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The Dust That Falls from Dreams
- Narrated by: Avita Jay, David Sibley
- Length: 17 hrs and 27 mins
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Summary
In the brief golden years of King Edward VII's reign, Rosie McCosh and her three very different sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent, with their neighbours the Pitt boys on one side and the Pendennis boys on the other. But their days of childhood adventure are shadowed by the approach of war that will engulf them on the cusp of adulthood.
When the boys end up scattered along the Western Front, Rosie faces the challenges of life for those left behind. Confused by her love for two young men - one an infantry soldier and one a flying ace - she has to navigate her way through extraordinary times. Can she and her sisters build new lives out of the opportunities and devastations that follow the Great War?
Louis de Bernières' magnificent and moving novel follows the lives of an unforgettable cast of characters as they strike out to seek what happiness can be built from the ruins of the old world.
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- Wras
- 29-07-15
Edwardian England painted in a romantic canvas
The first of a planned trilogy of novels, Starts with the death of Queen Victoria and the start of the reign of the King Edward. We meet the characters of this story at a coronation party in the garden of Mr and Mrs Hamilton McCosh of Eltham and their four daughters, Rosie, Christabel, Ottilie and Sophie. The American Pendennis boys, Sidney, Albert and Ashbridge, the Pitts, Daniel and Archie, others will join the story but here is the backbone, we see them grow, love, go to war, suffer and rejoice in life. this is a family saga of epic scale. all the character are likable people that confront life the best they can, there is no twisted evil characters the war and empire produce enough sorrow to compensate in that department.
The stories seem and feel like personal anecdotes of Bernières family, and he has confirmed this. some of the events are described by the author, others through diaries and the characters themselves. This works like a good conversation, we see small details like families worrying about the rain or cold when they know their boys are in trenches, the guilt of not being there with them; of forgetting a prayer.
This is the story of a good family in a terrible period, the plot is the events in their lives and their struggles to live good lives, a simple and beautiful desires that is hard to attain. My only negative is that at times the romantic sweetness is too much :but that probably is because I am a little jaded.
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- Helen Hoad
- 16-10-20
Is this by the same Louis de Bernières??
Can’t believe this book was written by the same man who wrote Birds Without Wings etc. Story plods along, characters feel very flat (not overly helped by very average narration). Got to half way having persevered and then gave up. Very disappointed as I have devoured all of his previous novels.
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- Amanda Griffiths
- 03-10-17
Not as good as birds without wings!
I enjoyed the book but the ending was disappointingly "flat" and veered off unexpectedly. It painted the effects of the horror and futility of war to the average person very well.
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- Parksparker
- 18-06-18
Read it!
Absolutely loved this book, I cried and I laughed out loud. Beautiful and believable characters
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- Kindle Customer
- 05-07-18
Excellent
Gentle story that was captivating. Well read just at the right place. Characterization excellent, drew the listener into the family.
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- Alex Marsh
- 12-01-19
Immersive family saga
A relatively gentle but long and immersive saga that follows a family from pre-first world war utopia to the war itself and its aftermath. Cynics may find it saccharine in places but I loved it.
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- Judi Knight
- 21-08-22
Wow!!
What a beautiful and moving story. Fabulous narration - my book of the year - thank you Louis, Anita and David - you should all be incredibly proud!
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- S Henderson
- 17-03-18
Wonderful
I enjoyed this book enormously. So much to think about. So much I didn’t know. I’m sure I will listen to this book many times.
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- J. Campbell
- 28-06-20
If you like history books you may like this
I have loved all de Bernieres books before partic the Latin trilogy but I wouldn’t have kept going with this if reading it. I know it’s supposed to be of it’s time but the way the views are written just jars too much in a modern age. There is so much to like here, characters and the writing but it’s so lengthy in places it becomes dull. It often seems as though it’s to show off the clearly vast research that has gone into the story rather than to move the story on. I’d have preferred that to inform the story and have as background rather than take such centre stage. The characters are fun but I needed to them like them or feel empathy for them more than I did.
I kept comparing to Kate Atkinson WW2 novels which just hit the mark more.
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- Stephanie White
- 30-06-18
Beautifully read. Beautifully written
Written in great detail, this epic book is wonderful to listen to as the reader is brilliant.
It made me laugh, brought me to tears and was greatly thought provoking.
I couldn’t want more from a book.
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