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The Harbour Girl
- Author
- Val Wood
- Narrator
- Anne Dover
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 19 January 2012
- Run Time
- 13 hours
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
Scarborough, 1880.
Young Jeannie spends her days watching her mother and the other harbour girls sitting at the water's edge - mending nets, gutting herring - and waiting for her friend Ethan Wharton to come in on his father's fishing smack.
As she was growing up, Jeannie always expected to marry Ethan, who is loyal and dependable. But then she meets Harry - a stranger who has come to visit from Hull for the day - and she falls for him. He is exciting and irresistible, and seems very keen on her. But he breaks his promise to come back for her, and Jeannie finds herself young, pregnant and feeling very isolated.
Jeannie moves to the port town of Hull where her new, difficult life with a child - touched by illness, tragedy and poverty - is often made bearable by the kindness of others. But she finds herself wishing for the simpler times of her past, wondering if she will ever find someone who will truly love her - and if Ethan will ever forgive her...
© Val Wood 2011 (P) Penguin Audio 2012
Critics Review
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Hull's answer to Catherine Cookson
BBC Radio 4's Front Row
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A heart-warming story filled with compelling action
Rosie Goodwin
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Wonderfully fully-fleshed characters are the mainstay of [Val Wood's] stories
Peterborough Telegraph
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A gripping saga
The People's Friend
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Details
- Author
- Val Wood
- Narrator
- Anne Dover
- Duration
- 13 hours
- Release Date
- 19 January 2012
- ISBN
- 9781448126743
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Historical romance, Family saga / generational saga fiction, Narrative theme: coming of age, Narrative theme: love / relationships, Narrative theme: sense of place
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.Scarborough, 1880.Young Jeannie spends her days watching her mother and the other harbour girls sitting at the water's edge - mending nets, gutting herring - and waiting for her friend Ethan Wharton to come in on his father's fishing smack.As she was growing up, Jeannie always expected to marry Ethan, who is loyal and dependable. But then she meets Harry - a stranger who has come to visit from Hull for the day - and she falls for him. He is exciting and irresistible, and seems very keen on her. But he breaks his promise to come back for her, and Jeannie finds herself young, pregnant and feeling very isolated.Jeannie moves to the port town of Hull where her new, difficult life with a child - touched by illness, tragedy and poverty - is often made bearable by the kindness of others. But she finds herself wishing for the simpler times of her past, wondering if she will ever find someone who will truly love her - and if Ethan will ever forgive her...© Val Wood 2011 (P) Penguin Audio 2012
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