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    The Long Way Home
    The Long Way Home
    The Long Way Home
    Audiobook10 hours

    The Long Way Home

    Written by Fanny Blake

    Narrated by Sandra Duncan and Esther Wane

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A family secret, a mysterious legacy, and a journey that will change everything…
     
    When Isla, a 65-year-old grandmother, is left nothing but an old painting in her mother’s will, while her sisters and aunt inherit the estate, she is devastated. Close to retirement, getting ready to live on her own terms, the last thing she expects at this time of her life is such turmoil. So, to find an explanation for her mother’s rejection, she embarks on a road-trip.
     
    But, right at the last moment, she’s forced to take her sullen – and, in her view, impossible – 14-year-old granddaughter Charlie with her. Cramped together in Isla’s car with her smelly old dog, these ill-assorted travelling companions set off to uncover some shattering and life-changing family truths at the same time as learning to love each other…
     
    The Long Way Home is set in the UK and 1950s Paris where the story really begins, spanning four generations of women and the secrets that get passed down through them.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio UK
    Release dateJan 7, 2021
    ISBN9781398504066
    The Long Way Home
    Author

    Fanny Blake

    Fanny Blake was a publisher for many years, editing both fiction and non-fiction before becoming a freelance journalist and writer. She has written various non-fiction titles, acted as ghost writer for a number of celebrities, and is a former books editor of Woman & Home magazine. She has been a judge of a number of literary prizes, including the Costa First Novel award, the Desmond Elliott Award, the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year award and the British Book Awards. She is also the commissioning editor for Quick Reads and a book reviewer. 

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      I enjoyed the story from start to finish great narrator