Try free for 30 days
-
Orphans of the Storm
- Narrated by: Lesley Sharp
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from Wish List failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy Now for $12.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also picked
-
A Mother's Secret
- By: Katie Flynn
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Leaving Liverpool behind, Libby Andrews embarks on a transformative journey to London with her newfound friend Suzy. Amidst the bustling city streets, they find Libby's parents' cherished stall on Petticoat Lane has been taken over and run into the ground by Libby's conniving uncle. Libby is determined to reclaim what rightfully belongs to her and with Suzy's support, she is able to bring the stall back to the way it used to be. But when they unravel a long-held family secret, unearthing the truth about her mother's past, will it shatter the bright future that lies ahead for Libby?
-
-
This is NOT a Katie Flyn success this time
- By MerrilyW on 28-03-2024
-
The Bad Penny
- By: Katie Flynn
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
One wild night in the 1930s, midwife Patty Peel is called to attend a birth on the opposite side of Liverpool. She pedals off into the storm and delivers a baby girl in a filthy slum dwelling, just as the mother dies. The drunk and violent father tells Patty to get rid of it so she takes the child away, meaning to deliver it to the nearest orphanage. However, Patty spent her entire childhood in an institution, except for the frequent occasions when she ran away, and cannot bear to hand the baby over.
-
The Lost Days of Summer
- By: Katie Flynn
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Nell Whitaker is 15 when war breaks out and her mother sends her to live with her Auntie Kath in a remote farmhouse on Anglesey. At first Nell hates it, but her friendship with Bryn, who works on the farm whilst waiting for his call-up papers, helps a lot. So when he leaves to join his ship, Nell is counting the days to his return. But her heart is broken when news reaches her that Bryn’s ship has been bombed and he has been drowned. Determined to bury her grief in hard work, Nell finds herself growing closer to Auntie Kath.
-
No Silver Spoon
- By: Katie Flynn
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Dympna Byrne lives a simple life with her family on the Connemara coast. She adores her father Micheál, and does her best to help her family by working hard and expecting little. But beneath the surface there are hidden secrets. Dympna’s mother idolises her clever eldest son, yet her attitude to Dympna is puzzling. So when her family find themselves in desperate need of money, it is Dympna who crosses the water to Liverpool to seek a better life.
-
-
Kept me engaged
- By Mack on 20-02-2024
-
The Guernsey Girls
- The Guernsey Girls, Book 1
- By: Mary Wood
- Narrated by: Emma Vane
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
After the hard work of being a maid at Wallington Manor in the lead-up to Christmas, Annie is very excited at the prospect of going home to Bethnal Green. She has missed her family, but the money she earns keeps them all afloat. Harriet is from the island of Guernsey and is visiting her aunt at Wallington Manor. When she has to leave for London Annie is asked to look after her. On the train journey a friendship blossoms. And when an accident happens their friendship is made even stronger. A friendship that would see both girls through pain, happiness, marriage and death.
-
-
A beautiful story 
- By jnpenguin on 23-01-2024
-
Liverpool Daughter
- A Heart-Warming Wartime Story
- By: Katie Flynn
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
August 1940: As the Luftwaffe swarm over Liverpool, Shane Quinn decides to move his family back to the safety of Ireland. But his only child, the beautiful Dana, would rather stay and serve her country than flee to a foreign land. Determined to make it on her own, she joins the WAAF with newfound pals Patty and Lucy. There’s plenty of excitement to be had on a RAF station, even a chance or two at love.
-
-
tt
- By Mike on 17-04-2023
-
A Mother's Secret
- By: Katie Flynn
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Leaving Liverpool behind, Libby Andrews embarks on a transformative journey to London with her newfound friend Suzy. Amidst the bustling city streets, they find Libby's parents' cherished stall on Petticoat Lane has been taken over and run into the ground by Libby's conniving uncle. Libby is determined to reclaim what rightfully belongs to her and with Suzy's support, she is able to bring the stall back to the way it used to be. But when they unravel a long-held family secret, unearthing the truth about her mother's past, will it shatter the bright future that lies ahead for Libby?
-
-
This is NOT a Katie Flyn success this time
- By MerrilyW on 28-03-2024
-
The Bad Penny
- By: Katie Flynn
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
One wild night in the 1930s, midwife Patty Peel is called to attend a birth on the opposite side of Liverpool. She pedals off into the storm and delivers a baby girl in a filthy slum dwelling, just as the mother dies. The drunk and violent father tells Patty to get rid of it so she takes the child away, meaning to deliver it to the nearest orphanage. However, Patty spent her entire childhood in an institution, except for the frequent occasions when she ran away, and cannot bear to hand the baby over.
