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Alison Larkin Presents: Great Classic Adoptee Stories

By: Alison Larkin, J. M. Barrie, Charles Dickens, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Charlotte Brontë
Narrated by: Alison Larkin
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Summary

At the heart of each of these great classic stories is an adoptee with an indomitable spirit who becomes the heroine (or hero) of her own life. "The bravery it takes for an unwanted orphan to forge their own path in life was as great when these stories were written as it is today," says narrator Alison Larkin, who draws on her own adoption experience to bring these stories to authentic new life. Exclusively for Audible, by special request, the stories are followed by The English American, Alison Larkin's best-selling autobiographical novel about an adopted English woman who finds her birth parents in the United States.

Peter Pan

"The well-known characters in the much-loved story of Peter Pan are enlivened with humor and excitement in this gem." (AudioFile Mag, Earphones award winner)

Great Expectations

It's the same thrilling story of mysterious beginnings, poverty, an old woman jilted at the altar, a beautiful, haughty young woman and a mysterious financial gift that transforms the life of a young person. Only in Larkin’s critically acclaimed adaptation, Pip is a woman.

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The Secret Garden

When her parents die from cholera in India, orphan Mary Lennox is sent to live with her uncle in a cold, dark mansion in England. Then she discovers a secret garden that has been locked since her aunt died 10 years earlier.... 

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Jane Eyre

After being subjected to cruelty in her foster home and at boarding school, Jane becomes a governess in the home of the mysterious, sarcastic, and deadly attractive Mr. Rochester who harbors a terrible secret....

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The English American 

Alison Larkin’s best-selling autobiographical novel tells the story of an adopted English woman who finds her birth parents and true love in the United States. 

“Hugely entertaining.” (The Times)

A Vogue Most Powerful Book of the Season 

AudioFile Earphones Award

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