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Narrated by:
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Raphael Corkhill
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By:
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Andy Ruffell
About this listen
You can listen to this comforting story for free on your device with the Audible Stories Skill. Just say “Alexa, read me a family story,” or “Alexa, read me a story” to hear more free genres.
A World War I soldier writes a love note to his pregnant wife, puts it in a bottle and drops it in the English Channel. Decades later a fisherman finds it and delivers the message to the daughter the soldier never got to meet. Although this heart-warming tale is fiction, it is based on real-life events.
Andy Ruffel has worked in schools for the past eighteen years as a teacher and head teacher. His debut middle grade novel, Lily Grim & the City of Undone, won the Hachette Children’s Novel Award in 2021.
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- Rob
- 12-21-22
Perfection
This was a lovely little story. I recommend that people take a few minutes to enjoy a nice piece of writing.
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- Tia Chanté
- 07-18-23
So sweet and thoughtful
I loved this. It was very touching that her father had the foresight to write her letter even before he knew she would be born 🥹
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