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    Aunt Crete's Emancipation
    Aunt Crete's Emancipation
    Aunt Crete's Emancipation
    Audiobook2 hours

    Aunt Crete's Emancipation

    Written by Grace Livingston Hill

    Narrated by Cori Samuel

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    Aunt Lucretia — 'Crete' to her family — is a sweet, patient older woman, who lives with her narrow-minded sister and spoilt niece, acting as their unpaid and unappreciated domestic servant. When they leave town in order to avoid the unexpected visit of a "backwoods" cousin, she is left at home to welcome him. She's willing to love him whatever he's like, and he's looking for a home having lost his mother years before, so the two are ready to become fast friends. But what does that mean for Aunt Crete's prejudiced relatives and how can their wrongs against her be remedied? - Summary by Cori
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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    Grace Livingston Hill

    Grace Livingston Hill was an early–twentieth century novelist who wrote both under her real name and the pseudonym Marcia Macdonald. She wrote more than one hundred novels and numerous short stories. She was born in Wellsville, New York, in 1865 to Marcia Macdonald Livingston and her husband, Rev. Charles Montgomery Livingston. Hill’s writing career began as a child in the 1870s, writing short stories for her aunt’s weekly children’s publication, The Pansy. She continued writing into adulthood as a means to support her two children after her first husband died. Hill died in 1947 in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

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      Beautiful story and not long. The narrator is charming. I enjoyed this book very much.

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      What a delightful book! One should always remember, “good looks is as good looks does!”
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      This book does not have a romance, but a sweet, tender story.