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A Baby for the Home Front Girls
- Author
- Susanna Bavin
- Narrator
- Julia Franklin
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Ltd
- Publish Date
- 3 September 2025
- Run Time
- 11 hours 2 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
When Betty and her best friend Sally discover a baby tucked in a blanket amongst the rubble at the Manchester Salvage Depot, they can barely believe their eyes. As Betty holds the baby in her arms, she feels a familiar longing stir in her chest. Might she and her husband be allowed to care for this abandoned child, and create the family they have always longed for?
Sally is shocked when she realizes she too has news: she’s pregnant, and the two friends begin planning for the new arrival. With her husband Andrew serving overseas, she must do everything she can to care for the precious life inside her.
When the grandparents of the abandoned baby are found, Betty’s heart breaks. She has grown to love this child as if she was her own. Then Sally’s health takes a dramatic turn for the worse…
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Details
- Author
- Susanna Bavin
- Narrator
- Julia Franklin
- Duration
- 11 hours 2 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 September 2025
- ISBN
- 9781399135344
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Ltd
- Genre
- Family saga / generational saga fiction, Second World War fiction
Synopsis
When Betty and her best friend Sally discover a baby tucked in a blanket amongst the rubble at the Manchester Salvage Depot, they can barely believe their eyes. As Betty holds the baby in her arms, she feels a familiar longing stir in her chest. Might she and her husband be allowed to care for this abandoned child, and create the family they have always longed for? Sally is shocked when she realizes she too has news: she’s pregnant, and the two friends begin planning for the new arrival. With her husband Andrew serving overseas, she must do everything she can to care for the precious life inside her. When the grandparents of the abandoned baby are found, Betty’s heart breaks. She has grown to love this child as if she was her own. Then Sally’s health takes a dramatic turn for the worse…
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