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To Capture What We Cannot Keep
- A Novel
- By: Beatrice Colin
- Narrated by: Polly Stone
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 204
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Story4 out of 5 stars 182
In February 1887, Caitriona Wallace and Émile Nouguier meet in a hot air balloon, floating high above Paris—a moment of pure possibility. But back on firm ground, their vastly different social strata become clear. Cait is a widow who because of her precarious financial situation is forced to chaperone two wealthy Scottish charges. Émile is expected to take on the bourgeois stability of his family's business and choose a suitable wife. As the Eiffel Tower rises, a marvel of steel and air and light, the subject of extreme controversy and a symbol of the future, Cait and Émile must decide what their love is worth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it!
- By Suzanne Kelman on 05-25-17
- To Capture What We Cannot Keep
- A Novel
- By: Beatrice Colin
- Narrated by: Polly Stone
Interesting time period
Reviewed: 05-06-17
Story was a little slow. Characters had more inner thoughts and not enough dialogue with each other.
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The Chaperone
- By: Laura Moriarty
- Narrated by: Elizabeth McGovern
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,453
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,914
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,902
> The Chaperone is a captivating novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in 1922, and the summer that would change them both. Only a few years before becoming a famous actress and an icon for her generation, a 15-year-old Louise Brooks leaves Wichita to make it big in New York. Much to her annoyance, she is accompanied by a thirty-six-year-old chaperone who is neither mother nor friend. Cora Carlisle is a complicated but traditional woman with her own reasons for making the trip.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfection.
- By Amanda on 06-07-12
- The Chaperone
- By: Laura Moriarty
- Narrated by: Elizabeth McGovern
Unusual story for the time period.
Reviewed: 10-02-12
Would you listen to The Chaperone again? Why?
Yes. The main character was interesting and there were so many details that one could miss in the first listen. I liked that even though her supposed peers were very opinionated, she questioned everything they said. She has a secret that isn't revealed until much later in the story.
What about Elizabeth McGovern’s performance did you like?
Her voice and the midwestern accent that came across.
If you could take any character from The Chaperone out to dinner, who would it be and why?
Cora. I would like to ask her how she was able to come to terms with the hand she was dealt in life and her marriage. I would also like to know why she was so interested in Louise Brooks, who seem spoiled and obnoxious. I am not sure if the story she told about her childhood was real or made up, she was an actress and I think she may have told Cora that story to gain her sympathy. Although if it was true, it would explain why she was so careless of her own wellbeing. Very complex issues for the time and setting.
Any additional comments?
This story had a lot of surprises in it as well as a well thought out ending.
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