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Fairy-tale romances end with a wedding and the fairy tales don't get complicated. In this book, celebrated writer Mr. Fox can't stop himself from killing off the heroines of his novels, and neither can his wife, Daphne. It's not until Mary, his muse, comes to life and transforms him from author into subject that his story begins to unfold differently....
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A Great Novel, just Poor for Audio
- De James A. Dittes en 08-13-16
De: Helen Oyeyemi
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The Muse
- A Novel
- De: Jessie Burton
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin, Maria Elena Infantino
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
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England, 1967. Odelle Bastien is a Caribbean émigré trying to make her way in London. When she starts working at the prestigious Skelton Institute of Art, she discovers a painting rumored to be the work of Isaac Robles, a young artist of immense talent and vision whose mysterious death has confounded the art world for decades. The excitement over the painting is matched by the intrigue around the conflicting stories of its discovery.
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Mixed narration
- De Amy Fleury en 08-05-16
De: Jessie Burton
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Silver Wattle
- De: Belinda Alexandra
- Narrado por: Caroline Lee
- Duración: 16 h y 15 m
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In fear for their lives after the sudden death of their mother, Adéla and Klára must flee Prague to find refuge with their uncle in Australia. Later, Adéla becomes a film director at a time when the local industry is starting to feel the competition from Hollywood. But even while success is imminent, the issues of family and an impossible love are never far away.
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Groan, Snore and Wince!
- De OrangeWisteria en 02-12-12
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Claude & Camille
- A Novel of Monet
- De: Stephanie Cowell
- Narrado por: Christopher Cazenove
- Duración: 10 h y 22 m
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In the mid-19th century, a young man named Claude Monet decided that he would rather endure a difficult life painting landscapes than take over his fathers nautical supplies business in a French seaside town. Against his fathers will, and with nothing but a dream and an insatiable urge to create a new style of art that repudiated the Classical Realism of the time, he set off for Paris.
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As a painter
- De janice hedwall en 03-08-16
De: Stephanie Cowell
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Moonlight over Paris
- A Novel
- De: Jennifer Robson
- Narrado por: Jane Copland
- Duración: 8 h y 51 m
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It's the spring of 1924, and Lady Helena Montagu-Douglas-Parr has just arrived in France. On the mend after a near-fatal illness, she is ready to embrace the restless, heady allure of the City of Lights. Her parents have given her one year to live with her eccentric aunt in Paris, and Helena means to make the most of her time. She's quickly drawn into the world of the Lost Generation and its circle of American expatriates, and, with their encouragement, she finds the courage to pursue her dream of becoming an artist.
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A pleasant trip to 1924 Paris
- De RueRue en 05-09-16
De: Jennifer Robson
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Everlasting
- A Novel
- De: Nancy Thayer
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 12 h y 59 m
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Catherine Eliot was born to a world of privilege and prestige, with a family whose last name and vast fortune provide her with access to almost anything she could wish for. But what Catherine craves most is independence. So while her friends settle into comfortable lives financed by doting parents and indulgent husbands, she moves to New York City, determined to make it on her own. Taking a demanding job in a bustling flower shop, she works hard and learns the trade until, with courage and determination, she’s able to open Blooms, an exclusive floral boutique on the Upper East Side.
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decent book
- De Amazon Customer en 10-10-20
De: Nancy Thayer
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East of the Sun
- De: Julia Gregson
- Narrado por: Tania Rodrigues
- Duración: 19 h y 36 m
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Autumn 1928. Three young women are on their way to India, each with a new life in mind. Rose, a beautiful but naive bride-to-be, is anxious about leaving her family and marrying a man she hardly knows. Victoria, her bridesmaid couldn't be happier to get away from her overbearing mother, and is determined to find herself a husband. And Viva, their inexperienced chaperone, is in search of the India of her childhood, ghosts from the past and freedom.
