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We That Are Left

By: Clare Clark
Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
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It is 1910. Jessica and Phyllis Melville have grown up at Ellinghurst, their family estate. A headstrong beauty, Jessica longs for London - the glitter and glamor of debutante life - while bookish Phyllis dreams in vain of attending the university. Neither girl questions that it is Theo, their adored brother, whom their mother loves best. Theo eclipses everyone around him, including the diffident Oskar Grunewald, who is a frequent visitor to Ellinghurst.

Fascinated by the house but alternately tormented and ignored by the Melville children, Oskar seeks refuge in Ellinghurst's enormous library. Over the next decade, as the Great War devastates and reshapes their world, the sisters come of age in a country unrecognizable from the idylls of their youth. As they struggle to forge new paths in a world that no longer plays by the old rules, Oskar's life becomes entwined with theirs once again, in ways that will change all of their futures forever.

©2015 Clare Clark (P)2015 Tantor Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction War

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"Vivid, layered, and provocative period drama about the trade-offs of backing tradition versus letting go." ( Kirkus)

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Very worthwhile but could have chosen a better narrator

Great novel - shame about the narrator - his mispronunciations jarred & he just felt wrong for the very English scenario that this book captures.

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