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  • The Nurses of Eastby End

  • Eastby End Saga, Book 1
  • By: Anna Jacobs
  • Narrated by: Peta Cornish
  • Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (23 ratings)

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The Nurses of Eastby End

By: Anna Jacobs
Narrated by: Peta Cornish
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Summary

Rachel Norris wants to forge a new life and career. And she wants to forget her past.

When Rachel qualifies as nurse, she does so because she wants to help others and make a difference. But she is also running from a past life that must stay hidden forever.

Completing her training, Rachel moves to London but misses home desperately, so when she hears about an opportunity to train as a district nurse in a village near Rochdale, she seizes the opportunity, even though it will take her closer to the trouble she left behind. She knows nothing about Eastby End and she is shocked to find it a little more than a slum. It's clear she will need to work hard and keep her wits about her to win the trust of the villagers.

Joss Townley has been reluctantly working in his father's factory but is dismayed at the conditions the workers endure. When his father dies, he sells up immediately to begin travelling but is called home by his mother in an emergency - in order to save the family's fortune he must take on a house in a place called Eastby End. He has no idea what he has bought, and is appalled to see his new neighbours' misery and anger. A meeting with the mayor, Walter Crossley, gives him direction and focus for the first time in his life, and brings him into contact with Rachel.

Can they both survive life in Eastby End? Or will it be the making of them?

Have you discovered all of Anna Jacobs' wonderful series?
For a heartwarming and emotional saga set in a Lancashire valley, try the BIRCH END series:
A DAUGHTER'S JOURNEY
A WIDOW'S COURAGE
A WOMAN'S PROMISE

©2024 Anna Jacobs (P)2024 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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good story and good to have familiar people Walter etc coming to the stort

Sadly the whole story was marred by the narrator her accents were awful and difficult to discern which character was talking .Shame as there have been excellent ones like Anne Dover Julia Franklin Julia Barry





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could not stop listening really enjoyed it

nothing at all to dislike about this book, really enjoyed it could not stop listening

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helping hand

really enjoyed the story, doctor and wife getting the baby and then the younger woman becoming a nurse and getting away from the bullie . enjoyed this book, and hope they're a second book.

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Is the narrator an AI?

I usually enjoy the books by Anna Jacobs. However, the narrator on this one spoiled it for me. The speech sounds very robotic and stilted. Not natural at all. This spoiled it for me, as the narrator's voice is a big part of the experience. I will not buy an audiobook with this narrator again.

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loved the story

Loved the story and how it linked to previous books but the narrator was not very successful at pulling off the accent which I found a little disappointing although without the accent it was well read

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Not up to usual standard

Story was very disjointed , a big disappointment from Anna Jacobs as she is one of my favourite authors

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Very bitty

Not up to usual Anna Jacobs definitely very little about nurses too many different charts and story lines all jumbled in together,most disappointing.

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