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Indian history takes a back seat to 3 young women
- De Richard en 05-24-16
De: Julia Gregson
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Before I Met You
- A Novel
- De: Lisa Jewell
- Narrado por: Helen Duff
- Duración: 15 h y 14 m
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After her grandmother Arlette's death, Betty is finally ready to begin her life. She had forfeited university, parties, boyfriends, summer jobs in order to care for Arlette. Now she's ready for whatever life throws at her, and, since the will included a beneficiary unknown to her who lives in the city, she heads there to find the mysterious woman. In 1920s London, Arlette is starting her new life in a time of postwar change. Beautiful and charismatic, she's drawn into a hedonistic world, but then tragedy strikes, and she flees back to her childhood home....
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Awful
- De cristina en 08-13-18
De: Lisa Jewell
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The Lost Carousel of Provence
- De: Juliet Blackwell
- Narrado por: Xe Sands
- Duración: 10 h y 1 m
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Long, lonely years have passed for the crumbling Château Clement, nestled well beyond the rolling lavender fields and popular tourist attractions of Provence. Once a bustling and dignified ancestral estate, now all that remains is the château's gruff, elderly owner and the softly whispered secrets of generations buried and forgotten. But time has a way of exposing history's dark stains, and when American photographer Cady Drake finds herself drawn to the château and its antique carousel, she longs to explore the relic's shadowy origins.
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Loved It!
- De T Heskett en 09-23-18
De: Juliet Blackwell
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Mata Hari's Last Dance
- A Novel
- De: Michelle Moran
- Narrado por: Zara Ramm
- Duración: 7 h y 17 m
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Paris, 1917. The notorious dancer Mata Hari sits in a cold cell awaiting freedom...or death. Alone and despondent, she is as confused as the rest of the world about the charges she's been arrested on: treason leading to the deaths of thousands of French soldiers. As she waits for her fate to be decided, she relays the story of her life to a reporter who is allowed to visit her in prison.
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Throughly enjoyable
- De scalante en 09-07-16
De: Michelle Moran
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Honor
- De: Elif Shafak
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marno, Piter Marik
- Duración: 12 h y 54 m
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An honor killing shatters and transforms the lives of Turkish immigrants in 1970s London. Internationally best-selling Turkish author Elif Shafak’s new novel is a dramatic tale of families, love, and misunderstandings that follows the destinies of twin sisters born in a Kurdish village. While Jamila stays to become a midwife, Pembe follows her Turkish husband, Adem, to London, where they hope to make new lives for themselves and their children. In London, they face a choice: stay loyal to the old traditions or try their best to fit in.
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Complex but Compelling
- De Cariola en 04-14-13
De: Elif Shafak
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Four Hundred and Forty Steps to the Sea
- De: Sara Alexander
- Narrado por: Sara Alexander
- Duración: 13 h y 20 m
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Nestled into the cliffs in southern Italy's Amalfi coast, Positano is an artist's vision, with rows of brightly hued houses perched above the sea and picturesque staircases meandering up and down the hillside. Santina, still a striking woman despite old age and the illness that saps her last strength, is spending her final days at her home, Villa San Vito. The magnificent 18th-century palazzo is very different from the tiny house in which she grew up. And as she decides its fate, she must confront the choices that led her here so long ago.
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I’m shook!
- De paintgal en 03-18-21
De: Sara Alexander
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Radio Girls
- De: Sarah-Jane Stratford
- Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld
- Duración: 11 h y 59 m
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London, 1926. American-raised Maisie Musgrave is thrilled to land a job as a secretary at the upstart British Broadcasting Corporation, whose use of radio - still new, strange, and electrifying - is captivating the nation. But the hectic pace, smart young staff, and intimidating bosses only add to Maisie's insecurity. Soon she is seduced by the work - gaining confidence as she arranges broadcasts by the most famous writers, scientists, and politicians in Britain.
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Interesting setting, Less interesting protagonist
- De Janet en 07-29-16
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The Velvet Hours
- De: Alyson Richman
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert, Kate Reading
- Duración: 11 h y 27 m
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An elusive courtesan, Marthe de Florian had cultivated a life of art and beauty, casting out all recollections of her impoverished childhood in the dark alleys of Montmartre. With Europe on the brink of war, she shares her story with her granddaughter, Solange Beaugiron, using her prized possessions to reveal her innermost secrets. Most striking of all are a beautiful string of pearls and a magnificent portrait of Marthe painted by the Italian artist Giovanni Boldini.
