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    The Flowers of the Field
    The Flowers of the Field
    The Flowers of the Field
    Audiobook28 hours

    The Flowers of the Field

    Written by Sarah Harrison

    Narrated by Gabrielle Glaister

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    About this audiobook

    Thea Tennant, eldest daughter of a wealthy family, yearns to do more with her life. When her beautiful but flighty sister Dulcie brings trouble to the family, both Thea and Dulcie are sent to relatives in Austria. But with the onset of War, their lives change beyond recognition. It isn't just the Tennants whose lives have changed: for their parlour maid, Primmy, the War brings opportunities she is determined to take.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateFeb 5, 2015
    ISBN9781471285028
    The Flowers of the Field
    Author

    Sarah Harrison

    Sarah Harrison is the author of more than twenty novels including the international bestsellers Flowers of the Field and A Flower That’s Free. She has also written several children’s books, short stories, articles and scripts.

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      A stonking family saga set during the First World War, prettily repackaged in time for the 100th anniversary this year. I must admit, I fell for the pretty cover and didn't really check the publication date, but mostly enjoyed the epic story and extended cast of characters anyway. Younger sister Dulcie, of the 'charm and style', 'optimism and joie de vivre', was irritating and wholly unconvincing, especially in Paris, but long-suffering Thea (whose name continually morphed into 'they' and 'there' while reading), blustering Ralph and the quietly determined Maurice, made up for her forced personality. In fact, Thea and Dulcie reminded me of a very un-Austen like Elinor and Marianne - or, keeping everything on a level, Beatrice and Evangeline, from the House of Eliott! In any novel about the war, however, the characters are only really there to bring the very real suffering and grief to life for the reader, and the soap opera subplots must necessarily take second place. Harrison describes the horrors of fighting and nursing on the Front with vivid yet poignant clarity, balancing the violence and gore with human fears and despair. 'Ghosts, all ghosts, who had started out as men with some notion of patriotism, however paltry and misguided, but had now crossed to the other side where there wasn't a single thing for a fellow to hang on to.'I really felt for all the characters - apart from Dulcie - and even though most of the developments were telegraphed early, and all the happy endings unlikely, I gladly suffered the wrist strain - from reading an actual book - and hours lost to survive the war with them.