Arlette's Story

Name: Arlette's Story
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Angela Barton
ISBN: 9781407980096

Author: Angela Barton

Narrator: Charlotte Strevens

Unabridged: 9 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 04/01/2019

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

When Arlette Blaise sees a German plane fly over the family farm in 1940, she’s comforted by the fact that the occupying forces are far away in the north of the country. Surely the war will not reach her family in the idyllic French countryside near to the small town of Oradour-sur-Glane? But then Saul Epstein, a young Jewish man driven from his home by the Nazis, arrives at the farm and Arlette begins to realise that her peaceful existence might be gone for good…

Reviews

Goodreads review by Donna

[URL not allowed] This is an absolutely gorgeous story! The writing this book made the story really special. It is a brilliantly woven tale that takes you through a full range of emotions. It really helps to justice to a well researched and well thought out story that will play......more

Goodreads review by Bev

Many thanks to #NetGalley and the Choc Lit & Ruby Team for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. I was drawn to this novel by it’s cover art which spoke to me of war. Arlette’s Story is set in a small village in France which is located near the town of Oradour-sur-Glane. Th......more

Goodreads review by Alison

Just stop a moment and absorb the exquisite cover, poppies are always so poignant, the image of a girl standing alone amidst the flowers just spoke to me and urged me to read Arlette’s Story. Set in World War 2 the threat of invasion is filling the hearts of those in the South of France with fear. Ar......more