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8 books
DANCING IN THE DARKCatalogue number: 6058Number 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, THECatalogue number: 6369Number 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, THECatalogue number: 6321Number 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. |
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KITTY AND HER SISTERSCatalogue number: 7541Number 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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LACEYS OF LIVERPOOLCatalogue number: 6050Number 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, THECatalogue number: 7871Number 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, THECatalogue number: 7083Number 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 MERSEYCatalogue number: 6846Number 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. |
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