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Tall Chimneys

One Woman, One House, One Hundred Years

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Tall Chimneys

By: Allie Cresswell
Narrated by: Danielle Cohen
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This British family saga has been awarded a silver medal in the prestigious Readers’ Favorite Book Awards.

Considered a troublesome burden, Evelyn Talbot is banished by her family to their remote country house in Yorkshire. Tall Chimneys is hidden in a damp and gloomy hollow. It is outmoded and inconvenient, but Evelyn is determined to save it from the fate of so many stately homes at the time - abandonment or demolition.

Occasional echoes of tumult in the wider world reach their sequestered backwater - the strident cries of political extremists, a furore of royal scandal, rumblings of the European war machine. But their isolated spot seems largely untouched.

At times life is hard - little more than survival. At times it feels enchanted, almost outside of time itself.

The woman and the house shore each other up - until love comes calling, threatening to pull them asunder. Her desertion will spell its demise, but saving Tall Chimneys could mean sacrificing her hope for happiness, even sacrificing herself.

A century later, a distant relative crosses the globe to find the house of his ancestors. What he finds in the strange depression of the moor could change the course of his life forever.

One woman, one house, 100 years.

©2017 Allie Cresswell (P)2018 Allie Cresswell 20th Century Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance War
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Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book. It was well narrated and easy to lose yourself and get absorbed in the story. The main character is likeable and Tall Trees steals your heart. Looking forward to listening to more from Allie Creswell.

Disclaimer: "I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review."

An easy enjoyable listen

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Tall Chimneys is a beautiful story that is easy to listen to. I thoroughly enjoyed it and found the plot enchanting. I could really imagine the scenes and found the historical references in the book fascinating along with learning how people lived in previous times. Simply put it was brilliant.

Easy to listen to with a great plot

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This was a long laboured book. The descriptions and language used was tedious. The characters had no depth and historically was wrong (Leeds did not suffer serious bombing during WW2).
I doubt I will read anything by this author again

Disappointing

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