Alex Brown has 5 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 4 narrators, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is The Secret of Orchard Cottage.
The Secret of Orchard Cottage
Summary
The wonderful new novel from Alex Brown, best-selling author of The Great Christmas Knit Off, perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley and Jill Mansell. April Wilson is wondering what to do next - her life has been turned upside down after the loss of her husband so she's hoping to piece herself together again with a visit to her elderly great aunt, Edith. Arriving in the rural idyll of Tindledale, she's dismayed to find Edith's cottage and the orchards surrounding it in a sorry state of disrepair. Edith seems to have lost interest completely, instead she's become desperate to find out what happened to her sister, Winnie, who disappeared during WWII. April gets to work immediately, discovering that the orchard still delivers a bumper crop each year, and with the help of some of the villagers - including Matt, the enigmatic Farrier - begins to unravel the mystery of the missing Winnie. Slowly, April can feel things coming to life again - but can Orchard Cottage work its magic on her too?
©2016 Alex Brown (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
King of Nothing
Summary
Jon is an alcoholic - well that's not entirely true because alcoholics go to meetings. He also is a famous stand-up comedian but it hasn't always been that way. In his own words, Jon explores the meaning of his life through relationships and comedy. All along the way he grapples with battling alcoholism, love, and finding his life's purpose. Plagued by a variety of mental health illnesses, he provides a raw firsthand account of what his life is really like.
©2020 Alex Brown (P)2020 Alex Brown
A Postcard from Paris
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Annie Lovell is keen to put the spark back into her life and when her elderly neighbour inherits an abandoned Parisian apartment she goes to Paris to discover more. Her curiosity takes an unexpected turn on discovering a bundle of secret diaries hidden within the walls, detailing the life of a young English woman, Beatrice Crawford, who volunteered in 1916 to nurse the soldiers in the fields of France. Captivated by the romantic City of Light, Annie realises first appearances are not always as they seem. Following Beatrice’s journey from the Great War, through the Roaring 20s and to a very different life in Nazi-occupied Paris, Annie must piece together the events from the past, if she is to fulfil the legacy that Beatrice left for her to find....
©2021 Alex Brown (P)2021 Penguin Audio
The Wish
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The touching and emotional new novel from the number one best-selling author of The Secret of Orchard Cottage and The Great Christmas Knit Off. Sam Morgan knows he messed up with his wife, Chrissie, and daughter, Holly - he wasn’t there when they needed him most, but now he’ll do anything to put his family back together again. Until then, he's back living in the picture-postcard village of Tindledale. Jude Darling is coming home for good this time. She's taking over the antique shop in Tindledale, the place where she grew up, and she's going to make sure she's there for her friend, Chrissie, and goddaughter, Holly. They certainly need her right now. As for Holly, there's only one thing she wants, and it's not the sort of thing you can buy in a shop. She might be 13 years old, but Holly still believes in wishes, and perhaps if she wishes hard enough, this one might come true....
©2018 Alex Brown (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
A Postcard from Italy
Summary
Grace Quinn loves her job at Cohens Convenient Storage Company, finding occasional treasure in the forgotten units that customers have abandoned. Her inquisitive nature is piqued when a valuable art collection and a bundle of letters and diaries are found that date back to the 1930s. Delving deeper, Grace uncovers the story of a young English woman, Connie Levine, who follows her heart to Italy at the end of the Second World war. The contents also offer up the hope of a new beginning for Grace, battling a broken heart and caring for her controlling mother. Embarking on her own voyage of discovery, Graces search takes her to a powder pink villa on the cliff tops overlooking the Italian Riviera, but will she unravel the family secrets and betrayals that Connie tried so hard to overcome, and find love for herself?
©2019 Alex Brown (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Limited