Lake Union Publishing The Storyteller of Casablanca
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In this evocative tale from the bestselling author of The Dressmaker’s Gift, a strange new city offers a young girl hope. Can it also offer a lost soul a second chance? Morocco, 1941. With France having fallen to Nazi occupation, twelve-year-old Josie has fled with her family to Casablanca, where they await safe passage to America. Life here is as intense as the sun, every sight, smell and sound overwhelming to the senses in a city filled with extraordinary characters. It’s a world away from the trouble back home―and Josie loves it. Seventy years later, another new arrival in the intoxicating port city, Zoe, is struggling―with her marriage, her baby daughter and her new life as an expat in an unfamiliar place. But when she discovers a small wooden box and a diary from the 1940s beneath the floorboards of her daughter’s bedroom, Zoe enters the inner world of young Josie, who once looked out on the same view of the Atlantic Ocean, but who knew a very different Casablanca. It’s not long before Zoe begins to see her adopted city through Josie’s eyes. But can a new perspective help her turn tragedy into hope, and find the comfort she needs to heal her broken heart?
| Dimensions | 12.9 x 2.54 x 19.81 cm |
| Isbn 10 | 1542032105 |
| Isbn 13 | 978-1542032100 |
| Item Weight | 1.05 Kilograms |
| Language | English |
| Print Length | 316 pages |
| Publication Date | 21 September 2021 |
| Publisher | Lake Union Publishing |
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Enjoyable read by excellent author
Excellent story based on true events.
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The ending ruins the entire story
Like so many books I have read lately, the story goes back & forth between WWII and a more current time - 2010. A crucial fact about a main character in 2010 is not disclosed until near the end & it is so farcical it ruins the story. The chapters relating to WWII are plausible.
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Great period piece
This was a real page turner! I highly recommend; you won’t be disappointed.
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The best book I've read in 2023
This was the first book I've read in 2023 and it's still the best one (I'm on book number 52 right now). I loved it and think about it often. I actually gifted it to someone as well.I since got few more books by the author but I'm scared to read them. Will they measure up? Will they make as much of an impression?I'm generally a cosy mystery kinda person, with occasional biography or a novel thrown in. I know what I like and I would never think I would like, let alone love, this book so much.This book was just a beautiful, sad, moving story. Well, multiple intertwined stories. Perfection. I haven't yet find a book to beat this one. Not even close.
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An Enjoyable Read
I really enjoyed this book. It tells the story of Josie a 12 year old who lived in Casablanca with her family in 1941 and Zoe a young woman who lived at the same address some 70 years later. I found Josie's character & story much more interesting than Zoe, who I thought was a bit pathetic, I found all that hand washing slightly annoying.I had recently read several "whodunnits" where the temptation is to read quickly to get to the point where you find out who the perpetrator is. With this book I could take my time, put the book down & dip in & out when I liked. I really liked Josie's character & I enjoyed reading about the history of the war years in Casablanca.A really enjoyable book, which I will read again. Highly recommend.
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