A wing and a prayer / Margaret Thornton ; read by Maggie Mash.
By: Thornton, Margaret.
Contributor(s): Mash, Maggie.
Publisher: Long Preston : Magna, 2019Description: 8 sound discs (CD) (approximately 9 hr.) : digital ; 12 cm.Content type: spoken word Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discISBN: 9781788891677; 1788891678.Subject(s): Intergenerational relations -- Fiction | Family secrets -- Fiction | Life change events -- Fiction | Blackpool (England) -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Audiobooks.Online resources: Click here to access online Read by Maggie Mash.Summary: 1990, Blackpool. Thirty-three-year-old Helen Burnside is shocked when she learns that her beloved Great Aunt Alice has died of a sudden heart attack, and even more surprised when she is bequeathed her Yorkshire cottage. Although they were close, Alice was an enigmatic figure, estranged from most of her family. What led to the long-held animosity between Alice, her mother, Ada and her sister, Lizzie, and why did she leave Blackpool for Yorkshire all those years ago? Moving into Alice's cottage, Helen uncovers a series of devastating family secrets. But as she pieces together the truth about her aunt's life, it seems her own life is about to go in a life-changing direction.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Audiobooks | Thatto Heath Library Talking Book | Available | 38055013136296 |
Complete and unabridged.
Story Sound CD.
Read by Maggie Mash.
1990, Blackpool. Thirty-three-year-old Helen Burnside is shocked when she learns that her beloved Great Aunt Alice has died of a sudden heart attack, and even more surprised when she is bequeathed her Yorkshire cottage. Although they were close, Alice was an enigmatic figure, estranged from most of her family. What led to the long-held animosity between Alice, her mother, Ada and her sister, Lizzie, and why did she leave Blackpool for Yorkshire all those years ago? Moving into Alice's cottage, Helen uncovers a series of devastating family secrets. But as she pieces together the truth about her aunt's life, it seems her own life is about to go in a life-changing direction.
Adult.