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Penhaligon's Attic
- Author
- Terri Nixon
- Narrator
- Penelope Freeman
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 7 December 2017
- Run Time
- 11 hours 17 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Anna soon becomes acquainted with Freya Penhaligon, a vulnerable girl struggling to keep her family business afloat in the wake of her grandmother's death, and starts to gain the trust of the locals. As their friendship deepens, and Freya is brought out of her shell by the clever and lively Mairead, even Freya's protective father Matthew begins to thaw.
But when a part of Anna's past she'd long tried to escape turns up in the town, she is forced to confront the life she left behind - for her sake and her daughter's too . . .
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Details
- Author
- Terri Nixon
- Narrator
- Penelope Freeman
- Duration
- 11 hours 17 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 December 2017
- ISBN
- 9781405539821
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Historical romance, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas)
Synopsis
1910. Anna Garvey arrives in Caernoweth, Cornwall with her daughter and a secret. Having come from Ireland to take up an inheritance of the local pub, she and her eighteen year-old daughter Mairead are initially viewed with suspicion by the close-knit community.Anna soon becomes acquainted with Freya Penhaligon, a vulnerable girl struggling to keep her family business afloat in the wake of her grandmother's death, and starts to gain the trust of the locals. As their friendship deepens, and Freya is brought out of her shell by the clever and lively Mairead, even Freya's protective father Matthew begins to thaw.But when a part of Anna's past she'd long tried to escape turns up in the town, she is forced to confront the life she left behind - for her sake and her daughter's too . . .
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