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  • The Charity of Strangers

  • Strangers and Friends, Secrets and Lies
  • Written by: Alison Burke
  • Narrated by: Emily Swain
  • Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins

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The Charity of Strangers

Written by: Alison Burke
Narrated by: Emily Swain
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Publisher's Summary

You can find almost anything in a charity shop, but can you find love?            

You can certainly find friendship, and there is both laughter and tears ahead when 19-year-old Zaffron, lonely, anxious, and without direction, meets Blaire Daintry, good-looking, charming, and gay.  

Both volunteers in the charity shop, he has a hidden agenda, she has secrets, but they are friends from the start, despite Blaire’s constant sparring with Ida, the stern, good-hearted older volunteer who Zaffron admires. And perhaps Ida has secrets too.  

Together with other victims of the city’s housing crisis, Blaire and Zaffron set up a safe and happy home. Secure at last, she tells him of the dreadful incident in her childhood that has marred her life, but not even his total acceptance gives her the confidence to start a relationship with an attractive and decent young army sergeant who falls in love with her.  

Is it fear of the truth coming out that holds her back? Or is there some other reason, buried too deep in her heart for her to recognise?

©2020 Alison Burke (P)2021 Alison Burke

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