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Henrietta Sees It Through
- More News from the Home Front 1942-1945
- Narrated by: Kimberley Datnow
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
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Summary
World War II is now in its third year and although nothing can dent the unwavering patriotism of Henrietta and her friends, everyone in the Devonshire village has their anxious moments. Henrietta takes up weeding and plays the triangle in the local orchestra to take her mind off things; the indomitable Lady B, now in her late 70s, partakes in endless fund-raising events to distract herself from thoughts of life without elastic; and Faith, the village flirt, finds herself in the charming company of American GIs. With the war nearing its end, hope seems to lie just around the corner, and as this spirited community muddles through, Lady B vows to make their friendships outlast the hardship that brought them together.
Joyce Dennys was born, in 1893, in India. The Dennys family relocated to England in 1896. Dennys enjoyed drawing lessons throughout her schooling and later enrolled at Exeter Art School. As she got older, her drawing took a backseat to the domestic and social duties of a mother and doctor's wife and she became increasingly frustrated. She voiced her frustrations through the character of Henrietta, a heroine she created for an article for Sketch. These writings were later compiled to form Henrietta's War, first published in 1985.
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- Mr. A. Smith
- 07-07-23
Do not waste your money, as I did!
Appalling narration.
Sloppy dictation, poor phrasing, mispronunciation, shockingly poor and inappropriate accents employed.
An entertaining book ruined.
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- 22-05-13
Ruined by the narrator
I despair. Finally some wonderful old books are appearing as audio books, but so many of them are ruined by terrible narration. Henrietta's War was rather cringeworthy, but nothing, NOTHING compared to the atrocity committed on this book. I have listened to hundreds of audio books, some through audible, others read by volunteers on Librivox, but I have never heard any book butchered like this one (and if you've tried listening to Librivox books, you'll know what a statement that is). I can't imagine what Audible/Bloomsbury were thinking when they hired this woman. She can't do accents (and chooses them with complete inappropriateness, peppering them through the book as though her main aim was to show off how many accents she has mastered). She delivers many of the punch lines with a smug little giggle. She talks as though she had cotton wool pads secreted in her cheeks. It was just diabolical. I have a good mind to ask for my money back.
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