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Narrated by:
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Morgan Hallett
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Susan Bennett
About this listen
New York Times best-selling authors Karen White, Beatriz Williams, and Lauren Willig present a masterful collaboration - a rich, multigenerational novel of love and loss that spans half a century....
It's 1945: When the critically wounded Captain Cooper Ravenal is brought to a private hospital on Manhattan's Upper East Side, young Dr. Kate Schuyler is drawn into a complex mystery that connects three generations of women in her family to a single extraordinary room in a Gilded Age mansion. Who is the woman in Captain Ravenel's portrait miniature who looks so much like Kate? And why is she wearing the ruby pendant handed down to Kate by her mother? In their pursuit of answers, they find themselves drawn into the turbulent stories of Gilded Age Olive Van Alen, driven from riches to rags, who hired out as a servant in the very house her father designed, and Jazz Age Lucy Young, who came from Brooklyn to Manhattan in pursuit of the father she had never known. But are Kate and Cooper ready for the secrets that will be revealed in the Forgotten Room?
The Forgotten Room, set in alternating time periods, is a sumptuous feast of a novel brought to vivid life by three brilliant storytellers.
©2016 Harley House Books, LLC; Beatriz Williams; and Lauren Willig (P)2016 Recorded BooksListeners also enjoyed...
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Until We Reach Home
- By: Lynn Austin
- Narrated by: Ruth Ann Phimister
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,067
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 926
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 924
In this sweeping saga, three Swedish sisters endure an 1890s Atlantic crossing, an Ellis Island detention, and various other trials as they struggle to find love, faith, and home. First came their mother's death. Then their father's suicide. For orphans Elin, Kirsten, and Sofia, life stretches on like an endless winter. When circumstances become unbearable, they write their Chicago relatives, desperate for a safe haven.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Great One
- By CookieMonster on 03-19-12
By: Lynn Austin
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Flight Patterns
- By: Karen White
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett, Amanda Leigh Cobb, Melissa Hurst
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,772
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,550
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,532
Georgia Chambers has spent her life sifting through other people's pasts while trying to forget her own. But then her work as an expert on fine china - especially Limoges - requires her to return to the one place she swore she'd never revisit. It's been 13 years since Georgia left her family home on the coast of Florida, and nothing much has changed except that there are fewer oysters and more tourists.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Haunting story about family secrets
- By HollyColorado on 06-11-16
By: Karen White
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The Glass Ocean
- A Novel
- By: Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, Karen White
- Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson, Saskia Maarleveld, Brittany Pressley
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,009
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,849
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,835
This is a captivating historical mystery, infused with romance, that links the lives of three women across a century - two deep in the past, one in the present - to the doomed passenger liner, RMS Lusitania.... Her finances are in dire straits, and best-selling author Sarah Blake is struggling to find a big idea for her next book. Desperate, she breaks the one promise she made to her mother and opens an old chest that belonged to her great-grandfather, who died when the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915. What she discovers there could change history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I enjoyed this book, at least most of it.
- By Kevin Greaser on 10-02-18
By: Beatriz Williams, and others
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All She Left Behind
- By: Jane Kirkpatrick
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 69
Already well-versed in the natural healing properties of herbs and oils, Jennie Pickett longs to become a doctor. But the Oregon frontier of the 1870s doesn't approve of such innovations as women attending medical school. To leave grief and guilt behind, as well as support herself and her challenging young son, Jennie cares for an elderly woman using skills she's developed on her own. When her patient dies, Jennie discovers that her heart has become entangled with the woman's widowed husband, a man many years her senior.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Inspiring
- By Sunshine on 09-05-23
By: Jane Kirkpatrick
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Secrets of a Charmed Life
- By: Susan Meissner
- Narrated by: Alana Kerr Collins
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,274
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,740
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,721
Current day, Oxford, England. Young American scholar Kendra Van Zant, eager to pursue her vision of a perfect life, interviews Isabel McFarland just when the elderly woman is ready to give up secrets about the war that she has kept for decades...beginning with who she really is. What Kendra receives from Isabel is both a gift and a burden--one that will test her convictions and her heart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rare 5-Star Across the Board!
- By Imamomof4 on 06-14-15
By: Susan Meissner
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Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
- By: Jennifer Chiaverini
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
- Length: 14 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,598
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,285
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,282
In Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker, novelist Jennifer Chiaverini presents a stunning account of the friendship that blossomed between Mary Todd Lincoln and her seamstress, Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Keckley, a former slave who gained her professional reputation in Washington, D.C. by outfitting the city’s elite. Keckley made history by sewing for First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln within the White House, a trusted witness to many private moments between the President and his wife, two of the most compelling figures in American history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Wonderful Re-Imagining of Mrs. Keckley's Life
- By Melissa on 03-04-13
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The Lost Girls of Willowbrook
- By: Ellen Marie Wiseman
- Narrated by: Morgan Hallett
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,097
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,024
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,021
Sage Winters always knew her sister was a little different even though they were identical twins. They loved the same things and shared a deep understanding, but Rosemary—awake to every emotion, easily moved to joy or tears—seemed to need more protection from the world. Six years after Rosemary's death from pneumonia, Sage, now sixteen, still misses her deeply. Their mother perished in a car crash, and Sage's stepfather, Alan, resents being burdened by a responsibility he never wanted.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Repetitive
- By Damaris Ward on 09-03-23
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A Woman's Place
- By: Lynn Austin
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,263
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,155
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,150
While their men fight, America's women produce what's necessary for victory. In a Michigan shipyard, four female co-workers forge a strong bond of friendship that, combined with faith, helps them to overcome oppression, despair, and tragedy - and find love in unlikely places.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Complex insights on personal perspective.
