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  • The Glorious Guinness Girls

  • By: Emily Hourican
  • Narrated by: Roisin Rankin
  • Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
  • 3.3 out of 5 stars (29 ratings)

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The Glorious Guinness Girls

By: Emily Hourican
Narrated by: Roisin Rankin
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Publisher's summary

From London to Ireland during the 1920s, this glorious, gripping, and richly textured story takes us to the heart of the remarkable real-life story of the Guinness Girls - perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and Julian Fellowes' Belgravia.

Descendants of the founder of the Guinness beer empire, they were the toast of 1920s high society, darlings of the press, with not a care in the world. But Felicity knows better. Sent to live with them as a child because her mother could no longer care for her, she grows up as the sisters’ companion. Both an outsider and a part of the family, she witnesses the complex lives upstairs and downstairs, sees the compromises and sacrifices beneath the glamorous surface. Then, at a party one summer’s evening, something happens that sends shock waves through the entire household.

Inspired by a remarkable true story and fascinating real events, The Glorious Guinness Girls is an unforgettable novel about the haves and have-nots, one that will make you ask if where you find yourself is where you truly belong.

©2021 Emily Hourican (P)2021 Grand Central Publishing
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Boring!

Kept hoping the book would get better and more interesting but never happened. The Guinness girls had a boring life.

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Bummer

I really wanted to like this book but it was hard to follow. I kept waiting for something to happen. Too bad. Maybe it’s just not the right kind of book for me but a better fit for someone else

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What a story.

Its as if you have been present as this young woman navigates her way through a life lived in between. The summation is so clear in the end. So well done I could believe it was all true. I will read another by this author.

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