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A Train in Winter
- Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
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Summary
In Paris, January 1943, 230 French women resisters were rounded up and sent on a train to Auschwitz - the only train, in the four years of the German occupation, to take women of the resistance to a death camp. The youngest was a schoolgirl of 15, the eldest a farmer’s wife of 68; there were among them teachers, biochemists, sales girls, secretaries, housewives and university lecturers. The women turned to one another, finding solace and strength in friendship and shared experience. Forty-nine of them came home.
Drawing on interviews with survivors and their families, on archival research and original sources, A Train in Winter covers a harrowing part of our history but is, ultimately, a portrait of ordinary people, of bravery and endurance.
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- Carol
- 17-06-15
Gripping account of the struggle to survive
Would you listen to A Train in Winter again? Why?
I would recommend the book to anyone interested in the impact of war on ordinary people, or the history of France in a period that still remains surrounded by some taboos. It is important that details be included in any account even though some make for difficult listening. The book was moving and inspiring in its description of human endurance and above all the importance and strength of such an ordinary experience as friendship in such extraordinary circumstances.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
The narrator's tone of voice was not entirely attractive to listen to and I cannot understand why more care isn't taken to find a narrator who can pronounce French properly when it is so pre-eminent in the narrative. Even the most common names were completely mangled by this narrator - more than a little irritating.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Many.
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- R J Moore
- 12-02-17
Women of Extreme Courage
Where does A Train in Winter rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
One of the most interesting.
Any additional comments?
A compelling story you can't help but follow to it's end.
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-12-21
Interesting story
I was aware of the authors style and the content was extremely enlightening but not really suited to audible, as you would really like to see images of these remarkable women which I'm sure the print will have.
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- Richie279655
- 27-07-15
A very good and well researched book
It was as if you were there going through their life's traumas.
A very realistic account of there lives.
So very sad.
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- SG
- 15-08-17
Devastating
Would you listen to A Train in Winter again? Why?
I might try to listen to it again, but the subject matter is so hard to deal with that it parts of it will be a struggle to bear.
What aspect of Patience Tomlinson’s performance might you have changed?
Whilst her performance is good and measured, her French pronunciation is often excrutiatingly bad. Why wasn't this checked by a native French speaker? To pronounce 'soeur' as 'sueur' (sweat) for instance is just plain wrong, and there are many more.
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- Christina
- 28-12-22
Not to my taste
Narrator not the greatest made it sound boring and put me off from first chapter.
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