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The Forgotten Family by Beryl Matthews

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The Forgotten Family

Author
Beryl Matthews
Narrator
Justine Eyre
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Publish Date
20 February 2018
Run Time
9 hours 59 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Fiction: general and literary, Historical crime and mysteries, Historical fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Generational sagas
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Whitechapel, London 1890. Queenie Bonner is only two when she is taken from her large family in the slums to a big house in the country. She is frightened and confused, begging to be taken back, but is told that this is now her home. She yearns for her nine brothers and sisters, especially Harry, who is her favorite. Albert and Mary Warrender rename her Eleanor and bring her up as their daughter. As time passes Eleanor forgets about her other family and loves Mary and Albert as her mother and father. But fifteen years later, when Mary dies, Albert tells her about the Bonners. With Albert's help, she sets about tracing her forgotten family. The search holds pleasure, distress, and even danger as she discovers what has happened to her siblings over the years.

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Author
Beryl Matthews
Narrator
Justine Eyre
Duration
9 hours 59 minutes
Release Date
20 February 2018
ISBN
9781977375322
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Genre
Fiction: general and literary, Historical crime and mysteries, Historical fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Generational sagas

Synopsis

Whitechapel, London 1890. Queenie Bonner is only two when she is taken from her large family in the slums to a big house in the country. She is frightened and confused, begging to be taken back, but is told that this is now her home. She yearns for her nine brothers and sisters, especially Harry, who is her favorite. Albert and Mary Warrender rename her Eleanor and bring her up as their daughter. As time passes Eleanor forgets about her other family and loves Mary and Albert as her mother and father. But fifteen years later, when Mary dies, Albert tells her about the Bonners. With Albert's help, she sets about tracing her forgotten family. The search holds pleasure, distress, and even danger as she discovers what has happened to her siblings over the years.

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