J. A. Baker has 3 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 5 ratings. The most-rated is The Peregrine.
The Peregrine
Summary
The nation's greatest voice, David Attenborough, reads J. A. Baker's extraordinary classic of British nature writing, The Peregrine. J. A. Baker's classic of British nature writing was first published in 1967. Greeted with acclaim, it went on to win the Duff Cooper Prize, the pre-eminent literary prize of the time. Luminaries such as Ted Hughes, Barry Lopez and Andrew Motion have cited it as one of the most important books in 20th-century nature writing. Despite the association of peregrines with the wild, outer reaches of the British Isles, The Peregrine is set on the flat marshes of the Essex coast, where J. A. Baker spent long winters looking and writing about the visitors from the uplands peregrines that spend the winter hunting the huge flocks of pigeons and waders that share the desolate landscape with them.
©1967 J. A. Baker (P)1967 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
The Girl I Used to Be
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The Girl I Used to Be is a twisting and utterly compelling psychological thriller from international best-selling author J.A. Baker. Can you ever escape the past? Stella is a teacher in a secondary school in the village of West Compton, North Yorkshire. She and her partner, Wade, appear to have the perfect life, but after receiving a series of threatening letters, her life takes a sinister turn. Stella is forced to examine her past to find out who is behind the letters. All evidence points to a man with whom she had a one-night stand. Deciding to confront him, Stella soon discovers he is not the one responsible and must delve deeper into her past. After a visit to her estranged alcoholic mother, Stella is forced to look even closer to home. Meanwhile, the threats escalate. But who is behind the campaign of hate and why? Stella is about to find out....
©2020 J.A. Baker (P)2020 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
The Other Mother
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Three troubled women. One deadly secret. Lissy and her daughter, Rosie, live a quiet life in Yorkshire. However, when events at Rosie’s school come to light, their peaceful existence is shattered. Meanwhile, middle-aged women Erica and Beverley appear to have perfect lives, but behind closed doors, things are not as they seem. All three women are tied together by a dark past that goes back to their school days. A child was murdered, and one of the women is to blame. But is the person responsible for the child’s death the same person who was blamed for it all those years ago? As secrets from their past begin to surface, it becomes clear that someone has revenge in their sights....
©2017 J. A. Baker (P)2018 W. F. Howes Ltd