The Runaway Wife, Elizabeth Birkelund
The Runaway Wife, Elizabeth Birkelund
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The Runaway Wife
A Novel

Author: Elizabeth Birkelund

Narrator: Joseph Bouvot

Unabridged: 6 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/12/2016

Synopsis

Three beautiful French sisters entrust an American hiker with the mission of rescuing their mother high in the Alps.  But what if she doesn’t want to be found? Recently fired from his high-power finance job and dumped by his fiancée, Jim Olsen has come to the Swiss Alps to clear his head. At the charming Cabane des Audannes, he meets Clio, Thalia and Helene Castellane, who are on a quest of their own: their mother, Calliope, has fled to these mountains to escape her philandering politician husband’s most recent scandal. As snow threatens to descend upon the Alps, the women have come to bring their mother home.But the sisters are at the point of surrender; it is time for them to return to Paris. Buoyed by wine and inspired by their beauty, Jim impetuously volunteers to assume their search, but soon realizes that he is in over his head. The Alps are filled with beauty and danger, not the least of which is Calliope’s desire to stay hidden. And all the while Jim finds himself haunted by the memory of her daughters and conflicted in his desire for them.The Runaway Wife is a story of adventure, survival, and romance—and of a man’s discovery of a world outside his conventional life and a new vision of himself within it.

About Elizabeth Birkelund

Elizabeth Birkelund is the author of one other French-inspired novel, The Dressmaker. As a freelance magazine journalist, Elizabeth was the personal finance columnist for Cosmopolitan and wrote for more than fifteen years for Working Woman, Self, and Glamour, among other publications. She lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader

The premise of this was absolutely fascinating, but the execution fell just a little flat for me. More to come once I think about it more. Thanks to Caryn, The Book Whisperer, for the book. :)......more

Goodreads review by DJ

Favorite Quotes: Whose breathing did he hear... How amazing it was to be privy to a stranger's sleep, something that belonged solely to that person. Sleep was not a break from life's continual sweep. In it, you were still living life, seeing things you would never see come morning, and it could age y......more

Goodreads review by Meg - A Bookish Affair

"The Runaway Wife" is the story of Jim, a man who is down on his luck. He travels to the Swiss Alps with his friend to simply relax and find some peace of mind. It's not to be when he gets roped in to finding the mother of three women that he meets. But maybe Calliope doesn't want to be found? This......more

Goodreads review by Chana

Hiking heals. Our main character is a 30-ish American man, recently dumped by both his fiancee and his job. Life hurts! He and a friend take a vacation hiking in the Alps, help our guy walk it off, leave the pain behind and get ready to begin the life struggle once again. Maybe such a hike can never......more

Goodreads review by Glen

I won this novel in a goodreads drawing. It's something of an allegorical romance, as a guy who recently broke up with his fiance is hiking in the Alps, where he meets some good looking women who ask him to find their mother. He goes, has his epiphany, and starts a relationship with one of the daughte......more

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