Listen free for 30 days
-
The Children’s Book
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 32 hrs and 17 mins
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wish list failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy Now for $40.98
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Publisher's Summary
Famous author Olive Wellwood writes a special private book, bound in different colours, for each of her children. In their rambling house near Romney Marsh they play in a story-book world - but their lives, and those of their rich cousins and their friends, the son and daughter of a curator at the new Victoria and Albert Museum, are already inscribed with mystery. Each family carries its own secrets.
They grow up in the golden summers of Edwardian times, but as the sons rebel against their parents and the girls dream of independent futures, they are unaware that in the darkness ahead they will be betrayed unintentionally by the adults who love them. This is the children's book.
Cover illustration © Aitch
What listeners say about The Children’s Book
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Linda
- 2021-07-19
Excellent performance but it's a slog
Juliet Stevenson should be commended for getting through a huge cast of characters with her superb narration. The book itself would have benefited, as many others have said, from some ruthless editing.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A great story expertly read by Juliette Stevenson
The characters and families history, Fabian’s, arts and crafts movement up to and including ww1
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Stewart Jack
- 2019-05-03
Exquisite writing. A wonderful book that I will listen to again. Loved Juliet Stevenson's narration.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
3 people found this helpful