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    A Respectable Woman
    A Respectable Woman
    A Respectable Woman
    Audiobook14 hours

    A Respectable Woman

    Written by Susanna Bavin

    Narrated by Julia Franklin

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    After losing all her family in the Great War, Nell is grateful to marry Stan Hibbert. However, five years on, she is just another backstreet housewife, making every penny do the work of tuppence and performing miracles with scrag-end. When she discovers that Stan is leading a double life, she runs away to make a fresh start. Two years later, Nell has carved out a fulfilling new life for herself and her young children in Manchester, where her neighbours believe she is a respectable widow. But the past is hard to run from, and Nell must fight to protect the life she has made for herself and her children.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSoundings
    Release dateAug 1, 2018
    ISBN9781407971599
    A Respectable Woman
    Author

    Susanna Bavin

    Susanna Bavin has variously been a librarian, an infant school teacher, a carer and a cook. She lives in Llandudno in North Wales with her husband and two rescue cats, but her writing is inspired by her Mancunian roots.

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      I have a love / hate relationship with this story I like strong characters in a hearty book but not no of these woman worth 2 penny Nell is so quick to act and so do and say silly petty things the mother and grandmother for the poor helpless Posy they all should be a shame of themselves not taking a stand for her I was very disappointed and I am happy the book is finally done