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  • Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams

  • By: Jenny Colgan
  • Narrated by: Jane Collingwood
  • Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (335 ratings)
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Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams

By: Jenny Colgan
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Summary

Were you a sherbet lemon or chocolate lime fan? Penny chews or hard boiled sweeties (you do get more for your money that way)? The jangle of your pocket money… the rustle of the pink and green striped paper bag… Rosie Hopkins thinks leaving her busy London life, and her boyfriend Gerard, to sort out her elderly Aunt Lilian's sweetshop in a small country village is going to be dull. Boy is she wrong. Lilian Hopkins has spent her life running Lipton's sweetshop, through wartime and family feuds. As she struggles with the idea that it might finally be time to settle up, she also wrestles with the secret history hidden behind the jars of beautifully coloured sweets.

Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams - a novel - with recipes.

©2012 Jenny Colgan (P)2012 Hachette Digital

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  • VJ
  • 14-04-13

Audible v Kindle

The first Jenny Colgan book I read was on Kindle; the second I listened to from Audible - she is an excellent author and I thoroughly enjoyed both books. I will in some some shape or from be reading / listening to another of her novels.

Whilst I love reading, I have such a busy lifestyle that by the time I have a moment to myself to read, I invariably don't get past one chapter before falling asleep! I then had the idea of listening to books - even then I didn't find time to download them onto my MP3 player; BUT then Audible released the ap for iPad; so I listened to this book mostly whilst cooking!

Jane Collingwood narrated the book very well - the only things that took a bit of getting used to was the reading style - we all have our own individual manner when expressing text and hearing a woman speak as a man was a bit off putting initially - but I got used to this and got through the book very quickly.

So all in all a great book and a great way of taking in a novel that I may never have got around to actually reading!

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Fabulous!

This is the first time I've listened to an audiobok but I thoroughly enjoyed it! The narrator was engaging and her accents for the different characters were very good.



The story was uplifting and inspirational with a love story at its heart - definitely worth a listen!

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Good read

Loved it , funny ,sad
great listen
good narrator
really enjoyed it
I was transformed into the story

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Great listening

Gentle, fun and with some good messages, this audiobook reminds you of all those wonderful confections you challenged your teeth with as a child. With a host of wonderfully-drawn characters, you'll be listening at every chance you get as the story unfolds to its sweet conclusion!

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  • Em
  • 13-04-13

Lovely Listen

Bit predictable in places. Such a nice story had me laughing at times, well worth a listen!!

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    4 out of 5 stars

Not too sugary!

A two tiered story in two different time zones. The first tier, from many years ago, is of Lilian's life when she was young and of her lost love. The second tier, from the present day, is of how Rosie helps Lilian and in so doing finds her own way, in her life.

The tension between Rosie and her new love is entertaining in parts and keeps you guessing. At first it's even questionnable who the new love is.

Although it is full of people's dreams, this book's story line is not quite as sickly sweet as the title would suggest, so it's not too sugary!

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Light hearted story

Fabulous, easy listening story which I absolutely loved. Humorous throughout with a genuine feel for the two main characters Rosie and her Great Aunt. I especially liked the transistion between the Great Aunts life in the 40's to present day - added depth to the storyline.

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Great read.

Good story and easy to listen too liked the narrator. Will be listening to more of this author and narrator.

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A bit of sugary escapism!<br />

As someone lucky enough to live in Derbyshire, I can appreciate how someone living in London would be captivated by its beautiful scenery but don't expect too much subtlety. as the plot and characterisation are somewhat contrived in order to achieve the desired outcome. I liked the two paralled narratives and the way they linked together, especially Lillian 's back story which I found more convincing than Rosie's. A suspension of belief is somewhat necessary to imagine a thriving independent sweetshop in such a small place nowadays but essential to the concept of the book. The developing relationship between the Rosie and one of the locals was very predictable after a while and its stop - start progress bordered on the Mills and Boon style at times. That aside, it was an enjoyable holiday read and the description of traditional sweets took me back to my childhood. I was very impressed with the different voices Jane Collingwood achieved through a rsnge of male and female characters to small boys and old ladies and from rural accents to posh ones.

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Lovely story

Warm , down to earth. Jane Collingwood, good narration. Love Jenny Colgan books. Couldn't put it down.

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