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The Throwaway Children
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
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Summary
Rita and Rosie Stevens are only nine and five years old when their widowed mother marries a violent bully. Under pressure from her new husband, she is persuaded to send the girls to an orphanage.
It is not long before the powers that be decide to send a consignment of orphans to their sister institution in Australia. Among them, without their family's consent or knowledge, are Rita and Rosie, the throwaway children.
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- Meg Thomas
- 28-11-15
thoroughly great listen
Not what I expected but thoroughly enjoyed. Despite the sadness that this story evokes.. I could not put it down. I found it very easy to follow the characters on their journey and did not want the book to end.
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- tristanthomas
- 07-09-16
Easy Listening
Nothing complicated, just a good story, fictional characters but historical truth. Enjoyable listen and easy to follow story
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- Julie
- 26-08-15
gripping from start to end
Would you consider the audio edition of The Throwaway Children to be better than the print version?
Enjoyed audio edition
What other book might you compare The Throwaway Children to, and why?
Not sure
Have you listened to any of Anne Dover’s other performances? How does this one compare?
Not listened to narrator before but very good.
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Sad based on true events
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- MrsV Ridge
- 06-10-15
Bloody good book to read full of love and tears
You mead lots of tissues, a very good book to read it made me cry
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- RMM32jake
- 20-07-16
worth a listen
nice enough story with lots of detail earlier in book but felt rushed near the end. similar storyline to others I've listened to but I did want to finish it so held my imagination some what.
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- lucyD
- 19-08-17
Hard to stop listening, emotional and very well written
Diney addresses a really tough subject with care and detail. This is not an easy book to listen to, some parts are quite harrowing, however only as far as the story required not just for the sake of it.
Very good story telling and an amazingly well read.
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- Celia
- 17-02-16
A very good listen!
This story gripped me right from the start. An emotional roller coaster ride. Had me weeping at one point. Although it is a story, l believe it is based on truths about the past.
The narrator is excellent, capturing the characters dialogues and accents brilliantly!
Definitely recommend this for both a listen and a read.
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- Abbi
- 13-03-19
Found a new favorite author
This is very well written. parts of the story are hard to listen to but it had me hooked straight away. I've ended up buying more of Dineys stories as I love the way she has described and developed the story. Narrator was great and all the characters were distinguishable.
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- D customer 101
- 01-04-19
Lovely story
History is cruel and this story explains a time when circumstances dictated a destiny that must have been quite difficult to handle.
I loved this story, it was lengthy and so descriptive that I often heard myself sighing out loud.
An enjoyable, easy to listen to book.
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- Kate Wallace
- 01-04-19
Best book ever!
This was the best book I’ve heard/read. Full of emotions, and so well written and narrated. I struggled to switch off and was late for work on occasions, and wanted it to go on forever!
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