Betsy & Lilibet

Name: Betsy & Lilibet
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Sophie Duffy
ISBN: 9781787713062

Author: Sophie Duffy

Narrator: Maggie Mash

Unabridged: 11 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oakhill Publishing

Published: 01/01/2019

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

London, 1926. Two baby girls are born just hours and miles apart. One you know as the Queen of England, but what of the other girl - the daughter of an undertaker named in her honour? Betsy Sunshine grows up surrounded by death in war-torn London, watching her community grieve for their loved ones whilst dealing with her own teenage troubles...namely her promiscuous sister Margie. As Betsy grows older we see how the country changes through her eyes, and along the way we discover the birth of a secret that threatens to tear her family apart.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Booklover BEV

this book starts in 1926 london, about the birth of two babies born on the same day. one is queen elizabeth and the other is betsy sunshine. betsy's family own and run the funeral directors sunshine and son. i loved reading this book and found it enchanting. this is my first by this author and it wa......more

Goodreads review by Kate

Betsy and Lilibet. “London, 1926. Two baby girls are born just hours and miles apart. One you know as the Queen of England, but what of the other girl- the daughter of an undertaker named in her honour?” First things first, I don’t think this is my normal kind of book as I am much more in the YA Fa......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth

Betsy Sunshine is born on the same day as Princess Elizabeth, and is named in her honour. The Sunshines are undertakers and have been for six generations. Betsy, eldest daughter in a family without sons, enters and eventually takes over the family business. Much like her royal namesake. We follow Be......more