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Golden Earrings

By: Belinda Alexandra
Narrated by: Caroline Lee
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 From Civil War Barcelona to 1970’s Paris, a sweeping story of two women, of great passions and great betrayals where nothing is quite as it seems. Catalina, the grand-daughter of Spanish refugees is a disciplined student with the School of the Paris Opera Ballet. Little gets in the way of her career until the visit of an otherworldly being, who leaves her a mysterious pair of golden earrings. Given a quest, Catalina realises she must explore her own Spanish heritage and makes the connection between the visitor and ‘La Rusa’, a young Andalusian flamenco star. La Rusa died in exile in Paris in 1952, her death ruled as suicide. But as Catalina begins to discover, there were those in the Spanish émigré community, amongst them her grandmother, who had good reason for wanting La Rusa dead.©2011 Belinda Alexandra. (P)2011 Bolinda Publishing Fiction Historical Fiction War

Critic Reviews

"Belinda burst onto the scene a few years back with the immensely popular White Gardenia and since then she has released bestseller after bestseller, becoming the number one reading pick for those heading off on a stolen week-end away, for those going on a family holiday, for those curling up on the couch on a wet weekend or for those who just want to bring beauty to their dreary commute to work." (Booktopia)
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Belinda Alexander as always researches so amazingly
This is a gripping exciting and poignant novel with great emotions and kept me listening for hours
Never bored always waiting for the next twist
Sometimes the history is gruesome but true
The dancing parts are really interesting
The narrator speaks the accents amazingly

Beautifully written and narrated

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Another wonderful story by this author and reader, as well as a piece of history I will always remember. If we could learn history in school through such powerful books it would stay forever.
Complicated twists and turns until the jigsaw finally is completed. I have read Tuscan Rose and Sapphire Skies and was left with the same enjoyment and feeling of being told a huge secret. Highly recommended for history, fiction, love, anger and crossing the barrier if ages. Thank you Belinda and Caroline.

Excellent value, powerful story

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I'm starting to develop an obsession for books narrated by Caroline Lee, she makes great stories come alive and does accents so well.
This is the second Belinda Alexandra book I've listened to and I loved it. It's so rich with historical events that I found myself googling information on them. The hardest part of the book for me was keeping track of the characters, you have to pay close attention and I think I'd benefit from listening again just as when you watch a movie a second time, you notice details you previously missed. I plan to listen to more of this authors books!

Captivating story

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So much enjoyed listening to this in depth story.Loved the dancing, the story plots,the characters were so delightful,and the ingenious way Belinda went about bringing history to melt into this story.Caroline Lee gave a most impressive narration to add to a listening delight

Many historical events to gleam from

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