Bring on book 3!

Book two of the War at Home series which basically carries on from where we left off in book one. I'm very much enjoying the series so far. Well rounded characters. I especially have a soft spot for Naylor the dog!
I do find there are so many different threads and characters I sometimes forget who's who, but that might just be me!
This book was not narrated by the same person as book one which was a little disappointing as I had become familiar with the accents sand voices in the first book. I'm pleased to see book three and four are read by the original narrator.
I love these sagas, just to curl up and immerse myself in the lives of the Hunter family. Would recommend.

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Authors story telling is as always great!

What did you like best about Keep the Home Fires Burning? What did you like least?

As a second book in the series and the story carries on seamlessly and the family and lives of the occupants of 1st world war England are as descriptive as the lives of their military sons and loved ones with real and acurate historical facts of the events of the time.

What did you like best about this story?

I like the factual elements of the family story the romance a gentle and the characters are well rounded.

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Annie Aldington?

This narrator has not I believe, thought about the various classes of people in the story her accents were all over the place and very unconvincing and annoying really, I would not really have thought a 1915 countess would have a cockney accent! Neither would a middle class senior banker and family. The narrator of the previous book was far more varied with accents and at some points I had to remember there was only one narrator!

If this book were a film would you go see it?

Maybe wait for DVDs, maybe better as a feature drama for tv.

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bit of a mix

Where does Keep the Home Fires Burning rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

a really good read except for around the middle lost interest stayed with it annie Aldington great narrator as is Penelope freeman overall could wait to get the follow up...very good

What was one of the most memorable moments of Keep the Home Fires Burning?

the death made me weepy beautifully performed

Which character – as performed by Annie Aldington – was your favourite?

diana

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

not sure

Any additional comments?

no

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Well researched and written,

I`m loving this series of books. This is the second book and carries on from where "Goodbye Piccadilly" left off. Although I`d had a break between listening to the two books I`ve not found it at all difficult to pick up the threads again.
There are some lovely, well-written characters and the historical content is spot on. It`s based in England so the descriptions of the war and the battle fields are coming from soldiers home on leave and the story centres mainly around those left behind and the WW1 home front.
I have to say tho that this book is let down somewhat by the narrator. It might have been a good idea for her to have read through the book first and made a mental note of where to put in punctuation and how the sentences flow. But rise above that and this is a thoroughly enjoyable story

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Good Second installment

Following on from the first novel.
it captures the lives of both those at home and through WW1. Riveting listen.
wonderfully narrated.

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