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Where My Heart Used to Beat
- Narrated by: David Sibley
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
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Summary
"You don't live the life I have without making some enemies."
Having accepted a strange but intriguing invitation to a French island, psychiatrist Robert Hendricks meets the man who has commissioned him to write a biography. But his subject seems more interested in finding out about Robert's past than he does in revealing his own.
For years, Robert has refused to discuss his past. After the war was over, he refused to go to reunions, believing in some way that denying the killing and the deaths of his friends and fellow soldiers, would mean he wouldn't be defined by the experience. Suddenly, he can't keep the memories from overtaking him. But can he trust his memories and can we believe what other people tell us about theirs?
Moving between the present and the past, between France and Italy, New York and London, this is a powerful story about love and war, memory and desire, the relationship between the body and the mind. Compelling and full of suspense, Where My Heart Used to Beat is a tender, brutal and thoughtful portrait of a man and a century, which asks whether, given the carnage we've witnessed and inflicted over the past 100 years, people can ever be the same?
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- michael j jones
- 25-11-15
A beautifully written novel.
Would you consider the audio edition of Where My Heart Used to Beat to be better than the print version?
Faulks is a brilliant writer and I'm sure that the print version would be just as enjoyable to read as the audio version was to listen to. I have read a few of Faulks' novels and enjoyed them nearly as much as the audio version.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Where My Heart Used to Beat?
I enjoyed the whole fascinating story. It was a pleasure to try and guess where the twists and turns of the plot were leading.
What about David Sibley’s performance did you like?
It was well read and easy to follow. I would guess that David Sibley enjoyed reading it.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes, I found it difficult to stop listening, but life goes on back in the big bad world.
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- holly bird
- 22-10-15
Engaging Story
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I very much enjoyed listening to this book as Sebastian Faulks never fails to deliver. But can you really believe that two intelligent, strong individuals, (spoiler following) who are madly, deeply in love could lose each other so easily, and not put in a supreme effort to seek and search each other out, when the time was appropriate? I found it hard to believe, and a great deal of the book centers around this affair de l'amour.
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- Mark
- 02-09-16
Heartbreaking and Beautiful
This is an original and profoundly moving novel that moved me emotionally in ways I had not thought possible. I urge everyone to experience this book which is everything a great novel should be. The reading is flawless.
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- Jude B
- 25-03-17
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this is a very moving and intriguing story could not stop listening highly recommended ..
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- R. Davies
- 18-02-16
Great read. Marvellous story.
A book that includes the sad tales of both world wars, exposes the shameful psychiatric services of the early twentieth century, but has romance and depth is a great achievement.
Descriptively astonishing and complex.
Some of the medical references were not perfect IMHO
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- DartmoorDiva
- 07-03-21
Enthralling and moving
What an engrossing novel beautifully written and well-read, I had not foreseen some of the revelations at the end and, after I'd finished listening, sat for a long time reflecting on it. I felt incredibly moved by it.
I have only one complaint - why do the producers, editors, or whoever, not listen to the recordings right through? Near the end of Chapter 15 is an interruption, where the narrator stops and speaks out of character, to re-records something - it completely broke the spell! This seems to occur quite often in audiobooks and it's irritating and unprofessional. I'm just glad it wasn't in the final chapter or it might have completely ruined the experience.
Other than that, a fabulous listen.
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- DC
- 17-06-20
A magnificent and heart rending story
This book speaks of the angst of the two world wars, of love and friendship and sadness and loss
It is an affecting story and one of Sebastian Faulks best. I did not want it to finish
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- Boledylocks
- 11-12-16
Heartrending. Great story. Ultimately bleak.
I love Faulks's books. Frugal, yet wordy. Bright with hope; ultimately grey with dispair. Life as it is truly lived.
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- L. Hamilton-white
- 29-09-16
Journey through wartime generations
Sebastian Faulks captures beautifully the wounds to the heart and soul which can transmit themselves through the generations forming a deep unconscious connection and a sense of calling. The language and finely crafted descriptions bring the worlds of War and survival in battle and in postwar Britain alive aided also by the reading of David Sibley.
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- Amanda
- 14-04-17
A very well written and poignant story
This is a well written and intelligent book that is well crafted and full of "meat". The story flits from the first world war to the second and to the present, and builds on these experiences of the main character. It is sad and sometimes funny and occasionally a little implausible, but has you gripped to the end. However, the end is very abrupt but leaves you understanding so much about the characters and their motivations and brings the whole story together. A very good read that gets you thinking!
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