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Before I Met You

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Before I Met You

By: Lisa Jewell
Narrated by: Helen Duff
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After her grandmother Arlette's death, Betty is finally ready to begin her life. She had forfeited university, parties, boyfriends, summer jobs - all the usual preoccupations of a woman her age - in order to care for Arlette. Now she's ready for whatever life throws at her, and, since the will included a beneficiary unknown to her who lives in the city, she heads there to find the mysterious woman....

In 1920s London, Arlette is starting her new life in a time of postwar change. Beautiful and charismatic, she's drawn into a hedonistic world, but then tragedy strikes, and she flees back to her childhood home....

When Betty's search leads her to a man - someone who meant the world to her grandmother - the secrets of Arlette's past may help Betty find her own way to happiness in the present....

A rich detective story and a captivating look at London then and now, Before I Met You is an unforgettable novel about two very different women, separated by 70 years but united by big hearts and even bigger dreams.

©2013 Lisa Jewell (P)2018 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Literary Fiction Mystery Romance Women's Fiction Heartfelt England Feel-Good Suspense

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All before

The author was so engaging you felt like you were in the 20s and the 90s The lives of these people became real, engaging, awful, wistful, full of pain, and still hope persistent

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Amazing!

A wonderful story made even better by fabulous narrator!!! I didn’t want it to end!

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Loved it!

This was one of those books that I find myself so sad to finish… I wish I could keep following these characters along in their lives.… And read by an outstanding narrator! So sad to be done with this book!

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Another hidden Jewell

I loved the back and forth between the past and present. Lots of interesting plots worked in. Worth a listen

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Terrific story

Lisa Jewell is such a consistently good writer. I discovered her with “Then She Was Gone” and have been hooked ever since. This one had been sitting in my library for awhile because it’s not the typical story for me, but I loved it as much as all her other books. Hearing the story from two different time periods was great.

Helen Duff was awesome as usual.

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Slow but worth it

Loved the book as a whole. The beginning though was very slow and I almost returned it a few times. it ended up about half way through to start picking up and becoming semi clear all the way to the great ending
Though I would have enjoyed the epilogue I have become to expect

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Sweet and enjoyable

Good characters, sweet and enjoyable story. A very pleasant and entertaining way to spend several hours.

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Amazing Story

This story kept me guessing and when the characters all tied together it was a fabulous ending. Lots of backstory and present day of two women who were very much alike.

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Great story

I truly enjoyed this book! It tells a very interesting story about two women living parallel lives . One woman.'s story takes place in the'20's (1920)' the other in the 1990's.. I'm not sure who the narrator is unless it's the author, but she does a great job. The story takes place (mostly) in London.

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Great book!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It switches back and forth between the two main characters in 1920 and 1995 and then connects them together. Highly recommend it.

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