-
The Lost Days of Summer
- By: Katie Flynn
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Nell Whitaker is 15 when war breaks out and her mother sends her to live with her Auntie Kath in a remote farmhouse on Anglesey. At first Nell hates it, but her friendship with Bryn, who works on the farm whilst waiting for his call-up papers, helps a lot. So when he leaves to join his ship, Nell is counting the days to his return. But her heart is broken when news reaches her that Bryn’s ship has been bombed and he has been drowned. Determined to bury her grief in hard work, Nell finds herself growing closer to Auntie Kath.
-
No Silver Spoon
- By: Katie Flynn
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Dympna Byrne lives a simple life with her family on the Connemara coast. She adores her father Micheál, and does her best to help her family by working hard and expecting little. But beneath the surface there are hidden secrets. Dympna’s mother idolises her clever eldest son, yet her attitude to Dympna is puzzling. So when her family find themselves in desperate need of money, it is Dympna who crosses the water to Liverpool to seek a better life.
-
-
Kept me engaged
- By Mack on 20-02-2024
-
The Guernsey Girls
- The Guernsey Girls, Book 1
- By: Mary Wood
- Narrated by: Emma Vane
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
After the hard work of being a maid at Wallington Manor in the lead-up to Christmas, Annie is very excited at the prospect of going home to Bethnal Green. She has missed her family, but the money she earns keeps them all afloat. Harriet is from the island of Guernsey and is visiting her aunt at Wallington Manor. When she has to leave for London Annie is asked to look after her. On the train journey a friendship blossoms. And when an accident happens their friendship is made even stronger. A friendship that would see both girls through pain, happiness, marriage and death.
-
-
A beautiful story 
- By jnpenguin on 23-01-2024
-
Liverpool Daughter
- A Heart-Warming Wartime Story
- By: Katie Flynn
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
August 1940: As the Luftwaffe swarm over Liverpool, Shane Quinn decides to move his family back to the safety of Ireland. But his only child, the beautiful Dana, would rather stay and serve her country than flee to a foreign land. Determined to make it on her own, she joins the WAAF with newfound pals Patty and Lucy. There’s plenty of excitement to be had on a RAF station, even a chance or two at love.
-
-
tt
- By Mike on 17-04-2023
-
A Wartime Welcome at Rookery House
- By: Rosie Hendry
- Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
October 1940. When VAD nurse Evie narrowly escapes being killed in an air raid during the London Blitz, it propels her to make a life-changing decision to break free of her troubled and unhappy life. She escapes to the Norfolk countryside to start afresh, with a job at the newly opened Great Plumstead Hall hospital, and a wonderful new home at Rookery House. The community of Great Plumstead welcomes evacuees to the village—mothers and children bombed out of their London homes. Sisters Prue and Thea, along with members of The Mother's Day Club, help the new arrivals settle in.
-
Darkest Before Dawn
- By: Katie Flynn
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When the Todds move into a flat on the Scotland Road, they are strangers to city life: their previous home was a canal barge. Harry gets a job as warehouse manager and his wife, Martha, works in a grocer’s shop whilst Seraphina trains as a teacher, Angela works in Bunney’s Department Store and young Evie starts at regular school. Then circumstances change, and Seraphina takes a job in Lyon’s Corner House. Customers vie for her favours, including an old friend, Toby....
-
Pocketful of Dreams
- The Brogans of the East End, Book 1
- By: Jean Fullerton
- Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It's 1939, and the Brogan family of London's East End are ready to show Hitler what for. But things don't seem so rosy when rationing, evacuation and air raids start to put this larger-than-life family to the test. When a mysterious young man arrives at the Brogans' local parish church, he provides just the dazzling distraction they need - and, for eldest daughter Mattie, the promise of more than she'd ever wished for. But as the pair fall deeper in love, they are drawn into secret dangers, rife on the very London streets they call home.
-
Silver Wishes
- Jubilee Lake, Book 1
- By: Anna Jacobs
- Narrated by: Catherine Harvey
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Lancashire, 1895. When her controlling stepfather suddenly dies, it seems that Elinor Pendleton finally has a chance of freedom. But her hopes are soon dashed when she learns that the thuggish Jason Stafford has inherited every penny, and is determined to have Elinor too. Forced to flee with her maid, Maude, Elinor finds shelter with Maude's distant cousin in the remote village on the shore of Jubilee Lake. But Walter Crossley has troubles of his own. Having lost his closest family in a tragic accident, he needs one of his grandsons to return from America to inherit his farm.
-
-
Enjoyable as always
- By jnpenguin on 10-11-2023
-
The Jam Factory Girls
- The Jam Factory Girls, Book 1
- By: Mary Wood
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Life for Elsie is difficult as she struggles to cope with her alcoholic mother. Caring for her siblings and working long hours at Swift's jam factory in London’s Bermondsey is exhausting. Thankfully her lifelong friendship with Dot helps to smooth over life’s rough edges. When Elsie and Dot meet Millie Swift, they are nervous to be in the presence of the bosses’ daughter. Over time, they are surprised to feel so drawn to her, but should two East End girls be socialising in such circles?
