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Title: The Finding of Martha Lost

Author: Caroline Wallace

Narrator: Katy Sobey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-10-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 21 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Martha is lost. Shes been lost since she was a baby, abandoned in a suitcase on the train from Paris. Ever since, shes waited in the station's lost property for someone to claim her. Its been 16 years, but shes still hopeful.

In the meantime, there are mysteries to solve: secret tunnels under the station, a suitcase that may have belonged to the Beatles, the Roman soldier who appears at the same time every day with his packed lunch. Not to mention the stuffed monkey that someone keeps misplacing. But there is one mystery Martha cannot solve. And now the authorities have found out about the girl in lost property.

Time is running out - if Martha cant discover who she really is, she will lose everything....

Members Reviews:

Magic in Liverpool

This book is a charming fairy tale, but slow going. There isn't much of a sense of urgency though the story has a ticking clock (Martha may be evicted); the threat is just ignored most of the time. Instead, the author focuses exhaustively on the characters' quirks and there are a lot of them. Fans of Sarah Addison Allen or Julia Stuart will enjoy, I think.

Narration is top notch.

Wish they were all this good!

I grew up in London with an English mother and American father. I've been living in USA for 38 years. Although I've never been to Liverpool, I could relate to the characters and the story and enjoyed the unique mix of Beatles history, abandoned child looking for her mother and the tramp living in the train station.

Loved the narration and hope to read more from the author and listen to more by the narrator.

I got this to last a month; I didn't turn it off!

A beautiful fairytale of innocence, love, friendship and violence, wonderfully read in Martha's true voice.

A very moving story

A Beautifully narrated, wonderful story with amazing images. I think I may have even cried.

Relentlessly frustrating.

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I stuck with this to the bitter end hoping it would end with the interest it initally started with. Sadly, I didn't find this as enjoyable as other readers seem to have done.

What was most disappointing about Caroline Wallaces story?

The constant repetitive phrases really began to grate on my nerves...so much I found myself actually talking out loud, begging the reader to wander off-script. I'm afraid the sections detailing the life of Mal and The Beatles felt like a poor attempt to crowbar the author's research into the text. The end was entirely predictable.

What does Katy Sobey bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you had only read the book?

I think she did fair job. She portrayed Martha very well. Not so well with Max - the Ozzie accent dipped in and out.

If this book were a film would you go see it?

No

Any additional comments?

It's rare I come across a book with such good reviews and then find myself disappointed but occasionally I don't get it and this is one of those times.