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Village Christmas & the White Robin
Author: Miss Read
Format: MP3 CD
Author Miss Read
Narrator June Barrie
Duration 3h 26m
Two festive Christmas stories from Miss Read. From the rural festivities in 'Village Christmas' to the poignant tale of a 'White Robin', these two stories include many entertaining characters.
View BookAuthor: Jane Gardam
Format: MP3 CD
Author Jane Gardam
Narrator June Barrie
Duration 8h 50m
Winner of the Whitbread Novel of the Year. Eliza Peabody is a dangerous - if blameless - do-gooder. She is too enthusiastic and she talks too much. Her concern for the inhabitants of her south London road extends to annoying, albeit well-meaning, notes of unsolicited advice under their doors. One such note heralds Eliza's undoing and black comedy b...
View BookAuthor: Miss Read
Format: MP3 CD
Author Miss Read
Narrator June Barrie
Duration 6h 18m
All the inhabitants of Thrush Green are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Mrs Curdle's fair - especially as rumour has it that this may be the last time it comes. Molly Piggott is hoping to meet again the young man who swept her off her feet the previous year - but will he want to see her? Meanwhile village life continues with all its ups and downs....
View BookAuthor: Emma Smith
Format: MP3 CD
Author Emma Smith
Narrator June Barrie
Duration 12h 46m
'The Great Western Beach' is Emma Smith's memoir of a 1920s childhood in Newquay, Cornwall. She recalls the rocks, the sea, the beaches, the picnics, the teas and pasties, the bracing walks, the tennis tournaments and bathing parties, the curious residents and fascinating holiday-makers - relishing every glorious, salty detail. But above all this i...
View BookAuthor: Jane Gardam
Format: MP3 CD
Author Jane Gardam
Narrator June Barrie
Duration 10h 5m
Set during the aftermath of World War Two, this audiobook follows the lives of three maturing young women as they leave school and take up their scholarships at university.
View BookAuthor: Marcia Willett
Format: MP3 CD
Author Marcia Willett
Narrator June Barrie
Duration 9h 29m
It was in the middle of a snowstorm when Tiggy arrived at the remote house on Bodmin Moor. She was alone, her partner tragically dead in an accident, and Julia, her dearest friend, welcomed her into her warm and chaotic family. Tiggy started to live again and await the birth of her child, but nearly thirty years later, when her son is about to beco...
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