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Not for me
- De Sybil Brown en 12-12-20
De: Alyson Richman
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Wickwythe Hall
- De: Judithe Little
- Narrado por: Sarah Nichols
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
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May 1940. Hitler invades France, a move that threatens all of Europe, and three lives intersect at Wickwythe Hall, an opulent estate in the English countryside - a beautiful French refugee, a take-charge American heiress, and a charming champagne vendeur with ties to Roosevelt and Churchill who isn't what he seems. There, secrets and unexpected liaisons unfold, until a shocking tragedy in a far-off Algerian port binds them forever....
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Refreshing change of storyline!
- De Diane en 12-12-18
De: Judithe Little
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The Taster
- De: V.S. Alexander
- Narrado por: Carol Monda
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
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In early 1943, Magda Ritter's parents send her to relatives in Bavaria, hoping to keep her safe from the Allied bombs strafing Berlin. Young German women are expected to do their duty - working for the Reich or marrying to produce strong, healthy children. After an interview with the civil service, Magda is assigned to the Berghof, Hitler's mountain retreat. Only after weeks of training does she learn her assignment: she will be one of several young women tasting the Führer's food, offering herself in sacrifice to keep him from being poisoned.
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A MUST READ!!!!!
- De Sara en 02-10-18
De: V.S. Alexander
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The Last Collection
- A Novel of Elsa Schiaparelli and Coco Chanel
- De: Jeanne Mackin
- Narrado por: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
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Paris, 1938. Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli are fighting for recognition as the most successful and influential fashion designer in France, and their rivalry is already legendary. They oppose each other at every turn, in both their politics and their designs: Chanel's are classic, elegant, and practical; Schiaparelli's bold, experimental, and surreal. When Lily Sutter travels to Paris to visit her brother, Charlie, he insists on buying her a couture dress for her birthday - a Chanel. Lily reluctantly agrees but wants a Schiaparelli, not a Chanel.
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Interesting story
- De KiLe en 07-08-21
De: Jeanne Mackin
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Four Hundred and Forty Steps to the Sea
- De: Sara Alexander
- Narrado por: Sara Alexander
- Duración: 13 h y 20 m
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Nestled into the cliffs in southern Italy's Amalfi coast, Positano is an artist's vision, with rows of brightly hued houses perched above the sea and picturesque staircases meandering up and down the hillside. Santina, still a striking woman despite old age and the illness that saps her last strength, is spending her final days at her home, Villa San Vito. The magnificent 18th-century palazzo is very different from the tiny house in which she grew up. And as she decides its fate, she must confront the choices that led her here so long ago.
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I’m shook!
- De paintgal en 03-18-21
De: Sara Alexander
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Radio Girls
- De: Sarah-Jane Stratford
- Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld
- Duración: 11 h y 59 m
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London, 1926. American-raised Maisie Musgrave is thrilled to land a job as a secretary at the upstart British Broadcasting Corporation, whose use of radio - still new, strange, and electrifying - is captivating the nation. But the hectic pace, smart young staff, and intimidating bosses only add to Maisie's insecurity. Soon she is seduced by the work - gaining confidence as she arranges broadcasts by the most famous writers, scientists, and politicians in Britain.
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Interesting setting, Less interesting protagonist
- De Janet en 07-29-16
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The Velvet Hours
- De: Alyson Richman
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert, Kate Reading
- Duración: 11 h y 27 m
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An elusive courtesan, Marthe de Florian had cultivated a life of art and beauty, casting out all recollections of her impoverished childhood in the dark alleys of Montmartre. With Europe on the brink of war, she shares her story with her granddaughter, Solange Beaugiron, using her prized possessions to reveal her innermost secrets. Most striking of all are a beautiful string of pearls and a magnificent portrait of Marthe painted by the Italian artist Giovanni Boldini.
