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Children of the Tide

By: Val Wood
Narrated by: Anne Dover
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It is the late 1850s, and a tired woman holding a baby walks from Hull to one of the big houses in Anlaby - the home of the wealthy Rayners. She knocks at the door and shoves the baby at young James Rayner. The father was 'young Mr Rayner', and the mother is dead. Then she vanishes.

The respectable shipping family of Hull are shattered. No one wants to take responsibility for the baby, and it is about to be put into an orphanage when Sammi, James' cousin, decides to take the baby back to her parents' home on the Holderness coast. James is banished to London, and disaster begins to beset the three branches of the Rayners.

The third novel in the Hungry Tide sequence, this epic, many-faceted story of three related families tells the triumphs and tragedies of their lives as the whaling industry of Hull begins to decline and the farmlands and homes continue to slip into the sea.

If you enjoy books by Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, you'll love Val's heartwarming stories of triumph over adversity.

©2011 Valerie Wood (P)2016 Random House Audio Books Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Heartfelt

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I have enjoyed all the children of the tide books, and would love to see a sequel about Tom and Sammy’s life and what happened to mark
Great Narrator, she tells it beautifully

Lovely story

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the narrator was good the story was strong I got carried along with the plot

exciting loved it didn't want to stop listening

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This was a brilliant story I have listened to all three in this series and have loved them all,but this one best of all

Thank you

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Wonderful story as always, read beautifully by Anne Dover. Lots of twists and turns right to the end. I highly recommend this book.

A must read

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I adored this final tale in this trilogy starting with "A hungry tide" followed by "Annie" and beautifully completed with this book. All three are excellent stand alone books but complete as a trilogy which I luckily found by accident

Exceptional end to a trilogy

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Couldn't stop listening, had to listen to the end. Really loved this story a lot.

Great story!

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I enjoyed this book, liked the story very much , and would play it again.
I am now going to find another book of Val Woods.

Great

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This triology I read apart over a few years not knowing there were 3 .Read them back to back as it is such a triumph in story telling that I wouldn't want you too not feel the greatness off these works and the characters they Intwine. I have read/listened so many of this author's and narrators work and I can not fault her imagination and oceans of words for such every day things
It should be recognised for its achments and I hope you enjoy them as much as I did .

The end too a beautifully written triology.

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loved this book,I found it difficult to stop listening to it,
one of my favourites authors. parts of the book, made me cry. This is definitely a must read

children of the tide

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Val Wood has once again written a most wonderful story of Hull and the surrounding area of the lives of people, some who had little and such a hard life and some who had plenty and who were so generous in their care and love for others. The story, at times, was so sad but the ending was lovely. Anne Dover is a brilliant narrator- all those different voices!

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