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A Christmas Gift
- Author
- Katie Flynn
- Narrator
- Anne Dover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 17 October 2019
- Run Time
- 11 hours 46 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
Cosy up with the gorgeous novel from Sunday Times Number One Bestselling author, Katie Flynn
Liverpool, 1939: Sixteen-year-old Lizzy Atherton is forced to flee her violent step-father in the middle of the night, and finds herself stranded on a station platform completely alone.
Desperate to know what has become of her beloved mother, who she had no choice but to leave behind, Lizzy returns the next day only to find her home deserted. Devastated, Lizzy joins forces with her old school friend Dolly and Clara, an escaped evacuee, and vows to find her mother whatever it takes.
But the war rages on and demands on the home front take Lizzy’s life in a host of unexpected directions, and hopes of finding her mother gradually start to fade.
If Lizzy can muster the strength to keep searching, she might just get her Christmas wish after all.
Praise for Katie Flynn
'One of the country's most popular storytellers' Scottish Daily Record
'A poignant war-time romance' Daily Express
‘A heartwarming story of love and loss’ Woman's Weekly
‘One of the best Liverpool writers’ Liverpool Echo
'If you pick up a Katie Flynn book it's going to be a wrench to put it down again' Holyhead and Anglesey Mail
Critics Review
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A poignant family story
My Weekly
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Moving
Peterborough Telegraph
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Details
- Author
- Katie Flynn
- Narrator
- Anne Dover
- Duration
- 11 hours 46 minutes
- Release Date
- 17 October 2019
- ISBN
- 9781473572287
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Family saga / generational saga fiction, Historical romance, Historical fiction
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.Cosy up with the gorgeous novel from Sunday Times Number One Bestselling author, Katie FlynnLiverpool, 1939: Sixteen-year-old Lizzy Atherton is forced to flee her violent step-father in the middle of the night, and finds herself stranded on a station platform completely alone.Desperate to know what has become of her beloved mother, who she had no choice but to leave behind, Lizzy returns the next day only to find her home deserted. Devastated, Lizzy joins forces with her old school friend Dolly and Clara, an escaped evacuee, and vows to find her mother whatever it takes. But the war rages on and demands on the home front take Lizzy’s life in a host of unexpected directions, and hopes of finding her mother gradually start to fade. If Lizzy can muster the strength to keep searching, she might just get her Christmas wish after all.Praise for Katie Flynn'One of the country's most popular storytellers' Scottish Daily Record'A poignant war-time romance' Daily Express‘A heartwarming story of love and loss’ Woman's Weekly‘One of the best Liverpool writers’ Liverpool Echo'If you pick up a Katie Flynn book it's going to be a wrench to put it down again' Holyhead and Anglesey Mail
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