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The Kashmir Shawl
- Narrated by: Nerys Hughes
- Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins
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Summary
1939: Nerys Watkins leaves rural Wales to accompany her husband on a missionary posting to India. Travelling from lonely Ladakh, high in the Himalayas, Nerys discovers a new world in the city of Srinagar.
Here, in the exquisite heart of Kashmir, the British live on carved wooden houseboats and dance, flirt and gossip as if there is no war. But the battles draw ever closer. Nerys is caught up in a dangerous friendship, and by the time she is reunited with her husband, the innocent Welsh bride has become a different woman.
Years later, when Mair Ellis clears out her father’s house, she finds an exquisite antique shawl which holds a lock of child’s hair. Tracing her grandparents’ roots back to Kashmir, Mair embarks on a quest that will change her life forever.
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- Talland
- 12-02-17
Grows into delightful read
A gentle paced book, took awhile to engage me, but, worth persevering. And Beautifully narrated.
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- Woodshak
- 25-07-19
Slow
Tried several times to listen to this book but even after restarting it 3 times i had to give in as i just could not get into it. Gave up by Chapter 6. Such a shame as I usually love Rosie Thomas's books. Dare I say I found it boring.
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- LHL
- 19-04-15
Brilliant
It took me a while to get into this book but then I was hooked! Want to visit Kashmir now. Great storyline.
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- Elma
- 24-01-18
Romantic story set in India
Lovely descriptions of India set originaly in the 1940s. Easy read. Some intrigue and mystery.
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- Jeanette M Eades
- 22-05-16
Brilliant
An excellent story brilliantly narrated . I enjoyed this immensely. Would strongly recommend this to everyone.
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- Emma
- 16-03-18
Disappointing
I expected some surprise twist at the end but it was totally predictable. Drawn out
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- SHEILA
- 15-11-17
Very disjointed story
This is the first I have read by this author. I did not feel there was any flow to book. Part of it were well written, but others were just boring and drawn out.
Too many coincidences to make it believable.
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- debstar
- 09-02-16
Atmospheric
Where does The Kashmir Shawl rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
A great listen, the story is interwoven through the generations and all comes together at the end. I reminds us of the importance of history and how it affects our lives and of those who follow, great job by the narrator too.
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- lizzie
- 13-10-15
Interesting and enjoyable
If you could sum up The Kashmir Shawl in three words, what would they be?
different believable interesting
Who was your favorite character and why?
several of the characters are well drawn and interact well with one another several female characters are strongly drawn
Which scene did you most enjoy?
several too numerous to pick out one If I had to choose one it is where the child escapes from Ravi
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
no but it includes lots of cultural and historical issues
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- Debbie
- 19-09-17
An amazing story
I was happy to give this book a five star rating as the story is really sweet and quite intricate. I like books that have and amount of truth and honesty about them and the story sounds very closable as well as being fantastic at the same time. I don't want to spoil the ending but I would love to have seen two of the characters meeting but I suppose this is part of the appeal that they didn't. Enjoy it.
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