Gemma Jackson has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 2 narrators, with an average listener rating of 2★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is Impossible Dream.
Impossible Dream
Summary
In 1898 three young girls leave a Dublin orphanage to enter a life of domestic service. They are placed in the home of Captain Charles Whitmore, but he is preparing to set off on a long sea voyage. His wife, Georgina, desperate to break free from a violent marriage, is relieved that the captain will be gone, but she is left in poverty. Then an organisation that helps women escape abuse makes Georgina an offer. They propose that her house should become a school to train women for employment in the American West. Can the orphan maids dare dream of a better life for themselves?
©2018 Gemma Jackson (P)2020 Story Sound
Ha'Penny Chance
Summary
Ivy Rose Murphy dreams of a better future. For years she has set out daily from the tenements known as The Lane to beg for discards from the homes of the wealthy. Her fortune takes a turn for the better, but there are eyes on Ivy, and she is vulnerable as she carries her earnings through the dark winter streets. Jem Ryan, who owns the local livery, longs to make Ivy his wife, but she is reluctant to give up her fierce independence. Then a sudden astonishing event turns Ivy's world upside down. A dazzling future beckons, and she must decide where her loyalties lie.
©2014 Gemma Jackson (P)2016 Story Sound
Ha'Penny Schemes
Summary
In 1920s inner city Dublin Tenements, Ivy Rose Murphy struggles to survive in the harsh poverty-stricken environment she was born into. She is trying to adapt to her new role as a married woman. There are those jealous of the improvements she has managed to make in her life. To Ivy it seems everyone wants a piece of her. Ivy's friends gather around to offer support, but somehow Ivy is the one who gives hope to them. Ivy's old enemy Father Leary keeps a close watch on her comings and goings. Ivy’s husband, Jem Ryan, is a forward-thinking man, but can he protect Ivy when her enemies begin to close in?
©2017 Gemma Jackson (P)2019 Story Sound
The Ha'Penny Place
Summary
Through hard work and determination, Ivy Rose Murphy has come up in the world. She still begs for discards from the homes of the wealthy which lie only a stone’s throw from The Lane, the poverty-ridden tenements where she lives. She repairs and sells these discards in Dublin market.
With her talent for needlework and a team of neighbourhood helpers, she has also begun to supply an upmarket shop in Grafton Street with beautifully dressed dolls. Then Ivy’s wealthy friend Ann Marie Gannon, with her beloved camera, spends a day at the airport photographing planes. Little does she know that her visit can destroy all Ivy’s hopes for the future.
©2015 Gemma Jackson (P)2019 Story Sound