The Beekeeper's Promise

De: Fiona Valpy

Narrado por: Henrietta Meire

Duración: 8 h y 20 m

Resumen del Editor

An RNA Romantic Novel Award nominee.

Heartbroken and hoping for a new start, Abi Howes takes a summer job in rural France at the Château Bellevue. The old château echoes with voices from the past, and soon Abi finds herself drawn to one remarkable woman’s story, a story that could change the course of her summer - and her life.

In 1938, Eliane Martin tends beehives in the garden of the beautiful Château Bellevue. In its shadow she meets Mathieu Dubosq and falls in love for the first time, daring to hope that a happy future awaits. But France’s eastern border is darkening under the clouds of war, and history has other plans for Eliane...

When she is separated from Mathieu in the chaos of German occupation, Eliane makes the dangerous decision to join the Resistance and fight for France’s liberty. But with no end to the war in sight, her loyalty to Mathieu is severely tested.

From the bestselling author of Sea of Memories comes the story of two remarkable women, generations apart, who must use adversity to their advantage and find the resilience deep within.

©2018 Fiona Valpy (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Good WWII read

Good WW II read. However, the book goes back and forth between a young woman of today (2017) and Eliane, who lived in 1938 and went through WW II. A very moving story of survival and strength by those who lived during the war and how a young woman, Abi, finds her strength today. Definitely a good read and well worth the time.

Lovely Story

A lovely story, full of pathos and beauty. It took some time to get used to the narration. I sometimes could not understand the accent. Otherwise great!

Yes!

Superb story!

i read moat of the story, then listened to to the last part because I had things to accomplish but couldn't wait to hear more. the reader was a little dry, but her French accent made the story even more real. I was empowered by this story of strength and love!

Slow but wrapped up nicely

It was difficult to understand the narrator with her heavy accent, but her voice and performance were lovely. The book was slow to start without a lot of deep relationship development, but overall was a decent read.

Loved this book!

Could not stop listening, enjoyed the story and fell in love with all the characters.

Good Story

I liked the story: the starting build up was slow but it revved up to a full steam page turner. I enjoyed the connections of the characters from the war years to present day. I could very easily create mind pictures of the author’s people, places, feelings and actions. I loved that bees played a central part.
For me, the narrator’s voice was depressing especially her lilt at the end of each sentence - off putting. I wish she’d scrapped the French accents for the French characters and worked to pronounce French words correctly.
All in all a good listen.

Amazing Story

Absolutely the best book!! The narration was amazing, Henrietta Meire made me feel like I was there in France during WWII. This is one book I will listen to over and over.

A story about relationships.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Usually I don’t enjoy books that switch back and forth in time, this was rather easy to follow since it was clear where you were in the story.

The characters were believable and most of them I really liked. Although set during WWIl it was more about the relationships and the character stories.

A story of the triumph of ordinary people

Love the story threads woven together. A tragic and resilient look at human strength and the power of love.

Great read

I loved the rich character development, the details of nature noted and the politics of war in the countryside. I “read” this story twice.