The ration book baby / Ellie Curzon; read by Polly Edsell.
By: Curzon, Ellie [author].
Contributor(s): Edsell, Polly [Reader].
Series: Curzon, Ellie. A village at war: 1.Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Magna, 2023Description: 8 sound discs (CD) (approximately 8 hr. 07 min.) : digital ; 12 cm.Content type: spoken word Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discISBN: 9781399128568.Subject(s): Nurses -- Fiction | Abandoned children -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Audiobooks.Online resources: Click here to access online Cast: Edsell, Polly.Summary: England, 1940. District Nurse Annie Russell and her mother are listening anxiously to the local boys fighting in the Battle of Britain overhead when a knock comes at the door. On the doorstep is a hatbox, and inside a tiny new-born baby, alone but for a ration book beside her. Annie does everything she can to care for her little charge, worrying about the frightened young mother who could be in dire need of help. Then, social services announce that if Annie can't find the child's family soon, the authorities will have to take her away. More and more brave pilots of the local airbase are not returning, and Annie can't help but worry - what if one of the fallen is the father? Can Annie find the answers she needs, and reunite the tiny baby with her parents before it is too late?| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Audiobooks | Chester Lane Library Talking Book | Available | 38055013163076 |
Story Sound CD
Edsell, Polly.
England, 1940. District Nurse Annie Russell and her mother are listening anxiously to the local boys fighting in the Battle of Britain overhead when a knock comes at the door. On the doorstep is a hatbox, and inside a tiny new-born baby, alone but for a ration book beside her. Annie does everything she can to care for her little charge, worrying about the frightened young mother who could be in dire need of help. Then, social services announce that if Annie can't find the child's family soon, the authorities will have to take her away. More and more brave pilots of the local airbase are not returning, and Annie can't help but worry - what if one of the fallen is the father? Can Annie find the answers she needs, and reunite the tiny baby with her parents before it is too late?
Adult.