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  • A Gathering Storm

  • By: Rachel Hore
  • Narrated by: Gerri Halligan
  • Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (746 ratings)

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A Gathering Storm

By: Rachel Hore
Narrated by: Gerri Halligan
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Summary

Lucy Cardwell has recently lost her troubled father, Tom. While sifting through his papers, she finds he'd been researching an uncle she never knew he'd had. Intrigued, she visits her father's childhood home, the once beautiful Carlyon Manor. She meets an old woman named Beatrice who has an extraordinary story to tell. As Lucy listens to the tales of the past, she learns a secret that will change everything she has ever known... As Lucy listens to the tales of the past, she learns a secret that will change everything she has ever known....

©2011 Rachel Hore (P)2011 W F Howes Ltd
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Bit of a slow start

But after a couple of chapters, I was desperately wanting to find out more

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A great listen

I really enjoyed this book. It was moving, interesting and absorbing. iI didn't want it to end

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Predictable...enjoyable...

Where does A Gathering Storm rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Just outside my top ten

What other book might you compare A Gathering Storm to, and why?

The Last Summer ...predictable story

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

Not much

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Beatrice talked about her son Tommy

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My first Rachel Hore and certainly not my last

I bought this audio book as part of Audible's Daily Deal. I won't recap the plot as I'm sure many will have done so before me but I was thoroughly drawn in to both the past and present story lines and the characters with their cleverly interwoven lives. The author neatly tied up all of the loose threads at the end which is always very satisfying.
The narration was also excellent.
Highly recommended.

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Excellent

Loved this book, narration is excellent and the story line fascinating, not what I expected but loved it immensely, quite inspiring too

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Good title once you know!

Fascinating way to understand more of the inner pain cost and joys and the levelling of war and life trials

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a gathering storm

loved it great now and then story incite into world war two and love story.

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em...

Interesting enough and well read but what a horrible and unrealistic story! Quite tragic and really not believable of a mother.. didn't want to listen on but just wanted to finish. Not a feel good story!

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excellent listening

the length nearly put me off this , but the reviews were good so I gave it a try.
In actual fact I completed this brilliant story much quicker than many of the shorter books I've listened too.
Well worth listening to and the narrator is excellent

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Really enjoyed this. but ...

A well researched book which I thoroughly enjoyed. Guessing the ending half way through did detract from the story a little for me though. I will seek out more by this author. Excellent narration.

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