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Before the Mountain Falls
- Author
- Luisa A. Jones
- Narrator
- Bronwen Price
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Ltd
- Publish Date
- 1 May 2026
- Run Time
- 12 hours 33 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
1939. Norma is pregnant. And when the man who promised to marry her is arrested for murder, she has only one option left: run.
A borrowed wedding ring. A fake name. A one-way ticket to Wales. Mrs Finch never existed before that train journey, but now she’s Norma’s only chance at survival.
The remote valley of Pontybrenin should be her hiding place. Instead, it becomes the first place Norma’s ever felt seen. Billeted with a stern church minister and his family, she finds friendship and a love that makes her want to stop running. But every day she stays is another day someone might discover who she really is.
And as she falls deeper into this life – and this love – Norma will have to choose between the truth that could destroy her, and the lies that are slowly suffocating the person she’s becoming.
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Details
- Author
- Luisa A. Jones
- Narrator
- Bronwen Price
- Duration
- 12 hours 33 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 May 2026
- ISBN
- 9780750557245
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Ltd
- Genre
- Family saga / generational saga fiction, Second World War
Synopsis
1939. Norma is pregnant. And when the man who promised to marry her is arrested for murder, she has only one option left: run. A borrowed wedding ring. A fake name. A one-way ticket to Wales. Mrs Finch never existed before that train journey, but now she’s Norma’s only chance at survival. The remote valley of Pontybrenin should be her hiding place. Instead, it becomes the first place Norma’s ever felt seen. Billeted with a stern church minister and his family, she finds friendship and a love that makes her want to stop running. But every day she stays is another day someone might discover who she really is. And as she falls deeper into this life – and this love – Norma will have to choose between the truth that could destroy her, and the lies that are slowly suffocating the person she’s becoming.
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