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Not for me
- De Sybil Brown en 12-12-20
De: Alyson Richman
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Wickwythe Hall
- De: Judithe Little
- Narrado por: Sarah Nichols
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
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May 1940. Hitler invades France, a move that threatens all of Europe, and three lives intersect at Wickwythe Hall, an opulent estate in the English countryside - a beautiful French refugee, a take-charge American heiress, and a charming champagne vendeur with ties to Roosevelt and Churchill who isn't what he seems. There, secrets and unexpected liaisons unfold, until a shocking tragedy in a far-off Algerian port binds them forever....
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Refreshing change of storyline!
- De Diane en 12-12-18
De: Judithe Little
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The Taster
- De: V.S. Alexander
- Narrado por: Carol Monda
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
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In early 1943, Magda Ritter's parents send her to relatives in Bavaria, hoping to keep her safe from the Allied bombs strafing Berlin. Young German women are expected to do their duty - working for the Reich or marrying to produce strong, healthy children. After an interview with the civil service, Magda is assigned to the Berghof, Hitler's mountain retreat. Only after weeks of training does she learn her assignment: she will be one of several young women tasting the Führer's food, offering herself in sacrifice to keep him from being poisoned.
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A MUST READ!!!!!
- De Sara en 02-10-18
De: V.S. Alexander
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The Last Collection
- A Novel of Elsa Schiaparelli and Coco Chanel
- De: Jeanne Mackin
- Narrado por: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
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Paris, 1938. Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli are fighting for recognition as the most successful and influential fashion designer in France, and their rivalry is already legendary. They oppose each other at every turn, in both their politics and their designs: Chanel's are classic, elegant, and practical; Schiaparelli's bold, experimental, and surreal. When Lily Sutter travels to Paris to visit her brother, Charlie, he insists on buying her a couture dress for her birthday - a Chanel. Lily reluctantly agrees but wants a Schiaparelli, not a Chanel.
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Interesting story
- De KiLe en 07-08-21
De: Jeanne Mackin
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The House at Tyneford
- De: Natasha Solomons
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
- Duración: 14 h y 11 m
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It’s the spring of 1938 and no longer safe to be a Jew in Vienna. Nineteen-year-old Elise Landau is forced to leave her glittering life of parties and champagne to become a parlor maid in England. She arrives at Tyneford, the great house on the bay, where servants polish silver and serve drinks on the lawn. But war is coming, and the world is changing. When Kit, the son of Tyneford’s master, returns home, he and Elise strike up an unlikely friendship that will transform Tyneford - and Elise - forever. An irresistible World War II story of a forbidden romance in a great English country house.
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- De Em en 04-24-12
De: Natasha Solomons
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The Song of Hartgrove Hall
- A Novel
- De: Natasha Solomons
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 12 h y 53 m
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New Year's Eve, 1946. Candles flicker, and a gramophone scratches out a tune as guests dance and sip champagne. For one night only, Hartgrove Hall relives better days. Harry Fox-Talbot and his brothers have returned from the war determined to save their once grand home from ruin. But the arrival of beautiful wartime singer Edie Rose tangles the threads of love and duty and leads to a devastating betrayal.
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Love how Natasha Solomons creates a beautiful story
- De GimmeAGoodBook en 06-17-16
De: Natasha Solomons
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City of Flickering Light
- De: Juliette Fay
- Narrado por: Lisa Flanagan
- Duración: 11 h y 32 m
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It's July 1921, "flickers" are all the rage, and Irene Van Beck has just declared her own independence by jumping off a moving train to escape her fate in a traveling burlesque show. When her friends, fellow dancer Millie Martin and comedian Henry Weiss, leap after her, the trio finds their way to the bright lights of Hollywood with hopes of making it big in the burgeoning silent film industry. But despite the glamour and seduction of Tinseltown, success doesn't come easy, and nothing can prepare Irene, Millie, and Henry for the poverty, temptation, and heartbreak that lie ahead.
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- De Amazon Customer en 11-28-21
De: Juliette Fay
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The Paris Secret
- An Epic and Heartbreaking Love Story Set in World War Two
- De: Lily Graham
- Narrado por: Esther Wane
- Duración: 6 h y 5 m
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The last time Valerie was in Paris, she was three years old, running from the Nazis, away from the only home she had ever known. Now as a young woman all alone in the world, Valerie must return to Paris, to the bookshop and her sole surviving relative, her grandfather Vincent, the only person who knows the truth about what happened to her parents. As she gets to know grumpy, taciturn Vincent again, she hears a tragic story of Nazi-occupied Paris, a doomed love affair, and a mother willing to sacrifice everything for her beloved daughter.
