A Mother Forever
Woolworths, Book 6
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Annie Aldington
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Elaine Everest
About this listen
A Mother Forever is the moving story of one woman's journey through the hardest trials of her life and how the love of friends and family pulls her through. From the best-selling author of The Woolworths Girls Elaine Everest, this book tells the tale of Ruby and how it all began....
1905: Ruby Caselton may only be 25 years old but she already has the weight of the world on her shoulders. Heavily pregnant with her second child, penniless and exhausted, she is moving her family into a new home. The Caseltons left their last place when they couldn’t pay the rent, but Ruby’s husband Eddie has promised this will be a fresh start for them all. And Ruby desperately hopes that this time he will keep his word.
With five-year-old George at her feet and her mother having a cross word for everyone and everything, life is never dull at number 13 Alexandra Road. It doesn’t take long before Eddie loses another job and once again hits the bottle. It’s up to Ruby to hold them all together, through thick and thin. She remembers the kind, caring man Eddie once was and just can’t give up on him entirely. What she doesn’t know is that Eddie has a secret, one so dark that he can’t bear to tell even Ruby....
Through Ruby’s grit and determination, she keeps food on the table and finds herself a community of neighbours on Alexandra Road. Stella, the matriarch from across the way, soon becomes a friend and confidante. She even dreams that Ruby will ditch the useless Eddie and take up with her eldest son, Frank. But when war breaks out in 1914, the heartbreaks and losses that follow will fracture their community, driving both Stella and Ruby to breaking point. Will their men ever return to them?
A Mother Forever is a moving but heartwarming story about the family we’re connected to through blood, but also the family we make for ourselves with neighbours and friends. A prequel to The Woolworths Girls, it can also be listened to as a compelling novel in its own right.
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- Mrs D from Birmingham
- 17-10-24
Prologue to the series
It was good to have the history of the inhabitants of the street explained from the beginning.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-07-24
A delight!
It was so wonderful to hear more about Ruby Castletons early years, It certainly was a surprise to hear about her and Eddie’s romance, it was not plain sailing, thank goodness they enjoyed many happy years together before Eddie passed away. I cried at the end on the day of her wedding to Mike. She had a lovely relationship with her son George the tears started flowing when he came to speak to her in private to assure her she was doing the right thing.
One of the best books I have ever listened to. I will now listen to the next instalment of the Woolworth girls
Am I alone in thinking these books would make a wonderful mini series or film?
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-12-21
Mother forever
Never fails. Thank you Elaine another book
Thank you Annie read beautifully. Looking forward to more xx
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- DAWN RYDER
- 17-03-21
Another great book from an amazing author
I loved it another great read the only disappointment is it had to end.
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- Mrsdebs
- 03-02-23
Delightful truly delightful
What can i say before you read or listen to this book i would encourage you to start at book 1 and step into the world if the wonderful Castleton family. You will laugh and cry give thought to your families past what they endured through both the wars a real sense of belonging and i am so happy that i still have another book to go in this wonderful saga. My thanks to Elaine Everest and of course the marvellous Annie Aldington who brings the characters to life in the audio books.
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- Helen Humphries
- 29-11-21
excellent
excellent narrating as usual. lovely story nice to have a story about an older person's young life in a series.
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- Kathleen
- 25-09-22
loved the book
I really enjoyed this book, I laughed and cried, it felt like you were right there in the moment. The narrator is one of my favourite. Absolutely brilliant.
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- Irene Duff
- 17-06-22
Excellent so enjoyed listening to this book.
Story line was great and kept me wanting to hear more. Looking forward to hearing the next book from this series
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- K. Cleaver
- 12-05-23
amazing
I have just finished listening and what can I say but absolutely fantastic. hearing all about Ruby when she were younger woolworth girls and a mother forever is my favorite book series. please if you love this genre read this.
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- MrsV Ridge
- 29-05-23
A good listening book
A good book to listen and I listen to it into just two days, and good cry and laughter too
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