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The Ballymara Road
- Author
- Nadine Dorries
- Narrator
- Kristin Atherton
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 26 November 2026
- Run Time
- 8 hours 30 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Christmas morning, 1963. Fifteen-year-old Kitty Doherty gives birth in a cold, unfriendly Irish convent. She knows her beautiful baby boy presents a huge danger to her family's Catholic community back in Liverpool's Four Streets. When her baby is adopted by a wealthy family in Chicago, Kitty considers the problem solved. But soon it's obvious the baby is very sick and only his birth mother can save him.
In Liverpool, a charismatic new priest has arrived. As the Dohertys cope with the tragic consequences of Kitty's pregnancy, the police seem close to solving the double murder which rocked the Four Streets to the core. But now all that is about to be put at risk once again.
Critics Review
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PRAISE FOR NADINE DORRIES:
'The characters are engaging, the streets scenes cinematic and the theme of the novel powerful' The Times.
'A vigorous and vibrant story... to be devoured in one sitting' Sunday Express.
'Fabulous characters... gorgeous sentences and sensational plotlines' With Love For Books.
'Catholic Liverpool, Irish immigrants and dark secrets... I couldn't put it down' Cristina Odone.
'Captivating, phenomenal and touching'23 Review Street
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Details
- Author
- Nadine Dorries
- Narrator
- Kristin Atherton
- Duration
- 8 hours 30 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 November 2026
- ISBN
- 9781035925681
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Family saga / generational saga fiction
Synopsis
The final gripping instalment of the bestselling Four Streets trilogy which began with The Four Streets and continued in Hide Her Name. Christmas morning, 1963. Fifteen-year-old Kitty Doherty gives birth in a cold, unfriendly Irish convent. She knows her beautiful baby boy presents a huge danger to her family's Catholic community back in Liverpool's Four Streets. When her baby is adopted by a wealthy family in Chicago, Kitty considers the problem solved. But soon it's obvious the baby is very sick and only his birth mother can save him. In Liverpool, a charismatic new priest has arrived. As the Dohertys cope with the tragic consequences of Kitty's pregnancy, the police seem close to solving the double murder which rocked the Four Streets to the core. But now all that is about to be put at risk once again.
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