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Far from Home
- Author
- Sheila Newberry
- Narrator
- Joan Walker
- Publisher
- Zaffre
- Publish Date
- 10 November 2022
- Run Time
- 7 hours 51 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
What to expect
Ipswich, 1923
After an unlucky start in her first role as a nursemaid, sixteen-year-old Elin Odell looks forward to seeing in the New Year at home. Little does she know, her family is changing and she has no idea what lies ahead . . .
Having been offered the role as governess for the Lamberts in Middlesex, Elin quickly accepts, leaving her own family behind in Ipswich. But when tragedy strikes at her new home, Elin steps up to hold everyone together at the expense of her own happiness.
As the Lambert's troubles grow, so do her family's back home and she finds herself struggling to support them both. But with the help of her employer's charming brother, Mark, might she find her own happiness after all?
Previously published in print and ebook as The Little Train Home.
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Details
- Author
- Sheila Newberry
- Narrator
- Joan Walker
- Duration
- 7 hours 51 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 November 2022
- ISBN
- 9781838777135
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- Zaffre
- Genre
- Ancient Sagas and epics, Family saga / generational saga fiction, Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Historical fiction, Romance, Romance: wholesome / clean, Historical romance, Romance: ‘western’, rural or ‘outback’, Rural communities / rural life
Synopsis
For fans of Katie Flynn and Sheila Jeffries, Far From Home Home is a heart-warming winter listen from the Queen of family saga, and author of The Nursemaid's Secret, Sheila Newberry. Ipswich, 1923After an unlucky start in her first role as a nursemaid, sixteen-year-old Elin Odell looks forward to seeing in the New Year at home. Little does she know, her family is changing and she has no idea what lies ahead . . .Having been offered the role as governess for the Lamberts in Middlesex, Elin quickly accepts, leaving her own family behind in Ipswich. But when tragedy strikes at her new home, Elin steps up to hold everyone together at the expense of her own happiness. As the Lambert's troubles grow, so do her family's back home and she finds herself struggling to support them both. But with the help of her employer's charming brother, Mark, might she find her own happiness after all?Previously published in print and ebook as The Little Train Home.
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