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    To Capture What We Cannot Keep: A Novel
    To Capture What We Cannot Keep: A Novel
    To Capture What We Cannot Keep: A Novel
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    To Capture What We Cannot Keep: A Novel

    Written by Beatrice Colin

    Narrated by Polly Stone

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    Set against the construction of the Eiffel Tower, this novel charts the relationship between a young widow and an engineer who, despite constraints of class and wealth, fall in love.

    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.

    Seamlessly weaving historical detail and vivid invention, Beatrice Colin evokes the revolutionary time in which Cait and Émile live--one of corsets and secret trysts, duels and Bohemian independence, strict tradition and Impressionist experimentation. To Capture What We Cannot Keep, stylish, provocative, and shimmering, raises probing questions about a woman's place in that world, the overarching reach of class distinctions, and the sacrifices love requires of us all.

    Polly Stone, who was praised for her use of French accents in her reading of The Nightingale, will bring the same talent to her narration of To Capture What We Cannot Keep.

    "Stone's French accents add authenticity and a sense of place to her reading." -AudioFile on The Nightingale

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateNov 29, 2016
    ISBN9781427272881
    Author

    Beatrice Colin

    Beatrice Colin is the bestselling author of The Glimmer Palace (US title)/The Luminous Life of Lily Aphrodite (UK title), which was a Richard and Judy best read of 2009. She lives in Glasgow, Scotland.

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      I really enjoyed it, it was nice to have a glance in the past. I love Paris so it brought a lot of fond memories to hear how it used to be. Overall I liked the characters, how it wasn't all black and white. They all had their flaws and quirks and it made it more believable.