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Book at Bedtime: Before The Earthquake: Episode 1

Before The Earthquake

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One stifling day, an earthquake hits a mountain village and changes young Concetta's life.

Sian Thomas reads from Maria Allen's historical mystery. One stifling day, an earthquake hits a mountain village and changes young Concetta Salierno's life forever.

The Salierno family make a tough living as farmers in the mountainous terrain of Southern Italy. When an earthquake devastates their village, their fifteen-year old daughter Concetta is seriously injured. On waking from a coma, she can't remember anything that happened in the weeks before the disaster.

Sian Thomas reads this vibrant first novel by Maria Allen.

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Sian Thomas reads from Maria Allen's historical mystery, set in southern Italy

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