-
The Wartime Bookshop
- The Wartime Bookshop, Book 1
- By: Lesley Eames
- Narrated by: Polly Edsell
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Alice is nursing an injured hand and a broken heart when she moves to the village of Churchwood at the start of WWII. She is desperate to be independent but worries that her injuries will make that impossible. Kate lives with her family on Brimbles Farm, where her father and brothers treat her no better than a servant. With no mother or sisters, and shunned by the locals, Kate longs for a friend of her own. Naomi is looked up to for owning the best house in the village. But privately, she carries the hurts of childlessness.
-
One Quiet Woman
- Ellindale Saga, Book 1
- By: Anna Jacobs
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Lancashire, 1930: Leah Turner's father has been killed in an accident at the laundry, and since her mother died years ago it falls to her to become sole provider for her little sister. But women's wages are half those of men, and pawning the few belongings she has left will keep their vicious rent collector at bay for only a few weeks, so even if she finds a job, they'll lose their home. Out of the blue, Charlie Willcox, the local pawnbroker, offers her a deal.
-
-
Must read/listen
- By Anonymous User on 16-05-2023
-
The Runaway Family
- By: Diney Costeloe
- Narrated by: Georgia Maguire
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Germany, 1937. Fear and betrayal stalk the streets. People disappear. Persecution of the Jews has become a national pastime. When Ruth Friedman's husband is arrested by the SS, she is left to fend for herself and her four children. She alone stands as their shield against the Nazis. But where can she go? Where will her family be safe? Ruth must overcome the indifference, hatred and cruelty that surrounds her as she and her family race to escape the advancing Nazi army's final solution.
-
Two Penn'orth of Sky
- By: Katie Flynn
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Emmy Dickens lives with her widowed mother in a neat house in neglected Nightingale Court, but Mrs Dickens has always impressed upon her daughter that her main aim in life must be to escape from the court. Emmy sees that marriage is her best way out, and when Peter Wesley, First Officer aboard a cruise ship, asks her to marry him, she is over the moon. Life goes well for the newlyweds; they set up home and start a family. But when Peter is killed and Emmy is left almost penniless, her problems begin....
-
The Pride
- Neyler Quartet, Book 1
- By: Katie Flynn
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
1901. Tina Rose is the beloved daughter of a wealthy Jewish family while Edward grew up with an abusive father in the wilds of New Zealand. Despite their differences, the two fall madly in love when Edward arrives in England, looking for a better future. However, the consequences of their love affair are terrible for Tina, as she is shamed by the father she adores, and Edward is sent away. Against all the odds, Tina and Edward find each other again.
-
The Rose Queen
- By: Katie Flynn
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It's 1938, and Cadi is chosen to be Rose Queen in the annual Rose Fete. She is thrilled to be treated like royalty for the day. But deep down she is desperate to leave the Welsh mining community where she grew up. When war is declared, Cadi and her best friend, Poppy, see a chance to escape. Cadi leaves behind her parents and local boy Aled, whom she is meant to marry, for Liverpool.
-
Larch Tree Lane
- By: Anna Jacobs
- Narrated by: Julia Barrie
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In a village in Wiltshire, just off a busy road, Larch Tree Lane winds slowly up a low hill. Among the residents is Maggie Hatherall, full of life despite her advancing years, who worries what she is going to do with her 200-year-old home. Lucia Grey has escaped a bad marriage but her ex is reluctant to let her start a new life free of him. And for architect Corin Drayton, an unexpected inheritance is the start of a complicated family wrangle. From the cottages and farms to the local shop, pub and old manor house, the residents' lives are set to intertwine and relationships bloom.
-
-
Not the best narrator
- By rita on 14-11-2023
Publisher's Summary
Very soon, however, their paths diverge. Nancy marries an Australian stockman and goes to live in the Outback, while Jess marries a Liverpudlian. Their lives couldn't be more different.
When the second World War is declared, Nancy's son Pete joins the Royal Air Force and comes to England, promising his mother that he will visit her old friend. In the thick of the May blitz, with half of Liverpool demolished and thousands dead, Pete arrives in the city to find Jess's home destroyed and her daughter, Debbie, missing. Pete decides that whatever the cost, he must find her.
From the rigours of the Australian Outback to war-ravaged Liverpool, Debbie and Pete are drawn together, and torn apart.
Critic Reviews
More from the same
What listeners say about Orphans of the Storm
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Anonymous User
- 04-10-2020
Great story.
Not what I was expecting but still worth listening to . The story was narrated wonderfully
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!