House of Orphans [Audiobook] download free by Helen Dunmore
- Listen audiobook: House of Orphans
- Author: Helen Dunmore
- Release date: 2007/10/29
- Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Romance
- ISBN: 9780141015026
- Rating: 9.94 of 10
- Votes: 401
- Review by: Dennis Amaya
- Review rating: 8.16 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/14
- Duration: 4H16M12S in 256 kbps (67.2 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-23
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: FLAC, MP3, WAV, OGG, MPC, MPEG4, WMA (compression AZW4, CPIO, RAR, ZIP)
- Total pages original book: 336
- Includes a PDF summary of 33 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 24M18S (6.6 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: FROM THE AUTHOR OF INSIDE THE WAVE, THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 Finland, 1902, and the Russian Empire enforces a brutal policy to destroy Finland's freedom and force its people into submission.Eeva, orphaned daughter of a failed revolutionary, also battles to find her independence and identity. Destitute when her father dies, she is sent away to a country orphanage, and then employed as servant to a widowed doctor, Thomas Eklund. Slowly, Thomas falls in love with Eeva . . . but she has committed herself long ago to a boy from her childhood, Lauri, who is now caught up in Helsinki's turmoil of resistance to Russian rule.Set in dangerous, unfamiliar times which strangely echo our own, the story reveals how terrorism lies hidden within ordinary life, as rulers struggle to hold on to power. House of Orphans is a rich, brilliant story of love, history and change.House of Orphans is bestselling author Helen Dunmore's ninth novel.'Vivid and exciting . . . Dunmore creates a beautiful sense of stillness . . . she conveys a passion for Finland's icy landscape' Observer'Part love story, part tragedy . . . Dunmore on dazzling form. Everyone should read her work' Independent on Sunday'Outstanding, a sheer pleasure to read. Dunmore is a remarkable storyteller' Daily MailHelen Dunmore is the author of twelve novels: Zennor in Darkness, which won the McKitterick Prize; Burning Bright; A Spell of Winter, which won the Orange Prize; Talking to the Dead; Your Blue-Eyed Boy; With Your Crooked Heart; The Siege, which was shortlisted for the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award and for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002; Mourning Ruby; House of Orphans; Counting the Stars; The Betrayal, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010, and The Greatcoat. She is also a poet, children's novelist and short-story writer.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Contemporary Fiction
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- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 12.25 USD
- Dimensions: 129x198x20mm
- Weight: 234g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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