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| Title | : | The Snow Gypsy |
| Author | : | Lindsay Ashford |
| Book Format | : | Audio CD |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 156 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 2019 by Brilliance Audio |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. War. Cultural. Spain. World War II. Business. Amazon |
Lindsay Ashford
Audio CD | Pages: 156 pages Rating: 4.01 | 13637 Users | 1002 Reviews
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From the bestselling author of The Woman on the Orient Express comes a haunting novel of two women—one determined to uncover the past and the other determined to escape it. At the close of World War II, London is in ruins and Rose Daniel isn’t at peace. Eight years ago, her brother disappeared while fighting alongside Gypsy partisans in Spain. From his letters, Rose has just two clues to his whereabouts—his descriptions of the spectacular south slopes of the Sierra Nevada and his love for a woman who was carrying his child. In Spain, it has been eight years since Lola Aragon’s family was massacred. Eight years since she rescued a newborn girl from the arms of her dying mother and ran for her life. She has always believed that nothing could make her return…until a plea for help comes from a desperate stranger. Now, Rose, Lola, and the child set out on a journey from the wild marshes of the Camargue to the dazzling peaks of Spain’s ancient mountain communities. As they come face-to-face with war’s darkest truths, their lives will be changed forever by memories, secrets, and friendships.
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| ISBN: | 1721333355 (ISBN13: 9781721333356) |
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GNAB This is an exciting story, told very well. We see Spain and her people through the eyes of Rose Daniel, a Jewish English woman borne of a Turkish father and French mother. Rose and her Afghan hound Gunesh spend time in 1936 in and around a gypsy encampment near her home in England, picking up a bit of the language and beginning to understand the lifestyle of the gypsy clans who traveled through her homeland. Separated by prep schooling and her higher education, a degree in Veterinary
Non spoiler:Very descriptive but not overly captivating... some of the imagery was really beautiful and I enjoyed the first half of the book immensely, especially leading up to and right after her arrival at the fiesta.Quasi-Spoiler:About halfway through I found myself skipping over the descriptions to get to the meat of the story. I had such high hopes for love to win, for forgiveness to triumph, for our character Rose to grow. She didn't necessarily need to stay with her man, but I think it
A very good story, well written, interesting characters. The big turn off for me was the never ending references to animals being used as resources - as a normalized practice. The protagonist was supposed to be an animal lover, but she seemed to have had no reservations whatsoever when it came to exploiting nonhumans for food, clothing, entertainment or labor.
It was a slog. There were good parts but they were few and far between and the end was abrupt and didn't fit with the rest of the narrative. It rambled and lacked a unifying theme. I felt like it was rambling around and unsure of what it really wanted to be.
I had the privilege of making The Snow Gypsy by Lindsay Jayne Ashford my first read for 2019, and way to start with a bang! Excellent book!! This story follows English veterinarian Rose Daniel on her journey through France and Spain on a quest to finally solve the mystery of her brother's disappearance. The last letter she received from him in 1938 spoke of the need to escape from the little mountain village in southern Spain, and then not another word. The beautiful scenery, endearing
4-4.5 starsI received this book from Amazon First Reads and it sat on my shelf for many months before I decided I would read it during Historical Fiction month. This book mostly covers the time after the Spanish Civil War, but it carries us to the present (2001). I knew nothing about the time period, and much of the locations in this book were completely unknown to me. I thought the author did a great job of painting a picture of both the beauty of the area and the ugliness of the suspicion,
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