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A Different Kind of WWII Story
- De Debbie en 02-25-20
De: Lily Graham
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Ike and Kay
- De: James MacManus
- Narrado por: Henrietta Meire
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
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In 1942, Kay Summersby's life is changed forever when she is conscripted to drive General Eisenhower on his fact-finding visit to wartime London. Despite Eisenhower's marriage to Mamie, the pair takes an immediate liking to each other, and he buys Kay a rare wartime luxury: a box of chocolates. So begins a tumultuous relationship that, against all military regulation, sees Kay traveling with Eisenhower on missions to far-flung places before the final assault on Nazi Germany.
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Sexy Time for Ike! Wowsa!
- De J. Miller en 05-19-21
De: James MacManus
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The Soldier’s Girl
- De: Sharon Maas
- Narrado por: Henrietta Meire
- Duración: 11 h y 59 m
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When young English nurse Sibyl Lake is recruited as a spy to support the French resistance, she doesn’t realize the ultimate price she will end up paying. She arrives in Colmar, a French town surrounded by vineyards and swarming with German soldiers. Her fear is dampened by the joy of being reunited with her childhood sweetheart Jacques. Sibyl’s arrival has not gone unnoticed by Commander Wolfgang von Haagan. She realizes that letting him get closer is her best chance of learning enemy secrets. Yet despite her best intentions, Sibyl finds that betrayal does not come easy to her.
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- De Cinnabelle en 04-02-21
De: Sharon Maas
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Gracianna
- De: Trini Amador
- Narrado por: Trini Amador
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
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Gracianna is inspired by true events in the life of Trini Amador’s great-grandmother, Gracianna Lasaga. As an adult, Amador was haunted by the vivid memory of finding a loaded German Luger tucked away in a nightstand while wandering his great-grandmother’s home in Southern California. He was only four years old at the time. Decades later, Amador would delve into the remarkable odyssey of his Gracianna’s past, a road that led him to an incredible surprise. In Gracianna, Amador weaves fact and fiction to tell his great-grandmother’s story.
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- De Kippy en 12-02-21
De: Trini Amador
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Picasso's Lovers
- De: Jeanne Mackin
- Narrado por: Caroline Hewitt, Hillary Huber, Gilli Messer
- Duración: 9 h y 49 m
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The women of Picasso’s life are glamorous and elusive, existing in the shadow of his fame—until 1950s aspiring journalist Alana Olson determines to bring one into the light. Unsure of what to expect but bent on uncovering what really lies beneath the canvas, Alana steps into Sara Murphy’s well-guarded home to discover a past complicated by secrets and intrigue.
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Vivid and Sensous
- De L. Larmour en 01-29-24
De: Jeanne Mackin
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My Real Name Is Hanna
- De: Tara Lynn Masih
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 6 h y 31 m
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Hanna Slivka is on the cusp of 14 when Hitler's army crosses the border into Soviet-occupied Ukraine. Soon, the Gestapo closes in, determined to make the shtetele she lives in "free of Jews". Until the German occupation, Hanna spent her time exploring Kwasova with her younger siblings, admiring the drawings of the handsome Leon Stadnick, and helping her neighbor dye decorative eggs. But now she, Leon, and their families are forced to flee and hide in the forest outside their shtetele - and then in the dark caves beneath the rolling meadows, rumored to harbor evil spirits.
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I chose this because I love the narrator
- De LaRae M Foehrenbacher en 05-27-21
De: Tara Lynn Masih
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The Tumbling Turner Sisters
- De: Juliette Fay
- Narrado por: Katie Schorr, Eileen Stevens
- Duración: 11 h y 15 m
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In 1919 the Turner sisters and their parents are barely scraping by. Their father is a low-paid boot stitcher in Johnson City, New York, and the family is always one paycheck away from eviction. When their father's hand is crushed and he can no longer work, their irrepressible mother decides that the vaudeville stage is their best - and only - chance for survival.
