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The Amber Keeper

By: Freda Lightfoot
Narrated by: Susan Duerden
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After her mother's suicide, Abbie Myers returns home to the Lake District with her young child - and no wedding ring. Estranged from her turbulent family for many years, Abbie is heartbroken when she hears that they blame her for this tragedy.

Determined to uncover her mother's past, Abbie approaches her beloved grandmother, Millie, in search of answers. The old woman reveals the story of how she travelled to Russia in 1911 as a young governess and became caught up in the revolution.

As Abbie struggles to reconcile with her family, and to support herself and her child, she realizes that those long-ago events created aftershocks that threaten to upset the fragile peace she longs to create.

Set against the backdrops of the English Lake District in the 1960s and the upheavals of revolutionary Russia, The Amber Keeper is a sweeping tale of jealousy and revenge, reconciliation and forgiveness.

©2014 Freda Lightfoot (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Heartfelt

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loved this story a tale of two generations of women . The setting during the Russian revolution was very factually accurate.

Brilliantly Engrossing

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Story was OK but nearly gave up listening due to the terrible narration. It sounded as though she was reciting a shopping list most of the time.

Droning voice

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Such a shame. The story is great but the other reviews are correct, sorry to the reader but your accents are not the best and you have the same intonation in every sentence which is really annoying. I’m struggling on but not sure I’ll make the end purely because of the reading

Great story awful narration

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great book brings russia alive, characters are made very real enjoyed the book very much.

the Amber keeper

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If you could sum up The Amber Keeper in three words, what would they be?

Interesting, passionate, informative

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Irritating voice, poor use of inflexion, in fact very irritating and detracted from enjoying the book. I could not finish the book.

Good story, appaling narrator

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Loved the story but unfortunately was not keen on the narrator, quite a few mispronunciations - I do not normally complain but it was annoying.

Would listen to more of the Authors books.

Great story

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Narration difficult to listen to. The breathless over emphasis makes it sound like a parody.

Not my taste

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The story of Millie and her family, taking the listener from the lake district in the UK, to Russia and the aristocracy at the time of the Russian revolution. A compelling story of a young girl and her experiences as a governess. Delightfully narrated and of what one imagines could be the best and worst of aristocracy life. Relating the tale of love, companionship, deception, hardship duplicity and corruption.

A story covering three generations.

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Enjoyed the story listening to the audio. Brought alive the struggle of three generations of women with complex pasts. Each character was clearly defined but the only down side was the narrators aspirating the end of each sentence when no accent was involved.

Good listen

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story amazing reader got very annoying characters had same voices little change of tone voice

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