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The Empire Girls
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Sue Wilsher, author of When My Ship Comes In, makes an emotional return to 1950s Essex.
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- Josephine Farr
- 07-06-18
Excellent read.
So good I couldn’t put it down. Well read by the narrator too. Can’t wait to read Sue Whilsher’s first book.