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A Girl Next Door
- Adams Family, Book 25
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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The new generation of the family are growing up quickly - Philip and Phoebe are spending time together and Maureen has ambitions to become a model. A local company wants to take over Adams Fashions and Boots and Sammy have difficult decisions to make. Rosie and Matt are thinking about selling the farm but worry their workers. While Felicity has resigned herself to never regaining her sight, Polly sees a familiar face that she can't place - a mysterious stranger who is being sheltered in Walworth. Anneliese encounters someone she never wished to see again and turns to Boots for help.
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Excellent as always
- By The Crafty Monkey on 18-07-23
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A Girl Next Door
- Adams Family, Book 25
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: Adams Family, Book 25
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 18-11-21
- Language: English
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Missing Person
- Adams Family, Book 6
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
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The house in Caulfield Place, off Browning Street in Walworth, was haunted, or at least that's what the street kids said. So when two men, a woman and a parrot moved in, everyone was very interested, especially 14-year-old Cassie Ford, who was particularly fascinated by the parrot. And it was just about this time that Mr Finch, Chinese Lady's husband and Boots's stepfather began to get mysterious telephone calls. Mr Finch had never told the rest of the Adams family - except for Boots - the secrets of his past, or what kind of work he did for the government.
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most enjoyable
- By Frankie on 24-07-21
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Missing Person
- Adams Family, Book 6
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: Adams Family, Book 6
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 08-04-21
- Language: English
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A Wartime Marriage
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Christopher Bonwell
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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1918: the Kaiser's empire is about to fall and Captain Harry Phillips, a prisoner of war in a Romanian hospital, has had a very hard time of it. Then, out of the blue, comes an offer he can't refuse: a ticket home to his beloved England and to the arms of his much missed fiancée Elizabeth.
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What a story!
- By Collie Girl on 15-02-24
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A Wartime Marriage
- Narrated by: Christopher Bonwell
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 05-03-21
- Language: English
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The Pearly Queen
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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Jack Andrews was having a tough time. He'd come back from the First World War to find his wife had 'got religion'. She'd got it so badly that she finally went off, left Jim and the three children and joined Father Peter's League of Repenters. She never really came home again. Jack and the children managed as best they could, but things were pretty tough when Aunt Edie turned up. The first thing she did was give her cousin, Maud Andrews, a piece of her mind for running off and leaving her family. But when that didn't do any good, Edie moved in and took over the Andrews family.
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What a lovely book
- By Julie on 01-12-22
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The Pearly Queen
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 28-01-21
- Language: English
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The Young Ones
- Adams Family, Book 9
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
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Once they had been called Orrice and Effel, two bedraggled, scruffy waifs who lived rough off the streets of Walworth. Now they were Horrace and Ethel Cooper, grown up - quite respectable really - and living with their adopted parents, Jim and Rebecca Cooper. When Horrace saw the pretty girl who worked as a shop assistant in Adams (Ladies Fashion Modes) he was quite bowled over and knew he had to meet her. From then on he was in and out of the shop, buying hats and stockings and ribbons, trying desperately to persuade Miss Sally Brown to come out with him.
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Another lovely story
- By Anne Dudley on 07-04-22
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The Young Ones
- Adams Family, Book 9
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: Adams Family, Book 9
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 29-04-21
- Language: English
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Churchill's People
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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In 1941, the United Kingdom was in desperate straits, standing alone with its troops against the colossal war machine of Nazi Germany. There was always Prime Minister Winston Churchill, however, who growled his defiance to Hitler and induced in his people a determination to endure. The Adams family shared that determination and their own kind of optimism.
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What can I say, I am addicted
- By Julie on 11-10-22
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Churchill's People
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: Adams Family, Book 14
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 03-06-21
- Language: English
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Echoes of Yesterday
- Adams Family, Book 7
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
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It was June 1916 when Sergeant Boots Adams of the Royal West Kents, together with his men, was billeted on the Descartes farm in Northern France. It was a short break from the turmoil and horror of the trenches, and Boots and his men, in return for their free billeting, were to help the farmer in his fields. It came as something of a surprise to discover that the land was being managed by a young French war widow, Cecile Lacoste and, to the distant sound of guns, a brief wartime friendship flared between Boots and Cecile.
