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Arms Around Frank Richardson
- Author
- Sylvia Colley
- Narrator
- Sandy Walsh
- Publisher
- SAGA Egmont
- Publish Date
- 16 June 2022
- Run Time
- 9 hours 4 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Frank, a working-class boy abused by his step-father. Alice, physically handicapped and frustrated.
Henry, the less clever son of wealthy ambitious parents.
From a rundown estate in Eastleigh, a small town in Darlington and an affluent Cotswold home, each character grapples with the life fate has handed them. Until by chance they all come together in adulthood, the repercussions are explosive.
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Details
- Author
- Sylvia Colley
- Narrator
- Sandy Walsh
- Duration
- 9 hours 4 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 June 2022
- ISBN
- 9788728280652
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- SAGA Egmont
- Genre
- Modern & contemporary fiction, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging
Synopsis
Nature or nurture? The impact of traumatic childhood experiences reverberates into the grown-up world of Frank, Alice and Henry – children from three families suffering the fall-out from their early life. Frank, a working-class boy abused by his step-father. Alice, physically handicapped and frustrated. Henry, the less clever son of wealthy ambitious parents. From a rundown estate in Eastleigh, a small town in Darlington and an affluent Cotswold home, each character grapples with the life fate has handed them. Until by chance they all come together in adulthood, the repercussions are explosive.-
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