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Narrado por:
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Gary Furlong
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Cindy Brandner
In this sweeping and powerful epic the journey begins in the "terrible beauty" of Northern Ireland during a time when conflict reigns and no one is spared from tragedy and sorrow, the time known as The Troubles.
It is the spring of 1968 in Belfast and James Kirkpatrick has just lost his father under suspicious circumstances, Casey Riordan is released from prison after five years and Pamela O'Flaherty has crossed an ocean and a lifetime of memories to find the man she fell in love with as a little girl. All three lives are on a collision course with each other against the backdrop of the burgeoning civil rights movement and a nation on the brink of revolution.
They come from disparate backgrounds - Jamie a wealthy aristocrat whose life is like an imperfect but multi-faceted jewel-brilliant, flawed and with a glitter that is designed to distract the observer. Casey, a card-carrying member of the Irish Republican Army, who must face the fact that five years away has left him a stranger, a misfit in his own neighborhood where not everyone is sympathetic to a convicted rebel. Pamela, who has come to Ireland in search of a memory and a man who may not have existed in the first place.
Through it all runs the ribbon of a love story: love of country, the beginning love of two people unable to resist the pull of each other regardless of the cost to themselves and those around them, and the selfless love of one man who no longer believes himself capable of such emotion.
It is an electrifying tale of a people divided by religion and politics, a tale of love and danger, of triumph and tragedy. Ultimately it is the story of that "terrible beauty" herself - Ireland - and how nation is bound to one's identity, woven into the weft of all we become.
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2nd time round I I still love it!
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Cindy Brandner is an amazing writer. The characters in her story, and the other books in the series, become part of your family. I laughed and I cried, I was happy and I was sad. The historical events in the book are well researched. Her writing is so descriptive you will feel that you are right there in Northern Ireland with Pamela, Casey, Pat & Jamie. I gave the book 5 stars, for both the story and the narration, but I really wanted to give it more stars. Let's say it's a 5+ for sure. I loved this Audible book and I think you will too.
Wow, just wow!!
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Finding that I am like that at times, I stuck with it. Though a fictional story, I was thrust into the world of Ireland. Catholics v Protestants ...strife, prejudice, injustice and violence of its history, not unlike what we are going through now in the U.S. with BLM.
But the voice of the narrator’s lovely lilt egged me on to keep listening. I was hooked but the underlying violence turned me off at times. However there were many glimpses of tenderness and often quoted Irish poets of long ago.
I did keep on nonetheless but it was not the “cozy, happy story” I was searching for, this story was quite on the heavy side. Oh, well. It was a good listen at any rate.
Not what I expected
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LOVED This Book
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Loved every minute of it!
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While anxiously and patiently (yes, it's possible!) awaiting the next n the series I had the opportunity to download this unabridged version and enjoyed revisiting the beginning of the series.
I read fairly fast, and tend to gulp books down without chewing (so to speak). Listening to a book, however, enables me to slow down and really grasp all the nooks and crannies, the nuance, the flavor.
Preferring descriptive writers, I have been enormously satisfied to crawl into this book and live there for a time.
As the characters became known to me I became invested in them. At times I've wanted to slap them silly, warn them, comfort them or even offer advice. I've never felt that way about a fictional character before, just been a passive observer. Perhaps it is in part the most excellent narration by Gary Furlong, someone I've never listened to before. It's unbelievable that a man can so distinctively narrate so many different characters. I've had no problem keeping the dialog straight in my mind so far as who was whom in the conversations.
Politics in novels has not thrilled me in the past, and my knowledge of Irish politics was next to nothing. Only vague memories of the bombings in London in the mid 1970's. This book got my curiosity whetted and I've done some further non-fiction reading since.
Like any long and descriptive book, there were a few parts that didn't light my fire, but in all fairness I can say that about Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, and also Mary Stewart's Crystal Cave series, two favorites of mine.
That an indie writer is even comparible to a mainstream author is testimony to her talent. I hope to see much more of Cindy Brandner, and hear much more of Gary Furlong.
A remarkable story, a great reading.
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Breathless was a story told of history and love.
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At long last!
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Wonderful work of historical fiction!
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Beautiful prose in a story of harsh realities and the relentlessness of the human spirit
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