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  • Ashes on the Moor

  • By: Sarah M. Eden
  • Narrated by: Justine Eyre
  • Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (272 ratings)

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Ashes on the Moor

By: Sarah M. Eden
Narrated by: Justine Eyre
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Summary

When Evangeline is sent to live in a small mill town in Northern England as a schoolteacher in 1871, she finds herself struggling to fit in with an unfamiliar culture. Raised with the high-class Victorian values and ideals of a sophisticated upbringing, she is unprepared for the poverty she finds in the gritty factory town of Smeatley, where the locals speak with a hard-to-understand Yorkshire accent and struggle to thrive with few resources or opportunities.

Though she has no training as a teacher, she must prove herself successful before her grandfather will release her substantial inheritance to her and allow her to be reunited with her younger sister, the last remaining member of her family after a fever claimed the lives of her parents and brothers.

Evangeline's sudden change in circumstances is complicated when her aunt - a woman who values class distinctions more than her family relationships - forbids her from acknowledging any connection to her or to her grandfather, Mr. Farr - the man who owns nearly the entire town. For the first time in her life, Evangeline is truly alone.

Heartbroken, she turns to the one person in town who has shown her kindness - an Irish brick mason, Dermot, and his son, Ronan. Despite the difference in their classes and backgrounds, Evangeline and Dermot become friends, due in part to her ability to connect with Ronan, whose behavior requires special attention. The boy is uncomfortable around strangers and rarely even speaks to the other children in town. He often fixates on details other people ignore, and he adheres to specific, self-made rules that give his life order and structure; for example, Dermot's coat must be hung on a specific peg next to the door.

Evangeline attempts to prove herself a worthy teacher and earn the respect of her hard-to-understand students. Determined to find a way to introduce them to "proper English" while still honoring their unique language and culture, she enlists the help of a local family to write down familiar stories in the Yorkshire vernacular. Because of her efforts, the students and their families warm to Evangeline and she continues to look for ways to give the children a chance to become more than factory workers in the local cotton mill.

When the town learns of her upper-class status, Evangeline must work twice as hard to win back their trust - especially Dermot's. In the end, Evangeline and Dermot discover that, even though they come from different social spheres, together they can overcome social prejudices, make a positive difference in the lives of even the humblest people, and enjoy the strength that comes when two hearts find each other.

Ashes on the Moor is the inspiring love story of one Victorian woman's courage to fight against all odds, and the man whose quiet strength gives her the confidence to keep trying.

©2018 Sarah M. Eden (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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Good story, but narration not so good.

Would have been a lovely book to listen to, but the readers voice was at times very irritating. The story was good but spoilt by this.

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Great story

loved it ok yorkshire accent could have been better but didn't spoil it, the Irish accent made up for it

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what a shame

Quite a good story but utterly spoiled with the really bad "Irish" Yorkshire dialect. Made my toes curl!

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Good story

Enjoyed the story, found the narrator quite annoying, the narration was stilted and sounded quite whiny at times, However still worthy of a listen.

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A good listen

A good listen and predictable ending
but for a bit of escapism while driving to work it's the ticket.

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Lovely old fashioned story

My only disappointment was the terrible Yorkshire and Irish accents which I would have thought important to get right for this story.

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Ashes on the Moor by Sarah m Eden

I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this book. It's a period romance. And the main female Character has to fight hard to prove herself, and make a life for herself and sister.
It's heart warming, The narrator is very good, and holds your attention throughout.
Thank you Sarah for a excellent story.

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a vert good listern

I enjoyed this book , my grandfather Thomas came from Yorkshire unfortunately I never met him , but my nan used to enjoy listening to people from there , the love I saw in her eyes for her first husband was plain to see

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Excruciating narration, lovely story

It took all the will in the world to finish listening to this book. Clearly the narrator had lied on their CV that they could do many accents. I could just about tolerate the badly done Irish accent and will never know if the Gaelic she attempted was correct, but heavens above she's clearly never heard a Yorkshire accent; that is unless the Yorkshire person had done a fair amount of travelling around the British isles. The accent was a mixture of Irish, Scottish, Bristol and whatever else she could make up. It made it really difficult to clearly make out which character she was portraying. And don't get me started on the silent 'T' at the beginning of some words almost spat me brew out when she said t'sheep as she said it as Tu'sheep and tu'mill. If she needs an idea as to how Yorkshire folk sound guide her towards watching Goggle box and listen to Jenny and Lee or Ellie and Izzi, failing that give me a call, because I'm damn sure I could do a whole lot better.
Now back to the story, enjoyed this book even with the distractions. Well to do girl losing majority of her family and made to start at the bottom and make her way up in the world.

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loved it

delightful book beautifully narrated really enjoyed it, completely inoffensive such books are hard to find

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