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The Eighth Life

By: Nino Haratischvili
Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
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At the start of the 20th century, on the edge of the Russian empire, a family prospers. It owes its success to a delicious chocolate recipe, passed down the generations with great solemnity and caution. A caution which is justified: this is a recipe for ecstasy that carries a very bitter aftertaste....

Stasia learns it from her Georgian father and takes it north, following her new husband, Simon, to his posting at the center of the Russian Revolution in St. Petersburg. Stasia’s is only the first in a symphony of grand but all too often doomed romances that swirl from sweet to sour in this epic tale of the red century.

Tumbling down the years, and across vast expanses of longing and loss, generation after generation of this compelling family hears echoes and sees reflections. A ballet dancer never makes it to Paris and a singer pines for Vienna. Great characters and greater relationships come and go and come again; the world shakes, and shakes some more, and the listener rejoices to have found at last one of those glorious old books in which you can live and learn, be lost and found, and make indelible new friends.

©2019 Nino Haratischvili (P)2021 Dreamscape Media, LLC

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Complex interesting fictional history

Held me spellbound, such a complex,sad yet beautiful family history. Life in Russia / Georgia thru the revolution and beyond from the perspective of one family who lived this history and their descendants. Enthralling, enlightening and entertaining , throughly enjoyed.

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Gripping generational historical novel.

I really love this book. It’s a generational novel that spans several generations. It gives you an insight into George and history and the soviet union. Many fractured relationships and confronting scenes. A gripping tail.

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It’s a historic tome. Generations of history.

Such a long and involved story. Well written. A bit too long and involved and a little bit boring for my preference.

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