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ANNIE'S GIRL

\pause{1500}Author: Howard, Audrey
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7023 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 12
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\pause{1500}Main subject: Family Stories
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The story of a passionate young woman whose headstrong determination to make a life for herself leads to tragedy.

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CLEMATIS TREE, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Widdecombe, Ann
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7186 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
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\pause{1500}Main subject: General Fiction
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Mark and Claire have a perfect life until tragedy strikes when they are celebrating their daughter's baptism. Four-year-old Jeremy, their son, runs out into the path of a speeding car and is left paralysed and severely brain-damaged. Claire, Mark and their families all find different ways of dealing with the accident and its aftermath.

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FATHER FIGURE

\pause{1500}Author: Widdecombe, Ann
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7189 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 10
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\pause{1500}Main subject: General Fiction
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Jason Kirk's life is torn appart when his wife of ten years unexpectedly leaves him, taking their two young children. His role as a father is reduced to that of a visitor , a situation he finds is not unusual among his friends and colleagues.

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LADY'S MAID

\pause{1500}Author: Forster, Margaret
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6995 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 16
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\pause{1500}Main subject: General Fiction
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This is a fictionalised account of the love story between Robert and Elizabeth Browning. It is narrated by Elizabeth Wilson who was employed at Wimpole Street as a lady's maid.

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NOT A BIRD WILL SING

\pause{1500}Author: Howard, Audrey
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7029 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 12
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\pause{1500}Main subject: Family Stories
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In the 1870's a young girl is adopted by a farmer's wife, and later agrees to marry the son and heir of the family. After the marriage she falls in love with another man, thus causing heartache and tragedy.

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PLACE CALLED HOPE, A

\pause{1500}Author: Howard, Audrey
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7155 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 12
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 14.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Family Stories
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The estate of brutal, Sir Robert Blenkinsopp is happier and richer since his wife Amy took over after he was found unconscious and paralysed at the bottom of his staircase. But he is plotting his revenge against Amy, her children, and the gamekeeper Duffy, who loves her.

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SUITE FRANCAISE

\pause{1500}Author: Nemirovsky, Irene
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7636 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 12
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 13.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: General Fiction
\pause{1500}Additional subject: War - WW2
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The author, a Russian jewess had lived in France since 1918. In 1941 she decided to write a series of stories about the reaction of French people to war and occupation. She completed the first two parts before being arrested by the Nazis. This volume contains those two parts, 'Storm in June' and 'Dolce', plus an appendix of her notes and letters.

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