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Secrets of the Chocolate Girls
- Author
- Annie Murray
- Narrator
- Annie Aldington
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 14 April 2022
- Run Time
- 11 hours 11 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
From Annie Murray, the bestselling author of The Bells of Bournville Green, comes Secrets of the Chocolate Girls, another gritty family saga about love, war and chocolate . . .
September 1940, Birmingham.
While her husband and daughter work at Cadbury's Bournville factory, Ann Gilby has her hands full at home. Her other daughter, Sheila, has newly returned home with baby Elaine. And, with Sheila's husband away doing his bit in the RAF, Ann knows she should be grateful to have all her children safe under one roof.
But she can't help but fear for their uncertain future, as bombs fall ever closer to her Birmingham home. Part of her yearns for the carefree days of her youth when she too worked the line at Cadbury's, filling trays of chocolate shells.
But mostly Ann tries not to think of the past at all, since that would mean she would have to confront her oldest secret. A secret that she has kept since the last war, and the one that could easily rip her family apart . . .
Fans love Secrets of the Chocolate Girls:
'So good that I couldn’t put the book down'
'I loved all the characters with such a lot of research blended in'
'Annie Murray gets all her facts correct . . . I know because I worked there'
'Another great book by Annie Murray'
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A tale of passion and empathy which will keep you hooked
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Details
- Author
- Annie Murray
- Narrator
- Annie Aldington
- Duration
- 11 hours 11 minutes
- Release Date
- 14 April 2022
- ISBN
- 9781529064988
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Family saga / generational saga fiction, Historical romance, Historical fiction, Family life fiction / Stories about family
Synopsis
From Annie Murray, the bestselling author of The Bells of Bournville Green, comes Secrets of the Chocolate Girls, another gritty family saga about love, war and chocolate . . . September 1940, Birmingham.While her husband and daughter work at Cadbury's Bournville factory, Ann Gilby has her hands full at home. Her other daughter, Sheila, has newly returned home with baby Elaine. And, with Sheila's husband away doing his bit in the RAF, Ann knows she should be grateful to have all her children safe under one roof.But she can't help but fear for their uncertain future, as bombs fall ever closer to her Birmingham home. Part of her yearns for the carefree days of her youth when she too worked the line at Cadbury's, filling trays of chocolate shells.But mostly Ann tries not to think of the past at all, since that would mean she would have to confront her oldest secret. A secret that she has kept since the last war, and the one that could easily rip her family apart . . .Fans love Secrets of the Chocolate Girls:'So good that I couldn’t put the book down''I loved all the characters with such a lot of research blended in''Annie Murray gets all her facts correct . . . I know because I worked there''Another great book by Annie Murray'
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