Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work


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(4.6 stars; 60 reviews)

The novel carries forward the continuing story of the three cousins Louise Merrick, Beth De Graf, and Patsy Doyle, and their circle. The title is somewhat misleading; it could more accurately have been called Aunt Jane's Nieces in Politics. (Uncle John Merrick tells his nieces that politics is "work," which yields the title.)

The story begins three days after the end of the previous book, Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville; the freckled and red-haired Patsy still sports a sunburn from her summer in the Adirondacks. She and Louise have received letters from their "cousin" Kenneth Forbes, the young man who inherited Aunt Jane's estate in the first book of the series. Kenneth has become involved in politics: he is running as the Republican candidate for the local seat in the New York State legislature, but thinks he is going to lose to his opponent. The family decide to go all out to help Kenneth win the election... (Summary by Wikipedia) (5 hr 11 min)

Chapters

01 - MISS DOYLE INTERFERES 14:56 Read by Linda Andrus
02 - THE ARTIST 15:05 Read by Linda Andrus
03 - DON QUIXOTE 11:46 Read by Kalynda
04 - KENNETH TAKES A BOLD STEP 11:38 Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan
05 - PLANNING THE WORK 17:45 Read by Linda Andrus
06 - A GOOD START 13:55 Read by cher0520
07 - PATSY MAKES PROGRESS 15:36 Read by Pamela Krantz
08 - THE HONORABLE ERASTUS IS ASTONISHED 18:44 Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan
09 - OL\' WILL ROGERS 17:30 Read by Cheri Gardner
10 - THE FORGED CHECK 12:42 Read by LadyBug
11 - A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE 12:50 Read by Lori Fuller Chugiak, AK
12 - BETH MEETS A REBUFF 12:27 Read by LadyBug
13 - THE BOOMERANG 13:01 Read by beckyboyd
14 - LUCY\'S GHOST 11:02 Read by Katryn Wiese
15 - SIGNS OF THE TIMES 19:22 Read by Linda Andrus
16 - A CLEW AT LAST 18:52 Read by Katryn Wiese
17 - MRS. HOPKINS GOSSIPS 14:21 Read by Ted Nugent
18 - ELIZA PARSONS 17:57 Read by Patti Cunningham
19 - PATSY INDULGES IN EAVESDROPPING 8:21 Read by Boyu Huang
20 - PRICKING A BUBBLE 15:36 Read by Linda Fredericks
21 - THE \"RETURNS\" FROM FAIRVIEW 7:27 Read by Diana Majlinger
22 - THE AWAKENING 10:51 Read by LaurenMori

Reviews

Enjoyable Story


(5 stars)

Fun and Sweet story with Great Readers, except chapter 17, I had to listen to it twice to understand what was said, the second time I used the speed adjuster to make the voice faster and clearer. The ending of the story could have been more lengthy. But all in all I really enjoyed it.

easy listening


(3.5 stars)

Another nice story. A couple of the readers weren't as interesting as the others.

Great book!


(5 stars)

Very well read... Wish there was more to the ending!