A heart warming East End WW2 story

For anyone who enjoys a happy ever after story based in wartime England, would certainly enjoy this East End fiction of women working in the rag trade during the Blitz and all that entails. A centre character of Flossie Brown who’s journey from shy foundling to young adult leads the way, along with her new friends and Dolly the tea lady who’s secrets tantalise the reader ‘til the end of the book. Anne Dover does a great narration of the various characters which draw you totally into the story. There are plenty of twists & turns along the way and several different angles of what went on during the earlier part of the war in the East End. Anyone with a knowledge of Bethnal Green may well find this book interesting too. I was hooked from the prologue and loved listening to it all. A great book to read either on a holiday or cosied up by the fire on a cold winter eve!

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wonderful !

I loved this story and Anne Dover reads it wonderfully. you get lost in the story and feel you are really there xx

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Loved this book

I love learning about what happened in the ww2 .. This book is full of love sorrow and history would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good story

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Great Escapism

I was a bit dubious when I saw another review commenting on the bad language.
Totally unjustified, minimal and entirely in keeping with the plot a feel.good wartime story

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Lovely story

Another great story by Kate Thompson I hope audible continue to have any of her future titles.
I liked the little connections to the other title by her that I had previously read. As some of the characters on the fringes of this book had featured before.

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Wonderful read.

Where does Secrets of the Sewing Bee rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Top 5.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I actually really liked Peggy. She was able to get over her bitterness.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Would have loved to.

Any additional comments?

Wonderful story about the people who fought on the homefront.

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gripped me from the start

Would you listen to Secrets of the Sewing Bee again? Why?

not really as I enjoyed it so much that I bought the first book in this series straight away as soon as I had finished this one

Who was your favorite character and why?

dolly......a brave woman who made a difference

Which scene did you most enjoy?

enjoyed all of them immensely

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It made me laugh out loud in parts and feel sad in others and yes I did get impatient with some of the characters as times especially Flossie who I thought was a bit flaky and sorry for herself and even said out loud a few time "get over it Girl"

Any additional comments?

yes I enjoyed the narration very much

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Annoying

When I looked at how many hours I still had left to listen to, I gave up. Characters are flimsy stereotypes, the story was formulaic, and the reading of it... Just didn't sit well.

I picked it up for the historical bent and discovered chick-lit getting in the way. It's a genre, but not one I would have chosen, so I felt mislead.
I marked the story up in so far as I read it, because I was interested in the history angle but heck, I cannot continue with this shallow coverage of relationships

Makes you realise what the East End went through

Power stuff, just dreadful what London went through during the war. Especially the EastEnd. They never gave up & stood together. I love when my 92yr old Aunt tells me about the good old days of being there for each other while the men were at war. So proud my dad was a Sailor. Beautifully written & Read. Thank you.

Lovely a good listen

A really good listen, could not switch it off much to the detriment of my sleep.