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Wives of War
- Narrated by: Heather Wilds
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
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Summary
London, 1944. Two young nurses meet at a train station with a common purpose: to join the war effort. Scarlet longs for the chance to find her missing fiancé, Thomas, and to prove to her family - and to herself - that she's stronger than everybody thinks. Nursing is in Ellie's blood, but her humble background is vastly different from Scarlet's privileged upbringing. Though Ellie puts on a brave face, she's just as nervous as Scarlet about what awaits them in France.
In Normandy, the two friends soon encounter the seemingly unflappable Lucy. Scarlet and Ellie are in awe of her courage and competence, but the experienced nurse is well aware of the dangers of the job they've chosen - and even she is terrified they won't make it home alive.
Pushed to their limits by the brutality of a world at war, Scarlet, Ellie and Lucy will need to rely on each other - and the power of their friendship - to survive.
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- Jo
- 17-09-22
Narration felt unnatural but a good story
Interesting to hear perspectives of nurses in WWII. Quite hard to get over the slightly odd narration though. Her voice representations were okay, but the parts in between just sounded weird. ‘She said’ especially.
If you can get past that though, the book itself is entertaining.
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- Nancy Jane
- 30-07-17
A romance
This is a very nicely written but predictable story, primarily focused on the romantic lives of the characters. A nice holiday read but shallow.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Anne Callender
- 08-04-19
Great read not to be missed
This book is so well written it's like you are there with the characters had me in tears so amazing
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- Mary Thompson
- 04-11-17
Average war book
The story line was nothing out of the ordinary but flowed well. The narrator had a deathly boring monotonous voice...it would have been better to have read the book.
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- MLB Ayr
- 01-12-23
Dreadful narrator
The narrator gave no light and shade to anything but the dialogue. Her accents were good though. Because I listen while cross stitching I didn't notice at first so I was engaged in the story lines. I sped up the narration to 1.2% which was marginally better. I'd perhaps advise potential listeners to read this one instead
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- KRayner
- 26-12-17
Wives of war
What did you like most about Wives of War?
About the young nurses from different backgrounds
What did you like best about this story?
When Scarlett met her fiancee brother james
Which character – as performed by Heather Wilds – was your favourite?
Scarlett and Ellie
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes it was.
Any additional comments?
Wonderful story line told by narrator
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- Keeley mccormick
- 02-12-20
change the speed of the narrator
At first I couldn't get into this book because of the narrator but after changing the speed to i found it much more tolerable and really enjoyed the overall story
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- Joanne
- 22-09-19
Good story but..................
A very good story but I found the narration extremely irritating which took away from the enjoyment. The intonation of some of the words was frustrating and I found myself concentrating on when the next one would come rather than the story itself
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- Charlotte Van-Vaerenbergh
- 15-07-17
Really good story, let down by narration
What did you like best about Wives of War? What did you like least?
Interesting story with an excellent, well-thought out plot.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
The narrator was really boring to listen to and didn't lend any expression to her retelling. Honestly, it did put me off the book.
If this book were a film would you go see it?
Yes, absolutely.
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- Purple
- 12-09-19
Story good but horrid narration
Potential for a good story but the narrator is awful.
The speaking parts are ok and when there is more than a few words of description but when it's just "Ellie said" or "Scarlet smiled" it's like a robotic computer voice, clipped, no tone and so off putting.
This ones getting returned as I can't finish it.
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