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The Narrowboat Girl

By: Annie Murray
Narrated by: Annie Aldington
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 Maryann Nelson's widowed mother, Flo, sees the opportunity to better her family by marrying the local undertaker, Norman Griffin. Though on the surface a caring family man, Maryann and her sister, Sal, soon discover that he has another side to him. For Sal, it is too much to bear and she escapes, leaving Maryann to take revenge on Norman Griffin.

The chance of a new life opens up when she befriends Joel Batholomew, who works on the canal. Aboard his narrowboat, she finds herself falling in love with her new life. Then Joel's feelings for Maryann begin to change, awakening all the old nightmares that she had long thought buried. The Narrowboat Girl is warm-hearted storytelling at its very best, and a testament to the overwhelming power of true love and its ability to overcome suffering.

©2001 Annie Murray (P)2001 Soundings 20th Century Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance Heartfelt

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What made the experience of listening to The Narrowboat Girl the most enjoyable?

A superb but harrowing story where you were willing for the villain to get his comupance. Her stepfather was so despicable you could almost feel yourself booing when he was around

What did you like best about this story?

The sheer tenacity of Maryann to sort the problem out

Have you listened to any of Annie Aldington’s other performances? How does this one compare?

No

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The time when Maryann urged Joel back to good health

Any additional comments?

Great book with a very good follow up

Stick with it

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I've read the book along with water gypsies twice love them both and I was abit unsure about audible but I was not disappointed. now on to the second book.

my favourite book with water gypsies

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Finished in 2 days, what a great story, so sad but realistic for those times of hardship.
The performance was brilliant, even enjoyed the accents.

Speechless

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Loved this book from start to finish upsetting in parts you get pulled in to the story and you really feel for some of them. Well worth the having.

the narrowboat girl

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I'm so glad that Annie Aldington was reading this book because her voice is wonderful. Annie Murray is a wonderful story writer & she does bring the whole story to life.

A lovely story

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This story can sometimes be hard to listen to bringing home the relaity of child abuse and how back then it was even harder to address but the story had its happy points as well. As usual Annie Adlington gave a fantastic performance.

Not to be missed

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i didnt like this, the content is disturbing and i felt soiled. However, the writing is brilliant.

very upsetting but excellent writing

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I thought the story was ok however it kept skipping bits all the way though. what with that and dare I say it about Annie Aldington who is my absolute favourite narrator her voice wasn't as good as normal and her tongue sounded as though it was clicking all the way though. very particular.

shame

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