembering the lovely French woman Perrine – Pear – who looked after her when she was little. Even after Pear was sent away, she wrote to Nell every week, telling her about her new life, promising one day she'd come back.
But the letters stopped suddenly. So when Nell gets the chance to go to Paris with her parents, she is determined to track down Pear. But the mystery gets deeper when Pear isn't where she told Nell she'd be – and never had been!