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  • The Girls from See Saw Lane

  • The Brighton Girls Trilogy, Book 1
  • By: Sandy Taylor
  • Narrated by: Rebecca Courtney
  • Length: 9 hrs
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (28 ratings)

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The Girls from See Saw Lane

By: Sandy Taylor
Narrated by: Rebecca Courtney
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Summary

Dottie and Mary forged a friendship over a bag of penny sweets when they were eight years old. They've shared everything together since then. Now, at seventeen, they're both shopgirls working at Woolworths.

As they go out in the world in pursuit of love and happiness and life becomes more complicated, the simplicity of their childhood dissolves. The heady excitement of first love will consume them both, but the pain of unintentional betrayal will test their friendship.

©2015 Sandy Taylor (P)2016 W F Howes Ltd
Genre Fiction Women's Fiction Contemporary 20th Century
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"It has all the ingredients for a perfect read: fantastic, loveable and very real characters, an emotional and compelling storyline, and a brilliant setting in time and place." (Louise Douglas)

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Outstanding

A stunning book, what a lovely story , Sandy Taylor nailed it with this one, wonderfully narrated.

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stunning

so well narrated the characters seem so real. wonderful moving story although dissappointed she didn't end up with Ralph.

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  • Donna Smith McG
  • 23-12-17

Funny, laugh out loud, crying..

I don’t think I’ve ever loved a book so much as ‘The Girls from See Saw Lane: Book 1’ I was raised in Hastings..my mom lived during WWII in Hastings which is not far from Brighton where my Uncle still lives. That was during the ‘60’s also, but I wasn’t as old as the girls..just a mere child. The thing I’m trying to say is I could relate so much to the narrator and the words Sandy Taylor wrote. I laughed so much and at the end cried like a little girl. What a beautiful book...

Highly recommended 5⭐️plus..take a moment to listen and read the British ways of doing crazy things in the 60’s and a tragedy that befalls upon a family...

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