Book jacket image for Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue

Hachette Audio

9781668629376

STARRED REVIEW

Learned by Heart

Shiromi Arserio’s velvety voice is perfect for this tale of forbidden love set in the confines of an English boarding school in the 1800s.

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Review of ‘Learned by Heart’

Shiromi Arserio’s heartfelt performance captures youthful innocence and passion when two 14-year-old girls must hide their blossoming love for one another from the world.

Learned by Heart (9 hours) is set in the confines of an English boarding school in the 1800s—a time when same-sex relationships were criminalized. Although wealthy heiress Eliza Raine tries to…

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