The Forgotten Daughter: The Girls Who Went to War, Book 1

Written by Mary Wood

Narrated by Becky Hindley

The Forgotten Daughter by Mary Wood is the gripping first audiobook in The Girls Who Went To War series.

From a tender age, Flora felt unloved and unwanted by her parents, but she finds safety in the arms of caring nanny Pru. But when Pru is cast out of the family home, under a shadow of secrets, and with a young baby boy of her own to care for, it shatters little Flora.

But over the years, Flora and Pru meet in secret – unbeknown to Flora’s parents. Pru becomes the mother to flora she never had, and Flora grows into a fine young woman. When Flora signs up to become a nurse with the St John’s ambulance, she begins to shape her life. But the drum of war beats loudly and Flora’s world is turned upside down when she receives a letter asking her to join the Red Cross in Belgium.

With the fate of the country in the balance, it’s a time for bravery. Flora’s determined to be the strong woman she was destined to be. But with horror, loss and heartache on her horizon – there's a lot for young Flora to learn . . .

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Release date: Dec 13, 2018
• ISBN: 9781529018240

Mary Wood

Born the thirteenth child of fifteen to a middle-class mother and an East End barrow boy, Mary Wood's childhood was a mixture of love and poverty. Throughout her life, Mary has held various posts in office roles, working in the probation services and bringing up her four children and numerous grandchildren, step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren. An avid reader, she first put pen to paper in 1989 while nursing her mother through her final months, but didn't become successful until she began self-publishing her writing in 2011. Her novels include All I Have to Give, An Unbreakable Bond, In Their Mother's Footsteps and the Breckton novels.

Reviews for The Forgotten Daughter

[Dian · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

What a awful story when will.it end the writer should have finished this book a couple pages back too much pain, hurt and deplorable behavior the narrator was ok will not continue it's a little too much

[Debbee · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A lot of story packed into a few hours. Great narrator!