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So glad I got this book.
- By Julie on 28-09-22
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Echoes of Yesterday
- Adams Family, Book 7
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: Adams Family, Book 7
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 15-04-21
- Language: English
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The Ghost of Whitechapel
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Carla Mendonça
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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When fiery Bridget Cummings advertised for a lodger, she did not expect a policeman to apply for the room. She wasn't fond of the coppers, believing them to be traitors to the poor of Whitechapel, but her younger brother and sister moved PC Fred Billings in the moment Bridget's back was turned, and she seemed to have little say in the matter. Still, she had to admit that she was glad of his company in the walk back from her late-night washing up job, particularly when a young girl was found in a nearby street with her throat cut.
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Fabulous
- By rebecca chantry on 24-02-21
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The Ghost of Whitechapel
- Narrated by: Carla Mendonça
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 04-02-21
- Language: English
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Changing Times
- Adams Family, Book 22
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
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It is 1953 - Coronation year - and like all of Cockney London the members of the Adams family are looking forward to the celebrations. Chinese Lady, now Lady Finch, worries that her friends will think she is too grand to mingle with them. But her husband has a more pressing worry - the sudden appearance of the lovely but mysterious Katje Galicia, who knows more than she should about his own chequered past.
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Heart warming family sage
- By Julie on 07-11-22
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Changing Times
- Adams Family, Book 22
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: Adams Family, Book 22
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 30-09-21
- Language: English
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The Soldier's Girl
- Adams Family, Book 29
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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Young Maisie Gibbs is a conscientious young woman, though life is harder since both her parents passed away. She is relieved when she finds a position as a housemaid in Kensington, under the watchful eyes of the formidable housekeeper, Mrs Carpenter, and she quickly settles in. When she meets a handsome young soldier, she is tempted to give him his marching orders. But gradually Corporal Daniel Adams starts to win her over.
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What a series!
- By KattsVK on 10-03-24
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The Soldier's Girl
- Adams Family, Book 29
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: Adams Family, Book 29
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 17-12-21
- Language: English
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The Last Summer
- Adams Family, Book 11
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
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Job and Jemima Hardy weren't Londoners by birth. They had both lived in a Sussex village until lack of work had sent Job and the family to Walworth - to a house in Stead Street. They got it cheap because of the poltergiest, but they were sensible folk and decided that eight shillings a week rent was a bargain, and - well - if the floors and doors sometimes moved a bit, they could live with it.
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Another Triumph.
- By Louise Hodges on 12-05-23
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The Last Summer
- Adams Family, Book 11
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: Adams Family, Book 11
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 13-05-21
- Language: English
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Ups and Downs
- The Adams Family, Book 26
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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As the 1950s progress, several unexpected happenings ruffle the usually calm atmosphere of Adams family life. Sammy and Boots are troubled by the first stirrings of industrial unrest, as the unions start to flex their muscles and old loyalties change, while an attractive new employee causes Sammy some troubles of a different kind.
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Always enjoy these books
- By Frankie on 12-01-23
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Ups and Downs
- The Adams Family, Book 26
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: Adams Family, Book 26
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 22-11-21
- Language: English
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The Trap
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Alex Tregear
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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When Jamie Blair, 24, unemployed and back from the trenches, took lodgings at Larcom Street in Walworth, he had no idea he was walking into a trap. The house was owned by Henry Mullins, big, burly and a hard drinker. Henry made life hell for his four stepchildren who looked half-starved and frequently got bashed.
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Brilliant
- By Cecilia MAria Williams on 20-05-23
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The Trap
- Narrated by: Alex Tregear
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 28-01-21
- Language: English
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Appointment at the Palace
- Adams Family, Book 21
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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Excitement is running high in the Adams family. Mr Finch, after a long career in secret government work, is to be knighted - which means that Chinese Lady will become a real 'Lady'! What with having to find a new outfit suitable for the occasion, and worrying about whether she'll have to curtsey to the king, the redoubtable matriarch of the Adams family scarcely knows if she's coming or going.
