The Seventh Moon

By: Marius Gabriel

Narrated by: Nancy Wu

From the internationally best-selling author of The Mask of Time and The Original Sin

As World War II rages, Francine Lawrence and her small daughter, Ruth, wait in the fading splendor of Raffles Hotel in Singapore for Francine's British husband. But when he is delayed, Francine, half-Chinese and unwelcome there, is forced to begin a terrifying journey. Seeking to escape a world exploding in nightmare, Francine ultimately makes a gut-wrenching decision: to entrust Ruth to strangers in order to save the child's life. But when the war ends, all traces of Ruth have vanished; years of searching bring only heartbreak.

Three decades later, Francine is a formidable businesswoman, pouring all her energies into her companies. Then one day a soft-spoken young woman walks into her New York office on the Festival of the Hungry Ghosts. Her name is Sakura, and she hints that she may be Francine's daughter. What Francine does not know is that beneath Sakura's calm surface lives the heart of a warrior. Francine cannot begin to imagine the places Sakura has been, the horrors she has endured - or the secret that gives her the strongest motive in the world to lie....

©2016 Marius Gabriel (P)2018 Tantor

Good if you like Sidney Sheldon-style storytelling

Yes, this is written very much like a Sidney Sheldon novel, not much depth to the characters, lots of drama / melodrama to keep the paging turning, some romantic entanglements to spice things up, and plenty of exotic locales. It's not great writing but it certainly has entertainment value. But the narration was terrible ! Too slow, wrong vocal style for this story, the narrator sounded too old for the characters.

Great Story, well told!

Loved the thread of Hope throughout the story and the way the characters developed and grew through that hope

Awful

The narrator’s voice is completely wrong for the major characters. It’s nasal, whining, irritating like a wasp buzzing near your ear. Ruined what is an otherwise amazing, gripping story.

I loved this book!

This was one of those books I didn’t want to have to turn off and couldn’t wait to listen to again. I loved it. And Nancy Wu’s narration was awesome. Everyone sounded different and I always knew who was speaking.

incredible reader, great story. moving story!!

sucks you in I felt like a moth to the flame of this story. it takes a lot to impress me but I will admit I was impressed!