All change at the Beach Hotel / Francesca Capaldi; read by Eilidh Beaton.
By: Capaldi, Francesca.
Contributor(s): Beaton, Eilidh [Reader].
Series: Capaldi, Francesca Beach Hotel: 2.Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Magna, 2023Description: 11 sound discs (CD) (approximately 12 hr. 07 min.) : digital ; 12 cm.Content type: spoken word Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discISBN: 9781399130417.Subject(s): World War, 1914-1918 -- England -- Fiction | Hotels -- Fiction | Waitresses -- Fiction | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction | Families -- Fiction | Littlehampton (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Audiobooks.Online resources: Click here to access online Cast: Beaton, Eilidh.Summary: 1915. While World War One changes the country, with food becoming scarce and Britain's young men being called up, it is harder than ever to keep the grand Beach Hotel in Littlehampton running smoothly. Waitress Lili Probert has seen her hard work rewarded at the Beach Hotel, but hides heartbreak behind her sunny personality. Her sweetheart, Norman, is missing in action and has been presumed dead, but she cannot give up hope that he may be found. But when she meets injured soldier Rhodri, a fellow Welshman now living near Littlehampton, she fights hard to ignore her growing attraction for him. But her emotions run ever higher when she suddenly receives a call from home; her mother is gravely ill. Returning to Wales, Lili must make a difficult choice. Follow her dreams, or return to the place she tried so hard to escape?Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Beaton, Eilidh.
1915. While World War One changes the country, with food becoming scarce and Britain's young men being called up, it is harder than ever to keep the grand Beach Hotel in Littlehampton running smoothly. Waitress Lili Probert has seen her hard work rewarded at the Beach Hotel, but hides heartbreak behind her sunny personality. Her sweetheart, Norman, is missing in action and has been presumed dead, but she cannot give up hope that he may be found. But when she meets injured soldier Rhodri, a fellow Welshman now living near Littlehampton, she fights hard to ignore her growing attraction for him. But her emotions run ever higher when she suddenly receives a call from home; her mother is gravely ill. Returning to Wales, Lili must make a difficult choice. Follow her dreams, or return to the place she tried so hard to escape?
Adult.