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Ruby Flynn

By: Nadine Dorries
Narrated by: Noreen Leighton
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About this listen

The FitzDeanes are wealthy. They have Ballyford Castle in Ireland and a growing shipping business in Liverpool, but a previous generation made a terrible mistake and now there are whispers that the family is cursed, unable to produce a living heir.

When young Ruby Flynn arrives to work at Ballyford, rumours start swirling around this beautiful girl with a mysterious past. Who is she really? And what will her arrival mean for this powerful family divided by tragedy?

©2015 Nadine Dorries (P)2015 W F Howes Ltd Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance

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Critic reviews

"Engaging, cinematic and powerful." ( The Times on The Four Streets)
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I liked the story, even if it was so sad in parts! I loved the Irish accents too, would recommend this book.

Wonderful characters

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With its Irish setting, family relationships and, most of all, folklore and friendship. A worthwhile read

This book fed my heart

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l loved every word of this book....sad at times but a very happy ending. thank you

brilliantly.

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This is another wonderful offering from Nadine Nourishing. I wish they would create a filmplay based on this story.

I loved this book.

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Brilliant narration , excellent story , overall full stars ⭐️
Having read books previously of same author and thouroughly enjoyed them I can say this one didn’t disappoint at all, couldn’t stop reading / listening to this book had me captured from first chapter, read in a few days lovely story , characters you will fall in love with quickly

Excellent book

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Nadine Dorris paints a lovely picture of life in rural Ireland just after WW11 but takes you a while to work out quite when the story is set. Well written with a good storyline and believable characters, which are well read and easy to identify as Noreen does and excellent job with the various accents.
I was just a little disappointed with the ship storyline which had a big build up up fizzled out with only a short mention of what happened and no explanation. Maybe another case of the author being told the book was too long or the deadline approaching so it had to be finished quickly. ( we readers do notice a sudden ending you know!)
There was so much more I wanted to know. Some was resolved in the epilogue but it would have been lovely to have had that as another chapter.

From the convent to the castle!

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I found this book very compelling, the story teller and the story very easy to listen to

Enjoyable

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A lovely story brought to life by such a good narration. Each character colourfully spoken to play their written role.

Very good narration

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loved it .I loved every book I read of Nadine .Cannot wait to read the next one .Good story line

Ruby

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Another great one from Nadine. Totally enthralling from page one. Thoroughly recommend. Very well narrated.

Excellent.

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