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The Girl Who Dared to Dream
- Narrated by: Bea Holland
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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Summary
The captivating new novel from Diney Costeloe, bestselling author of The Throwaway Children and The Girl With No Name.
London, 1912.
It is two years before the outbreak of World War 1, and the Oakley family are typical of their time. Andrew has been clerk at a City solicitors for twenty years. Alice, his wife, keeps the home fires burning. Their sons plan on becoming skilled apprentices. And Mabel, their daughter, says she would rather die than go into domestic service like her cousin. She is going to go to train as a secretary.
Andrew Oakley little imagines, as he sets off for work one February morning, that their lives are about to change in the most dramatic and tragic fashion. In one fateful instant the family dreams are crushed. And Mabel will have to swallow her pride to take that position as in-between maid after all. It is every bit as unpleasant as she expected. But help is going to come from a quite unexpected direction and bring her dreams to life again.
Brilliant storytelling, wonderful characters, here is everything we have come to love about a Diney Costeloe novel.
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- Sigrin
- 30-05-24
Feel good story
Not taxing, easy to follow storyline set in 1912, A bit of an upstairs down stairs, rich and poor family saga, but very enjoyable.
Great narration added to a good all round feel good book, which is rather nice every now and again.
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- June Harte
- 05-09-24
the story telling was easy to listen to
the story telling was easy to follow a nice pace of words easy to follow all Characters came to life.
We definitely look for this author again.
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-02-24
Loved it
I loved storyline and unfolds, characters and narration.
Great listen, takes me straight into the story and time…
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- cecelia
- 08-09-23
gripping
i really thus book. the characters .the voices. couldn't stop listening. looking forward to the follow on book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-05-24
Determind to succeed
A great story, set in an era when women were only fit to work in service, I will be listening to this again, it glades the heart.
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- ellen hovstø
- 18-01-23
Adored this book
I love Mable! Everything about the book is amazingly written, didn't want it to end! Hope the next one I read will be just as good.
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- Mrs G
- 19-04-23
Loved every minute
Super storyline, icreally enjoyed listening to it
The narrator was really good with the different voices and accents. highly recommend 👌
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- Judy
- 10-10-23
Another great story by Diney
A great atmospheric story.. She always gets the feel of the period. Good characters and well read.
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- Sheila Wylie
- 27-05-24
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A predictable and boring story with flat stereotype characters set at start of 20th century using the emancipation of women as a rough excuse for this tale.
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