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  • A Year at the Star and Sixpence

  • By: Holly Hepburn
  • Narrated by: Karen Cass
  • Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (464 ratings)

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A Year at the Star and Sixpence

By: Holly Hepburn
Narrated by: Karen Cass
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Summary

The perfect escapist read, for all fans of Cathy Bramley and Jenny Colgan. A Year at the Star and Sixpence is Holly Hepburn's four Star and Sixpence novellas collected together as a novel for the first time.
When sisters Nessie and Sam inherit a little pub in a beautiful country village they jump at the chance to escape their messy lives and start afresh. But when they arrive at the Star and Sixpence, it's not quite what they imagined - it's pretty much derelict, ruined by debts, and it's going to be a huge job to get it up and running again. But they are determined to make the best of this new life and they set about making the pub the heart of the village once again. Their first year at the Star and Sixpence won't be easy, though nothing worth doing ever is.
But when the sisters' past comes back to haunt them, they start to think that the fresh start they needed is very far away indeed…
Curl up with A Year at the Star and Sixpence - the perfect novel to welcome Spring.
'A fresh new voice, brings wit and warmth to this charming tale of two sisters' Rowan Coleman
'You'll fall in love with this fantastic new series from a new star of women's fiction, Holly Hepburn. Filled to the brim with captivating characters and fantastic storylines in a gorgeous setting. Simply wonderful. I want to read more!' Miranda Dickinson
'Warm, witty and laced with intriguing secrets! I want to pull up a bar stool, order a large G&T and soak up all the gossip at the Star and Sixpence!' Cathy Bramley

++ A Year at the Star and Sixpence is the collected Star and Sixpence novellas. If you have already enjoyed the novellas, then you have already enjoyed A Year at the Star and Sixpence. For new novellas from Holly, check out her Picture House by the Sea series and her Castle Court series ++
©2018 Holly Hepburn (P)2018 Simon & Schuster UK
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Critic reviews

"A fresh new voice, brings wit and warmth to this charming tale of two sisters." (Rowan Coleman)
"You'll fall in love with this fantastic new series from a new star of women's fiction, Holly Hepburn. Filled to the brim with captivating characters and fantastic storylines in a gorgeous setting, Snowdrops at the Star and Sixpence is simply wonderful. I want to read more!2 (Miranda Dickinson)
"Warm, witty and laced with intriguing secrets! I want to pull up a bar stool, order a large G&T and soak up all the gossip at the Star and Sixpence!" (Cathy Bramley)

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Great read

First time read of author Holly Hepburn was very impressed also the standard of the narration by Karen Cass was faultless makes such a difference

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Fabulous!

A lovely heartwarming story with great characters. I hope that there will be a follow up!

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Loved it

Loved this story, the characters and the narrator! Will look for more of her books!

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An utter delight

I Loved the characters, the narration was superb. love, love, loved it. A great read.

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Fab story

Loved the story very much. Not sure when in a discussion narrator jeeps referring to "The other woman" instead of their name.?

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Lovely story but 4 books in 1!

This book was written in four parts, one for each season of the year. Probably originally sold separately on Kindle! Really enjoyed the first one but once 'Summer ' started, it became obvious that it didn't flow and at the beginning of each new season, we got a recap on characters and the storyline, reiterating various facts and lots of repeats!
Such a shame that whoever decided to release this as a whole book for sale didn't edit it that way. The repartition was just annoying!
Good plot and strong characters, with nice if a little predictable outcomes. Very much a nearly but not quite one for me and will be a little wary of anything else I see by this author. A real pity as it has so much potential!

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A delight

A warm and cosy cup of Christmas romance, with stories that will carry you through the year. Lovely

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Fabulous

What a great book. I absolutely love Karen Cass as a narrator. She reads beautifully. Holly Hepburn writes my kind of stories. Hopeless romantic novels. I am an illustrator and I love creating my artwork while listening to great audio books. Thank you.

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Star and sixpence

Great story, dragged in bits, was disappointed that it ended so quickly. Could of had a better ending.

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Really loved this book. Loads of different characters all very good. Once finished need more to read.

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