The Women Who Wouldn't Leave

by Victoria Scott Narrated by Alison Campbell

Overview

A gripping and uplifting new audiobook by the author of BA Book of the Month and LoveReading Debut of the Month Patience.

Connie Darke is trying to run away from the traumas in her past, and it's led her home, to the small rural council estate she left almost 20 years earlier.

Matilda Reynolds has spent most of her long life in the Worcestershire village of Stonecastle, and she's content there, with her animals and her solitude. Until a fall lands her in hospital, and Matilda has to turn to her strange young neighbour Connie for help looking after her home.

Out of their tentative arrangement, each woman gains a new sense of community. But before long, that community comes under threat when the council decides to sell the estate, to make way for expensive developments.

Connie and Matilda are determined to fight for their home, whatever it takes...

Praise for the author: 'Beautiful... Heart-wrenching. A wonderful gem of a book.' EVE AINSWORTH, author of Duckling

'Warm and real and heart-breaking all at the same time. I loved it.' CLARE SWATMAN

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Praise for Victoria Scott:

'Inspired by truth, Patience and her family come alive on the pages. I felt every single emotion with them' Alice Peterson, author of Monday to Friday Man.

'An extraordinary novel about love and hope and family and what happens in the space between the words. I adored it' Kirsten Hesketh, author of Another Us.

'An eye-opening, sincere and beautiful debut. A really special novel that I suspect will have a tangible effect on readers' NB Magazine.

'Absorbing, poignant story of a family's emotional rollercoaster in the aftermath of participating in a risky medical trial' LoveReading

'Beautiful... Heart-wrenching. A wonderful gem of a book.' Eve Ainsworth, author of Duckling

'Warm and real and heart-breaking all at the same time. I loved it.' Clare Swatman

Praise for The Women Who Wouldn't Leave:

'A lovely book about two feisty and at times funny women, who stole my heart and had me rooting for them from the very beginning. A heartwarming, uplifting read that would be perfect for book clubs or just curling up with in the garden on a sunny afternoon. Utterly, utterly fabulous!!!' Faith Hogan

'An uplifting novel about the power of community and the human spirit, filled with warm, believable characters' Clare Swatman

Product Details

BN ID:	2940159697882
Publisher:	W. F. Howes Ltd
Publication date:	08/24/2023
Edition description:	Unabridged

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