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8 books

DANCING IN THE DARK

Catalogue number: 6058
Number of cassettes: 10
Time (hours): 13.75
Reader: Usherwood, Brenda
Main subject: Family Stories

Career girl Millie is not happy to be asked to sort through the belongings of an aunt who had recently died. Knowing little about her aunt, Millie makes a startling discovery as she sifts through the threads of Flo's life.

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GIRL FROM BAREFOOT HOUSE, THE

Catalogue number: 6369
Number of cassettes: 10
Time (hours): 14.50
Reader: Usherwood, Brenda
Main subject: Family Stories

After her childhood was ripped apart by German bombs falling on Liverpool, Josie Flynn thought that she had eventually found life long happiness with Jack Coltrane in New York. When life didn't turn out as she hoped she returned, alone, to Liverpool and embarked upon an unlikely but seccessful career.

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HOUSE BY PRINCES PARK, THE

Catalogue number: 6321
Number of cassettes: 13
Time (hours): 19.25
Reader: Steadman, Pat
Main subject: Family Stories

Ruby O'Hagen, brought up in a convent, is chosen at fourteen to be a lady's companion. This new life does not last and she soon sinks to the slums of Liverpool with two children to support. At the outbreak of WW2 she is asked to look after a large house which becomes a refuge to friends and family alike.

There are 122 other books read by Pat Steadman including:


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KITTY AND HER SISTERS

Catalogue number: 7541
Number of cassettes: 10
Time (hours): 0.00
Reader: Usherwood, Brenda
Main subject: Family Stories

At the age of nineteen Kitty vows that she will live a live less ordinary than her older sisters. When her life takes an unexpected direction, KittyÆs resolve is tested. But, as ever, her sisters remain the constant thread running through the years.

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Please Note: Due to copyright restrictions, this book is only available for loan to members who reside in the European Union.

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LACEYS OF LIVERPOOL

Catalogue number: 6050
Number of cassettes: 13
Time (hours): 18.50
Reader: Clegg, Nancy
Main subject: Family Stories

The resentment and jealousy Cora Lacey feels towards her sister-in-law, Alice, prompts her into taking actions which will have far reaching consequences.

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LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL, THE

Catalogue number: 7871
Number of cassettes: 12
Time (hours): 13.00
Reader: Hughes, Nerys
Main subject: Family Stories

On a cold winter night two sisters leave their home in Ireland to escape their abusive father. Their plan is to sail to Liverpool and from there to New York, but fate intervenes. The girls are separated, one stranded in Liverpool, and the other at the mercy of strangers in America.

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OLD HOUSE ON THE CORNER, THE

Catalogue number: 7083
Number of cassettes: 12
Time (hours): 0.00
Reader: Ollerenshaw, Maggie
Main subject: General Fiction

The new houses in Victoria Square were built on a parcel of land that once belonged to the Macara family. Rachel holds a barbecue for the whole square, and as the new residents become acquainted confidences are shared.

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QUEEN OF THE MERSEY

Catalogue number: 6846
Number of cassettes: 11
Time (hours): 0.00
Reader: Usherwood, Brenda
Main subject: Family Stories

Twenty-one year old Laura and fourteen year old Queenie first meet in Liverpool in 1939. When the war starts Queenie is evacuated to a quiet haven in Wales, but then something happens that will affect her forever. After the war, Queenie returns to Liverpool and hopes to renew her friendship with Laura.

There are 104 other books read by Brenda Usherwood including:


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There are 455 other books in Family Stories including:


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Please Note: Due to copyright restrictions, this book is only available for loan to members who reside in the European Union.

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