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While We're Apart
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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Summary
The compelling new Second World War novel from Sunday Times top-ten best-selling author of Some Lucky Day.
It is 1942, and England is at war. Mary Jones has just celebrated her eighteenth birthday and said good-bye to her childhood sweetheart, Jack, when she learns her house has taken a direct hit during a tip-and-run raid.With both her parents dead and her home destroyed, a distraught Mary moves in with Jack’s parents.
But her father's trunk is still intact amid the ruins, and Mary discovers a shocking secret amongst his diaries. Mary travels to Cliffehaven on the south coast in search of answers. There she is billeted withPeggy Reilly’s fearsome sister, Doris. When warm-hearted Peggy befriends Mary, she discovers the young woman’s secret. But she begins to regret getting involved, for there can be only trouble ahead...
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- HF
- 09-08-21
Narrator spoilt the listening!
I really enjoy this series. However, the choice of narrator spoilt the listening. Ron was from Ireland but this narrator had him with a London accent! Also other characters had stupid voices which was annoying. I know she is narrating other books in the series so I hope she improves!
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- mrs donnamariea curzon
- 05-10-24
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I love the Cliffehaven books so far. Peggy is such a caring character. Definitely better than her sister Doris
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- Anonymous User
- 30-12-20
reading the series
I'm working my way .through the series a bit higgilty piggilty as I started mid way to.the end with.good old fashioned books, then started audible and you notice the different narrators and how they.portray characters like Cordelia, Ron and Jim. some good, some not so.
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- Skylark
- 27-02-19
great book
This is another great book in tbe Cliffhaven series. Unfortunately in my opinion the new narrator let's the series down. The characters voices are so different.
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- Lynne Burton
- 21-05-21
Loved it!
Another wonderful story in this great series - I can’t wait to download the next book and see what Peggy is up to!
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- Ally poole
- 11-01-20
So much coming together, gave me goosebumps
I love these stories, they weave together so cleverly. My only niggle was the narrator, she played the characters very differenty, all the women had odd, very dumb voices and Jim went from being Irish to being an intimidating Cockney, the narrating voice however, was good. Looking foreard to the next in the series and the narrator is back to an original.
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- cj
- 30-03-15
Rubbish ending
I enjoyed what I heard but it ended at a poor point needs the rest of the story
Feel cheated
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- Anonymous User
- 01-05-23
Lovely story
Great sequel to a series, although it was a disappointment to find that a change of narrator happened. As good as she was, her voice did match with the characters I had come to know and identify through the other narrators various voices for each character. It took me longer to process the characters. Such a shame not to be consistent with the voices of each character.
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- Margaret west
- 20-06-24
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I think it should be obligatory for new narrators to listen to a couple of books in the series before they narrate. Jim, a cheeky Irish man became a cockney , even though you could hear the writing had an Irish lilt. Every characters voice had changed and Rosie sounded like a dumb blonde , when she was far from that. This series is brilliant. I’m so invested in the storyline. Poor narration ruins things especially when the reader is a few books in.
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- Joanne
- 27-09-18
Please don’t change the reader .
We have a new voice and it has thrown me right out. Ron now has a head cold, Jim who is supposed to be Irish goes from Home Counties to cockney and Rosie sounds like a prossy. Ruined this book for me. Please be consistent
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