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Villa on the Riviera

Yazan: Elizabeth Edmondson
Seslendiren: Nicolette McKenzie
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Absorbing and escapist, The Villa on the Riviera is perfect summer listening for fans of Rachel Hore and Santa Montefiore.

Polly Smith is struggling to make a living as an artist when her friend and patron, Oliver, invites her to the south of France. But her world is unexpectedly turned upside down when she digs out her birth certificate to apply for a passport. Her parents are not who she believed them to be - even her name is different.

Fleeing to the Riviera, Polly finds that the serenity and sunshine brings her art to life as never before. But all is not well in the grand house. Oliver's father was forced to leave England in a cloud of scandal and his past is about to catch up with him. And Polly's own future begins to take on a new and fascinating shape....

The perfect listen for fans of The Villa and Summer's Child, this is a beguiling and evocative tale that will transport you away to the Riviera itself.

©2015 Elzabeth Edmondson (P)2015 Audible, Ltd Family Life Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Kadın Kurgu Kurgu Urban Komik İyi Hissettiren
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The story is ridiculous, and yet I was still committed to the end. I think this was because I had pretty much guessed the way the various threads would lead to the denouement and I wanted to see if I was right (I was, you will be too, once you are 25% in) - but also, I was keen to see how many ludicrous coincidences could be shoe-horned into one 14 hour long listen.

The start is deadly slow, the end is a mad rush of hugely improbable events, all piled up in a heap in the last 5% of the book. And yet, I kept going. It was weirdly addictive; though in the last 1/3rd, as each new coincidence was unveiled, I actually had to laugh out loud - too silly. I also completely failed to see why the main character didn't just tell everyone who needed to know about her real identity once she herself found out - not a spoiler as this is very early on.

I admire the narrator's resilience. She did her best with some grim lines and deadly characters, chiefly the main one, and the Enid Blyton style school girl she conjured was light relief.

Absurd! But I still Carried on

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Really enjoyed this book, good characterisation. Well read. Takes you to the time and place.

Good book.

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Slow starting but once she arrives in France it takes off as who she is unravells.

Polly Smith's isn't who she thought she was...

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Easy to listen to, and easy to return to. I enjoy this sort of story, and will search for a similar title.

Villa on the Reviera

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this has a wonderful story. i would never have guessed who Polly's dad was.

wonderful read

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