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Yes, it's a 5 star review and well earned!
- De Jess en 06-22-19
De: Juliette Fay
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Conspiracy of Lies
- De: Kathryn Gauci
- Narrado por: Gabrielle de Cuir
- Duración: 13 h y 25 m
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1940. With the Germans about to enter Paris, Claire Bouchard flees France for England. Two years later she is recruited by the Special Operations Executive and sent back into occupied France to work alongside the Resistance. Working undercover as a teacher in Brittany, Claire accidentally befriends the wife of the German Commandant of Rennes, and the blossoming friendship is about to become a dangerous mission. Claire begins a double life as a Gestapo Commandant’s mistress to retrieve information, but ghosts from her past make the deception more painful than she could have imagined.
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Wow. One of the very best ww2 historical fiction
- De paula wright en 07-10-22
De: Kathryn Gauci
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The Secrets of the Notebook
- A Woman's Quest to Uncover Her Royal Family Secret
- De: Eve Haas
- Narrado por: Jane Carr
- Duración: 7 h y 32 m
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Eve Haas is the daughter of a German Jewish family that took refuge in London after Hitler came to power. Following a terrifying air raid in the blitz, her father revealed the family secret - that her great-great grandmother Emilie was married to a Prussian prince. He then showed her the treasured leather-bound notebook inscribed to Emilie by the prince.
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Completely uneventful
- De Natalie en 01-03-17
De: Eve Haas
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- Laura
- 04-16-17
Difficult to review
I found this book difficult to review because there were aspects that I loved and others that were plain annoying.
The good: an interesting view into pre war France with true to life characters who mingled with the fame of the day.
The not terrible but certainly not so good: the focus was so narrowly directed on the narrating protagonists it lost the opportunity to develop some very interesting support characters.
The biggest negative: the performance kept an unfaltering cadence with each sentence dropping to a droll. This is a technique that would have been very effective had it not been a drip drip drip The affect became just plain annoying.
All and all I enjoy the book but would not go out of my way to recommend it.
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- Deborah Thurston
- 01-10-15
Beautiful story, beautifully read
This heartfelt novel of love, loss and the resilience of the soul had me from the first words. There is a missing daughter, romance in Paris, tragedy, death, war, remembrance and love regained. Underlying it all is the fragrance of perfume, unusual in a book, but there it is. Kate Reading is, as always, impeccible. The only thing I did not like about this book was that it had to end.
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- 05-11-22
Decent
It took a long while to figure out what the plot was, like more than half the book. Then it got interesting. I would say this was a little better than average. it was really hard to tell who the protagonist was.
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- Paula Moneymaker
- 03-23-22
So beautiful
Intense, intimate, interesting. It’s been a long time since I’ve read such a well written novel in a modern work. It piqued my desire to delve into that history. How fascinating.
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- Kathleen Yarrington
- 03-19-16
great story of World War II
the principal of this story gives great insight into the pre world war II Paris as expat Americans
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- Sherry
- 06-16-18
Insightful food for thought
Wonderful insight on coping after tragedy from historical fiction . It's long so try to put yourself in both characters place and think about the time and social norms in America and Europe between 1929 and 1949.
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- Sally Maxwell
- 09-22-22
Bereft
It has been a while since I felt bereft at the end of a book, but that’s exactly how I felt upon finishing “The Beautiful American.” I won’t get over this story and the characters for some time—and I don’t want to. I will carry them with me.
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- Diana Lyons Specht
- 01-04-15
Excellent Story -- Narrator Okay
This story passes my personal "good book" test because I miss some of the characters now that I'm finished with it. The time period and geographical area covered is different from most books involving WWII, so that was also nice. The limited amount about the perfume trade was also interesting.
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- Sima
- 05-06-21
Wonderful Story
A very pleasant and engaging read. Loved the setting around World War II Paris involving the social life of the Expat artists. Good performance also.
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- Mama D
- 05-24-15
Beautiful, enchanting
Loved it-took me away!
Sentimental and sometimes predictable, but the characters and history was pleasing and I found myself caring for the Nora.
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