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Never Look Back
- Author
- Lesley Pearse
- Narrator
- Holli Dempsey
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 6 September 2018
- Run Time
- 29 hours 22 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Never Look Back by Lesley Pearse, read by Holli Dempsey.
One good deed takes her into another world . . .
Sixteen-year-old Matilda is a poor Covent Garden flower girl until the day she saves the life of Tabitha, a minister's daughter. Welcomed into Tabitha's family, Matilda is offered the chance of a lifetime.
She leaves behind London's slums and enters the darkest corners of New York. From there she travels across the plains to the Wild West, where San Francisco is in the grip of the gold rush.
Streetwise and strong-willed, Matilda forges a new life for herself and Tabitha among pioneers like Captain James Russell - a man to whom she is deeply attracted. Yet a civil war will soon rip apart this new nation.
Can Matilda and those she loves brave separation and carry on, never looking back?
'With characters it is impossible not to care about . . . this is storytelling at its very best'Daily Mail
'Heart-warming and evocative . . . a real delight to read' Sun
'Lose yourself in this epic saga' Bella
Critics Review
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The courageous tale of a poor Victorian flower girl, who makes an epic journey from London across a vast and wild America . . .
As voted by readers as their favourite Lesley Pearse novel, Never Look Back is by the international NO.1 BESTSELLING author.from the publisher's description
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Details
- Author
- Lesley Pearse
- Narrator
- Holli Dempsey
- Duration
- 29 hours 22 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 September 2018
- ISBN
- 9781405938716
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Family saga / generational saga fiction
Synopsis
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Never Look Back by Lesley Pearse, read by Holli Dempsey. One good deed takes her into another world . . .Sixteen-year-old Matilda is a poor Covent Garden flower girl until the day she saves the life of Tabitha, a minister's daughter. Welcomed into Tabitha's family, Matilda is offered the chance of a lifetime.She leaves behind London's slums and enters the darkest corners of New York. From there she travels across the plains to the Wild West, where San Francisco is in the grip of the gold rush. Streetwise and strong-willed, Matilda forges a new life for herself and Tabitha among pioneers like Captain James Russell - a man to whom she is deeply attracted. Yet a civil war will soon rip apart this new nation. Can Matilda and those she loves brave separation and carry on, never looking back? 'With characters it is impossible not to care about . . . this is storytelling at its very best'Daily Mail'Heart-warming and evocative . . . a real delight to read' Sun'Lose yourself in this epic saga' Bella
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