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    Orphans of the Storm
    Orphans of the Storm
    Orphans of the Storm
    Audiobook12 hours

    Orphans of the Storm

    Written by Katie Flynn

    Narrated by Julia Franklin

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Jess and Nancy, nursing in France during the Great War, are very different girls with much in common. Both have lost their lovers in the trenches, so when the war is over, they return to a bleak future, nursing in Liverpool. Very soon, however, their paths diverge.

    Nancy marries an Australian and goes to live in the Outback, whilst Jess marries a Liverpudlian. Both have children; Nancy's eldest is Pete, and Jess has a daughter, Debbie.

    When the Second World War is declared, Pete joins the RAF and comes to England, promising his mother that he will visit Jess. In the thick of the Blitz, Pete finds Jess's home destroyed and her daughter missing. Whatever the cost, Pete must find her…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSoundings
    Release dateJun 1, 2006
    ISBN9781407983929
    Orphans of the Storm

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    • 5/5
      Brilliant well written well read and a lovely story thank you.
    • 5/5
      Another fabulous book with a lovely narrator. Great writer too.
    • 3/5
      Just a ok read the story is very long and disjoined the characters are not too likable sometimes so simple and boring not even going to Australia make s the story exciting it's just a long drag i gave it 3 stars because the narrator was very good