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BRILLIANT
- By james mccracken on 17-10-21
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Appointment at the Palace
- Adams Family, Book 21
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: Adams Family, Book 21
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 21-09-21
- Language: English
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A Sign of the Times
- Adams Family, Book 28
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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It's 1959, and Boots Adams and his wife, Polly, are at their favourite Camberwell pub when they witness with horror a sudden and vicious attack on the barman, Joe, by a knife-wielding thug. Is this a sign of the times? Is contempt for old traditions and enthusiasm for everything new and fashionable going to threaten the Adams family and their easy-going existence? While Gemma is courted by one of the young men who works for her father, her twin brother, James, finds himself affected by his girlfriend's intriguing family secrets.
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excellent listening
- By siobhan mcfadden 1 on 12-01-24
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A Sign of the Times
- Adams Family, Book 28
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: Adams Family, Book 28
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 17-12-21
- Language: English
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The Camberwell Raid
- Adams Family, Book 10
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
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There was a double wedding planned in Walworth. Sally Brown was marrying Horace Cooper, and her brother, Freddy, was at last getting hitched to his childhood sweetheart, Cassie Ford. But the wedding wasn't the only thing being planned, for Ginger Carstairs and Dusty Miller were working out a bank robbery and, unbeknown to the inhabitants of Walworth and Denmark Hill, both Freddy Brown and the Adams family were to be deeply involved and put in considerable danger.
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Another Great Part of the Story
- By Pinkiepunksmummy on 22-02-23
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The Camberwell Raid
- Adams Family, Book 10
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: Adams Family, Book 10
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 06-05-21
- Language: English
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Escape to London
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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Austria, 1938. Anne von Korvacs watches in horror as Hitler's tanks roll through the streets of Vienna, amid crowds of cheering supporters. Her embittered ex-husband, now a fervent member of the Nazi cause, is among the cavalcade - he is burning with hatred for Anne, seeing her as a symbol of the old Austrian empire he once served. A chance encounter with a British journalist leaves Anne with a secret that must be smuggled out of the country, and Anne knows that she must forsake her beloved Vienna and with her children flee to Britain.
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An amazing story
- By Collie Girl on 11-01-24
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Escape to London
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 08-02-21
- Language: English
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Nurse Anna's War
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Polly Edsell
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
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Brussels, April 1915. A beautiful young woman finds herself on the run from the enemy. Also being pursued is Ned Scott, a British army major who has been badly injured. The pair find themselves at a hospital run by the famous Edith Cavell, who agrees to treat the major while offering them both refuge and a false identity - she names the young girl Anna.
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Interesting
- By Llyn on 03-08-23
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Nurse Anna's War
- Narrated by: Polly Edsell
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 23-02-21
- Language: English
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Rising Summer
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Madeleine Leslay
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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Tim Parkes was three when his parents were killed in a train crash and he went to live with his aunt May, first in New Cross and then to Walworth, where the living was cheaper. They managed splendidly - and then came the war. Tim Parkes became Gunner Parkes and Aunt May spent most of her nights in the Walworth air raid shelters with Tim keeping an eye on her whenever he was able.
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Another brilliant read
- By Joanne on 09-07-21
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Rising Summer
- Narrated by: Madeleine Leslay
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 02-02-21
- Language: English
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The Price of Freedom
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Kerry Gooderson
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
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South London in the 1930s...and Mrs Hilda Jones is fed up with her dull husband. She thought marrying would liven him up, but after 25 years he's just as boring as the day she married him and now she wants to lead her own life. Her newly married daughter, Olive, is shocked, but Hilda is adamant.
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Not great
- By Anonymous User on 28-09-23
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The Price of Freedom
- Narrated by: Kerry Gooderson
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 08-04-21
- Language: English
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