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A Vicarage Christmas
- A Holley Sisters of Thornthwaite Romance
- Narrated by: Hannah Curtis
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
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Summary
Welcome to Thornwaite, a quaint village tucked up in England’s beautiful but rainy Lake District...where homecomings happen and surprises are in store for the four Holley sisters....
Anna Holley, the third of four sisters, has always felt a little bit forgotten. A family tragedy when she was a child had her retreating deep into shyness, and social anxiety kept her on the fringes of the cozy chaos of the busy vicarage.
After several years away from home, Anna returns for Christmas...and an important announcement from her father. As much as she once loved the village, coming back is hard and puts Anna’s social capabilities to the test.
Avoiding her sisters’ bossy questions, she heads out to the local pub one night, and meets a handsome stranger nursing a pint. Somehow, unburdened by expectations, Simon seems like the perfect person to spill all her secrets to - including a hopeless, long-held crush on her sister’s boyfriend. Confident she’ll never see him again, Anna returns home...only to discover the next day that Simon is actually her father’s new curate!
Anna is beyond mortified, but Simon won’t let her retreat into her usual shyness - and for once Anna is forced to confront the past, and all the fears and feelings she’d tried so long to hide. But with his own heartache that needs to heal, can Simon help Anna to make this the most magical Christmas either of them have known?
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- FarmersgirlCook
- 22-12-23
Characters were nicely flawed!
It was mostly fine but as others have said, the inability to correctly pronounce Keswick was quite bizarre and very annoying.
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- Mrs ML H
- 29-02-24
nice story line however
could not finish listening. the narrator was clear however it sounded like she was running out off breath while readinv which put me off listening further to the collection
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- Cumbrian Harry
- 26-02-24
Mispronounced Keswick
If I’d read the reviews, I’d have not started this as the mispronunciation is really irritating. The story is predictable and the reading really is dry and awkward. The story is bearable… were it to be read better it might even be enjoyable.
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- M. J. Packer
- 15-02-24
Light Christmas read
A not too Christmassy Christmas story, of a young woman returning to her family for the first time in a while. Feeling she doesn’t fit in, suffering from anxiety due to unresolved guilt, she’s gradually helped to come to terms with her past and face the future as all her family has to do as they too face into new challenges.
The story is well narrated - apart from the oft repeated bad pronunciation of a Cumbrian town
In a certain chapter the narrator insists on saying Kes Wick
While I live 300 miles away and know the w in is Keswick is silent (you pronounce it ‘Kez-ik’, with the emphasis on the first syllable), I’d at least expect her to have done her research.
That aside, it was an easy short listen
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- EllaouiseTomas
- 14-11-23
Not too bad !!!
I've listened to a few of Kate Hewitt's book's Inc the Willoughby close book's which I loved 😍, but I have to say this book just fell short of what could of been a really good story but it isn't a good story & the way it ended 🤷♀️ weird & as for the narrator who couldn't pronounce Keswick properly?? Who doesn't know how to pronounce Keswick ?? The W is silent a bit like the H in Thomas, pls get a narrator who can pronounce word's ... in one of the Willoughby close book's that's narrated by an American woman pronounce butty emphasising the Ts in it lol it'd be nice if Kate got a narrator who can pronounce all the word's properly in the book's 🙄, I've just started listening to the nxt book A Christmas Reunion hopefully it'll be a better listen than this one, really disappointed in this book as I normally love Kate's book's.
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- DarlaC
- 09-12-23
Old-fashioned
Found the mispronunciation of Keswick annoying. As someone who was apparently British being the narrator they should have know the “w” is silent.
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- D.Lowe
- 19-02-24
Pleasant story
Enjoyed the story. I know the Lake District quite well, but where us this town called Kes-wick??!!🙃
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- Mrs Nanette Warhurst
- 16-03-24
A very enjoyable experience.
I really enjoyed listening to this 1st story from this series. The author, characters and narrator were very good.
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- sue h
- 21-12-23
just a lovely book to listen too
a nice story feels like it needs anothet boom to continue the family's journey as a few unanswered endings
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- Brian
- 07-02-24
Mia pronunciation of Keswick 😡😡😡
This Narrator needs to research Towns and villages within her story to ensure correct pronunciation
Most Yorkshire/Dales/Northumbrian towns with
“Wick” ending do not pronounce the “W” within its name
Alnwick for example is pronounced ANICK
Catwick in East York’s is Catick (silent W)
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