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With Hope and Love

By: Ellie Dean
Narrated by: Marlene Sidaway
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Cliffehaven, 1945

The war in Europe is over, but for Peggy Reilly and the residents of Beach View Boarding House the effects of the conflict are still far-reaching.

Cockney evacuee, Ivy, and her sweetheart, Andy, are saving to get married and fulfil their dream of returning to the East End. But when tragedy strikes, Ivy is faced with a life-changing dilemma that only she can resolve.

Rita also faces an impossible choice when her sweetheart Peter proposes and asks her to live with him in Australia – just as her widowed father returns from the fighting in Europe.

Meanwhile Peggy must say goodbye to several of her evacuee chicks whilst she awaits the return of her family from Somerset and the news that her husband, Jim, can finally come home.

It’s a dream she’s held onto for six long years, but fate has one more twist in store.

©2019 Ellie Dean (P)2019 Penguin Audio 20th Century Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Sagas
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It took a bit to get used to this reader but I stuck with it. By the 3rd chapter I decided to listen as if Cordelia were reading. And somewhere along the line I know longer thought about it and was just involved in the happenings with the Cliffhaven family.

Another Good One

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As always, Ellie Deans latest edition in the Cliffehaven Series is a wonderful story. The author brings previous characters and situations to lovely conclusions. Peggy and her "chicks" have weathered WW2 in their part of England. While not without sadness and pain, they find on VE Day a sense of wonder and hope for the future. The one big negative is the narration. The previous narrative by Julie Maisey was spot on for characterization through voices. This new narration is way below what I was expecting. Ms. Sidaway's characters are stilted and no match to what listeners have come to expect. Hopefully, Ms. Maisey will be onboard for the next installment "Homecoming".

Hope and Love is this story

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I appreciate the pacing, variety of voices and clear diction of this narrator. I hope she is asked to read Dean’s next book.


Great narrator!

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This is my first ever review. Felt compelled to write as the narration of this story is so bad! I love this series of books and eagerly await the next one. This story was every bit as good as the others - well written with excellent historical references and great character development. Unfortunately the narrator made it very difficult to listen to and her attempts at different accents were embarrassing.

Poor narration

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I’ve loved all the books so far and given all 5 stars, except this one because the narrator came nowhere near the quality we’ve experienced and come to expect. I hope Ms Sidaway practices her accents, (oh dear, the Ozzies and Londoners will cringe). In all the other books the beloved characters have come to life because the narrators, Julie Massey and Annie Aldington were professionals with pleasant speaking voices and true regional accents.
I decided to return this listen and read the book instead.

Narration spoiled the listen

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I have read and listened to all of the books in this series. Many of the books I have listened to multiple times. I have not been able to finish listening to this book Luckily I purchased the book also so I was able to read the book. I could not follow the narrator. The voices all sounded the same. The pauses did not match the punctuation and the voice was not pleasant. Hopefully the next book will use one of the prior narrators. Again loved the story just couldn’t listen to narrator

Great book. Terrible narration

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I have loved each of the books in this series until this one. I can't even get past the first chapter the voice is so bad.

Great series, but this narrator is HORRIBLE!

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