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Wildflower Hill

By: Kimberley Freeman
Narrated by: Caroline Lee
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 Glasgow, 1929 Beattie Blaxland had dreams. Big dreams. She dreamed of a life of fashion and fabrics. One thing she never dreamed was that she would find herself pregnant to her married lover, just before her 19th birthday. London, 2009 Emma Blaxland-Hunter was living her dream. A prima ballerina with the London Ballet, she had everything ... until the moment she lost it all. Separated by decades, both women must find the strength to rebuild their lives. A legacy from one to the other will lead to Wildflower Hill, a place where a woman can learn to stand alone long enough to realise what she really wants. This is a refreshed cover edition.©2008 Kimberley Freeman. (P)2010 Bolinda Publishing Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction
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This book has a compelling narrative, with delightful characters and credible backdrop, however, the narration was somewhat distracting because of the appalling Scottish, Irish and regional English accents. Caroline Lee’s timbre and tempo are excellent but her delivery of accents other than Australian is awful. If you can get past that - which I did, through gritted teeth, the conclusion is very satisfying

Compelling story, distracting narration

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It was a bit slow to begin with and took a while to get my interest going, when it did though I loved it. Freeman manages to combine romance and history very well, and the steps back and forth through time flowed well. I particularly like the characters of Beattie and Charlie, Lucy however seemed to be a bit of brat both as a achild and an adult. I would also have liked to have known more about her reaction to Lucy's visit at the end and whether she forgave Beattie or not?
The narration was a good, although it took me a while to tune out from Lee's dreadful Scottish accent, which was more like a cross between Russian and Irish. Overall I enjoyed her interpretation.

A lovely story

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loved it, it showed tough times in the past and how hard people worked n their values.
really enjoyed the narrator

loved it

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I Really loved this book even enjoyed the narrator. I wish that they would make movies from her books

Great read

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I loved this book from the very beginning to the the very last word. It was superbly narrated too. Thank you so much.

Awesome Story

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Apart from the mix of accents which were a little overbearing it was a very visual story with multiple layers of players. About a time of social and religious stigmas and the hardship of depression. As always Caroline Lee is easy to listen.

Good love story

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I know compelling is a cliche but it is an apt description of this book. Made even more so by Caroline's extraordinary story telling performance which kept me enthralled for hours. Being set in Tasmania made it even more special to me and her descriptions of our landscape and colonial houses was masterful.I would certainly recommend both the book and narrator and rate them both very highly.
The only minor discrepancy in the research for the story was when the doctor prescribed penicillin for Mikale in 1934 several years before it was developed into a usable drug. While discovered in 1928 it was not until WWII that it was actually used.
Other than that I loved every minute of Wildflower Hill.
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Dr Ian Broinowski
Hobart Tasmania

Compelling

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This is a great story I couldn't wait each day till I could listen again. Beautifully narrated as well.

I couldn't stop listening

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Beautiful. Emotional. The story is cleverly woven and I found myself gasping out loud, crying with happiness and sadness and shrieking with joy. However, the main character is Scottish and the reader does a terrible Scottish accent unfortunately.

Excellent book!

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Liked the overall theme. Great story. Loved the voice reading it. Very calm and enjoyable.

Love Kimberley Freeman

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