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Calico Road

The Staley Family, Book 2

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Calico Road

By: Anna Jacobs
Narrated by: Nicolette McKenzie
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The enthralling saga from the author of A Pennyworth of Sunshine and Down Weavers Lane.

Calico Road runs through a tiny Lancashire hamlet up on the edge of the moors, miles from anywhere. Its folk are an independent breed - and in 1827 they are a thorn in the side of the vicious mill owner in the valley below.

Toby Fletcher's father ignored his bastard son while alive. Now Toby is the new owner of the rambling old inn, an unwitting keeper of its secrets. Then Meg Staley comes to Calico - a woman who was strong enough to survive one tragedy but found it harder to withstand a second blow. Toby finds her wandering the moors, cold and starving, and brings her back to the inn.

Working there, Meg starts to rebuild her life and find a fragile happiness. But then the secrets of Calico Road come crashing down on her and those she has grown to love....

©2005 Anna Jacobs (P)2005 Isis Publishing Ltd Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Fiction

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I love listening to Annie Jacob's books. I've not had one yet that I've not enjoyed it, and Narrated by Nicolette Mckenzie did a great job. I enjoyed this book, and I enjoyed all the characters coming to life in my head through the narrator. and I hope they'll be a third book 📖 🙂 ❤️

Calico Road

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loved the charactors, enjoyed the surprises at the end. Brilliant novel of Anna Jacobs one of her best.

Good and evil, the good was dominant

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At first I was a little bit confused. Initially the story sounded like it should be the first of the two, preceding Weaver's Lane. But it soon became clear that it is indeed a sequel. Or, more accurately, a different branch that follows the same timeline. Calico Road follows Meg's story. It is every bit as gripping as Weaver's Lane. A must read for all fans of Anna Jacobs.
My only criticism is that the chapter divisions in this audio version made no sense whatsoever. They each averaged around 5 minutes in length, but most of them were not proper chapters at all, often ending, and the following one beginning mid sentence. This could have been better. It made things confusing at times, especially when I had set the sleep timer to stop at the end of the chapter.
Also (sorry) a little niggle about Nicolette McKenzie's pronunciation. The word "GRIMACE" was not pronounced correctly, and I found this a little irritating.

Loved this sequel to Weaver's Lane

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Loved it. Even better than the first book in the Staley series, narration is good.

Loved this book

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enjoyed story and narration. always enjoy books by anna jacobs. similar to Catherine Cookson but Lancashire mills

atory

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Loved this series and didn't want it to end , Nicolette Mckenzie narrated wonderfully

lovely story

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Likes the character
Storyline has some clear highs and lows so kept me interested
The ready was excellent making a clear distinction between characters

Loved the story and ready was brill

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loved it and highly recommend it. Got lost in the story and could not stop listening.

absolutely loved this story, excellently performed

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Highly recommend this series to anyone who loves Anna Jacobs books. Found them both engaging from the very first chapter and could not stop listening. The narration is excellent for both books. Throughly enjoyed them.

Staley family series

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I loved very minute of it from first chapter to the last exciting I recommend it

Great

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