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- S. Reader
- 10-10-17
beautifully done
loved everything. The story, the narrator, everything. Susanna Kearsley writes the most beautiful stories.
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- Vicky
- 02-06-14
Good story, sloppy editing
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The story itself is a fun listen, but in almost every chapter there is an editing mistake where the narrator will say the same sentence twice in different intonations. A couple of times it was clear that she had read the sentence incorrectly and had to do it again. Other than that it is a good summer listen.