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  • By: Audrey Howard
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  • Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (26 ratings)
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Summary

Amy Pearson's family is desperately poor - even by the standards of Edwardian Liverpool - but they have each other. Until Amy is torn from her home by her rich aunt, a woman obsessed by religion and snobbery who wants a girl she can mould as she wishes. Clever and pretty, ten-year-old Amy is perfect for her purposes.

It is the beginning of a long journey for Amy, as she desperately searches for the family she lost, and a home where she can be free at last from her aunt's possessive tyranny.

But she will have to endure a forced marriage and a tragic war before she can at last find what she seeks.
©2008 Audrey Howard (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
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Great Story

Loved this book. I have several of Audrey Howards books and this is the first one I've listened to on audio.
I absolutely loved it - the narrator did a fantastic job.
A great book which has you rooting for 'Amy' and hating her Aunt for how evil she is.

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A Beautiful Story

I loved this story which was heartwarming, funny, emotional, sad & even scary at times. The Narator brought the characters alive & did all the accents very well.

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A really nice story

A lovely heart-warming story about over-coming fear and struggling against the odds to atain happiness. Very thought-provoking, and read with amazing tallent. Please Audible can we have some more by the same author.

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somewhat unbelievable

i did enjoy this book, but found that after initial great enjoyment the book descended into somewhat hackneyed characters and plots. It was all a bit too perfect with an 'all's well that ends well' plot and somewhat unrounded characters.

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