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The Irish Nanny

By: Sandy Taylor
Narrated by: Evelyn Dillon
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Summary

London 1940. As the war rages in Europe, Rose Brown steps on board a ship bound for America, hoping to escape the danger. She's frightened, but her widowed mammy and three sisters in Ireland need the money she earns as nanny to the rich Townsend family. But while Rose plays with baby Sarah in the salty spray on deck, disaster strikes, and the ocean liner begins to sink. In the chaos, Rose and the baby are separated from the family.

Pulled from the sea with the child still in her arms, Rose is afraid as never before. And when she arrives in Brooklyn to search for Sarah's family she feels completely adrift in this unfamiliar land where looming Brownstones line the streets, and workmen in flat caps jostle her on the sidewalks. But just when Sarah's father is within reach, the howling air-raid sirens and deafening bombs she thought she'd left behind shatter her plans once again as tragic news arrives from Pearl Harbor.

As fear and panic grips America, what heartbreaking sacrifices will Rose have to make to protect her precious charge? And can she reunite the family before it is too late?

©2021 Sandy Taylor (P)2022 Tantor

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It was a great read and I enjoyed it very much. I liked the characters except for Alice and her son. They weren't very appealing and were very self-centred.

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Thoroughly enjoyable

I loved the narration so heart warming. Lots of laughs and tears, a truly emotional delight from start to finish.
The characters were very convincing, I JUST LOVED IT 🥰 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I am going to miss Rose Brown 🤩

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I loved this story, narrators Irish accent is delightful.

I absolutely loved this simple sweet compelling story. It was so nice to listen to something so wholesome and it truly restored my sense of faith in writers. You must listen to it x

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blooming brilliant.

fantastic story, brilliant narrator, didn't want it to end. A must read/listen book, thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Such a wonderful story.

This book made me laugh out loud and cry in parts. It was a lovely story of love and war.

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