{"id":11293,"date":"2018-12-14T15:21:16","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T20:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=11293"},"modified":"2026-01-23T19:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T00:26:15","slug":"broken-homes-audio-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/11293","title":{"rendered":"Broken Homes, Audio Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Broken Homes<\/em>, Audio Version<\/a> (2013) Ben Aaronovitch<\/a> narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith<\/p>\n

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First, we meet Varvara Sidorovna.<\/p>\n

\u201cNochnye Koldunyi,\u201d said Nightingale. \u201cA Night Witch.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIs that like a person or another thing?\u201d asked Lesley. \u201cLike Peter\u2019s Pale Lady?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cA type of Russian practitioner,\u201d said Nightingale. \u201cRecruited during the war, the training had a very narrow scope. It was concentrated almost entirely on combat. We heard rumors that there were whole regiments of women trained in this manner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Second, this is when Lesley takes the step that changes her life and the rest of the series.<\/p>\n

Publisher: DAW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Broken Homes, Audio Version (2013) Ben Aaronovitch narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith First, we meet Varvara Sidorovna. \u201cNochnye Koldunyi,\u201d said Nightingale. \u201cA Night Witch.\u201d \u201cIs that like a person or another thing?\u201d asked Lesley. \u201cLike Peter\u2019s Pale Lady?\u201d \u201cA type of Russian practitioner,\u201d said Nightingale. \u201cRecruited during the war, the training had a very narrow scope. 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