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  • The Sea Before Us

  • Sunrise at Normandy Series, Book 1
  • By: Sarah Sundin
  • Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
  • Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (206 ratings)

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The Sea Before Us

By: Sarah Sundin
Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
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In 1944, American naval officer Lt. Wyatt Paxton arrives in London to prepare for the Allied invasion of France. He works closely with Dorothy Fairfax, a "Wren" in the Women's Royal Naval Service. Dorothy pieces together reconnaissance photographs with thousands of holiday snapshots of France - including those of her own family's summer home - in order to create accurate maps of Normandy. Maps that Wyatt will turn into naval bombardment plans.

As the two spend concentrated time together in the pressure cooker of war, their deepening friendship threatens to turn to love. Dorothy must resist its pull. Her bereaved father depends on her, and her heart already belongs to another man. Wyatt too has much to lose. The closer he gets to Dorothy, the more he fears his efforts to win the war will destroy everything she has ever loved. The tense days leading up to the monumental D-Day landing blaze to life under Sarah Sundin's practiced pen with this powerful new series.

©2018 Sarah Sundin (P)2018 Tantor
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Good story except when preachy

Great performance but forwarded through preachy parts . Other details were great in the story line

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awesome listening experience

I loved this book....it was absolutely inspiring...the narrator did a wonderful job bringing each character to life...she allowed the listener to feel what the characters were feeling.

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Love

I love the historical fiction plus the faith based additions. I really love this author's writing and can't wait to get more of her books!!

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Fantastic book!

Written in true Sundin style. I enjoyed this historical novel very much. 5 stars. Enjoy!

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Really well done historical romantic novel

Sarah Sundin effectively captures the readers imagination end emotions, and you live with the characters through the events she is writing about. I also really like that she chooses characters in relatively obscure roles and you learn very interesting information about WWII that you would not be found in regular history books,

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Lovely story

I felt like this one started slow but got better and better as it went. I’m glad I stuck it out.

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SOOO GOOD!!!

I wish I could give this one 6 stars! The characters are so real and their problems and growth natural. Narration superb with excellent Scottish and British accents and a pretty fair Texas drawl as well. One of the best audio books ever. I’m going to look for more Sarah Sundin books immediately!

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Strong Characters

The story was great and I thoroughly enjoyed listening. I love stories about World War II and the contributions of woman in addition to the experiences of men at war. This story also had romance and the importance of faith in God. Plan to read more novels by Sarah Sundin. Narrator was great, too.

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Too much religion

I was looking for a good story about D-Day and stumbled on this series. it was an interesting romantic story and I loved the narrator but too much romantic drama and not enough history for me but it was a good free place holder between credit required books so I'll read the next one too

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AMAZING!!

Amazing Story, Plot, Characters, and the best narration I have ever heard on audible!! Just Awesome!!

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