While Beauty Slept, Elizabeth Blackwell
While Beauty Slept, Elizabeth Blackwell
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While Beauty Slept

Author: Elizabeth Blackwell

Narrator: Wanda McCaddon

Unabridged: 12 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/20/2014


Synopsis

I am not the sort of person about whom stories are told.

And so begins Elise Dalriss's story. When she hears her great-granddaughter recount a minstrel's tale about a beautiful princess asleep in a tower, it pushes open a door to the past, a door Elise has long kept locked. For Elise was the companion to the real princess who slumbered—and she is the only one left who knows what actually happened so many years ago. Her story unveils a labyrinth where secrets connect to an inconceivable evil. As only Elise understands all too well, the truth is no fairy tale...

About Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell works as a freelance writer. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Ladies' Home Journal, Parenting, and the Chicago Tribune, among other publications. She is also the author of the romance novels The Letter and The House of Secrets. Elizabeth lives in the Chicago suburbs with her family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Beatriz

Una novela que disfruté muchísimo, aunque no era lo que esperaba. Definitivamente, influye en las expectativas el hecho de que sea presentada como un retelling de La Bella Durmiente, sumado a su hermosa (pero poco representativa) portada. Por explicarlo de algún modo, la narrativa e hilo conductor se......more

Goodreads review by Robin

I love fairy tale re-imaginings. I like seeing how a story teller can take core elements and then make it into something entirely new and entertaining. I really didn’t like this re-imagining as it really wasn’t one. What I expected was more along the lines of or But what I got was The stor......more

Goodreads review by Noelle

Imagine you're a 17-year-old girl, and you're telling an old lady's life story. But you're telling it from your perspective, like you're 65 years old. That's what this book is like. It's told from the perspective of an old woman, but she remembers all the tiny details of the story as if it all is ha......more