The Empty Hearth

Name: The Empty Hearth
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Kitty Neale
ISBN: 9781788890854

Author: Kitty Neale

Narrator: Annie Aldington

Unabridged: 12 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Magna Story Sound

Published: 08/01/2019

Categories: Fiction, Sagas

Synopsis

The Pratchett family have to contend with coalman Alfie Pratchett's obsessive jealousy. A bully, his two teenage children, John and Millie, have learned to dodge him and his moods. The main concern of ugly duckling Millie - who looks nothing like her handsome brother John - is to protect their mum, Eileen. When crisis strikes the Pratchetts' home, Alfie is forced to watch his whole world gradually collapse around him. Their old life has gone forever, and a new one has begun - one in which rape, debt, alcoholism and insanity play their parts. And redemption is a long time coming.

About Kitty Neale

Kitty Neale was brought up in Battersea, a child born during WW2. She wrote gritty sagas for many years, drawing on her experiences of growing up in London. Her daughter, Sam, now carries on the Kitty Neale legacy. They live in Spain.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tracy on August 01, 2024

Wow what an amazing story following the life of Millicent known as Millie Lives with her Mother lovely and a bully of a father and her brother John Millie dodge her fathers bad temper and fears for her mother Her Mother Eileen soon feels due to her husband her life is not worth living and takes her own......more

Goodreads review by Kaye on January 04, 2021

Historical fiction - 1950s London. This book is about a teenage girl that experiences the suicide of her mother, abuse from her father, rape by the neighbor, teenage pregnancy and the loss of her baby as her father sells it as soon as she is born. Millie is desperate to find her baby, and her brothe......more

Goodreads review by Keri on March 26, 2020

I just love how Kitty Neale writes her books. This book was hard to put down many times. It was so vivid I thought I was a character in her book it was that vivid. I love how there are many struggles in the beginning of the book for the main character then life get better for Millie. I love all the......more

Goodreads review by Lynne maluszycki on September 11, 2017

Riveting I'm a big fan of Kitty Neal and this book was by far her best. Its a heartbreaking story with shocks and twists that keeps the reader begging for more I really didn't want it to end.......more