- By Sara on 09-17-13
By: Lynn Austin
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Courtesan
- By: Diane Haeger
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Length: 22 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 143
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 143
The Court of François I is full of lust, intrigue, and bawdy bon temps—a different world from the quiet country life Diane de Poitiers led with her elderly husband. Now a widow, the elegant Diane is called back to Court, where the King's obvious interest marks her as an enemy to the King's favorite, Anne d'Heilly. The Court is soon electrified by rumors of their confrontations. As Anne calls on her most venomous tricks to drive Diane away, Diane finds an ally in the one member of Court with no allegiance to the King's mistress: his teenage second son, Henri.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heart Breaking
- By Anonymous User on 11-29-23
By: Diane Haeger
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The Daring Girls of Guernsey
- A Novel of World War II
- By: Gayle Callen
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 179
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 163
In 1940, Germany seizes control of Guernsey without a fight—but not without resistance. Innocent young teacher Catherine is forced to house a German officer. Shrewd waitress Betty seeks to elude the persistent Nazi determined to conquer her. And courageous nurse Helen cares for her patients—both British and German—while hiding a British spy in her seaside cottage. Their fight against the injustices being enacted on their island home brings the women, the spy, and their enemies together in one night that will change all of their lives forever.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story
- By Susie on 02-20-24
By: Gayle Callen
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The Next Ship Home
- A Novel of Ellis Island
- By: Heather Webb
- Narrated by: Kathryn Markey
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 390
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 346
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 347
Ellis Island, 1902. Francesca arrives on the shores of America, her sights set on a better life than the one she left in Italy. That same day, aspiring linguist Alma reports to her first day of work at the immigrant processing center. Ellis, though, is not the refuge it first appears thanks to President Roosevelt's attempts to deter crime. Francesca and Alma will have to rely on each other to escape its corruption and claim the American dreams they were promised.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fully human and timely immigrant story of the heart
- By Syd Young on 03-19-22
By: Heather Webb
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All the Ways We Said Goodbye
- A Novel of the Ritz Paris
- By: Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, Karen White
- Narrated by: Helen Sadler, Nicola Barber, Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,815
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,650
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,638
The New York Times best-selling authors of The Glass Ocean and The Forgotten Room return with a glorious historical adventure that moves from the dark days of two World Wars to the turbulent years of the 1960s, in which three women with bruised hearts find refuge at Paris’ legendary Ritz hotel. The heiress...the Resistance fighter...the widow...three women whose fates are joined by one splendid hotel.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Too Many Cooks in this Kitchen
- By Eve453 on 02-15-20
By: Beatriz Williams, and others
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Under the Magnolias
- By: T. I. Lowe
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,791
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,637
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,635
Magnolia, South Carolina, 1980: Austin Foster is barely a teenager when her mama dies giving birth to twins, leaving her to pick up the pieces while holding her six siblings together and doing her best to stop her daddy from retreating into his personal darkness.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Geared towards preteens and Christians
- By Scott Gathright on 08-07-21
By: T. I. Lowe
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This Road We Traveled
- By: Jane Kirkpatrick
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 197
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 176
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 176
Three generations of the Brown women travel west together on the Oregon Trail, but each seeks something different. When the trail divides, a decision must be made that could bring survival or tragedy. The challenges faced will form the character of one woman - and impact the future for many more.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This book should come under the genre of Christian novel
- By Peggy Calcagnie on 11-12-19
By: Jane Kirkpatrick
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A Castaway in Cornwall
- By: Julie Klassen
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Jasicki
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 482
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 453
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 452
Set adrift on the tides of fate by the deaths of her parents and left wanting answers, Laura Callaway now lives with her uncle and his disapproving wife in North Cornwall. While wreckers search for valuables along the windswept Cornwall coast - known for its many shipwrecks but few survivors - Laura searches for clues to the lives lost so she can write letters to next of kin and return keepsakes to rightful owners. When a man is washed ashore after a wreck, Laura acts quickly to protect him from a local smuggler determined to destroy him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Feel the sea breeze as you read
- By Kindle Customer on 04-27-21
By: Julie Klassen
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Agent 355
- By: Marie Benedict
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17,090
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15,233
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15,160
The tide is turning against the colonists in the Revolutionary War, and 18-year-old Elizabeth Morris cannot sit by idly. Quietly disdainful of her Tory parents, who drag her along to society events and welcome a British soldier into their home during their occupation of New York City, Elizabeth decides to take matters into her own hands. She realizes that, as a young woman, no one around her believes that she can comprehend the profound implications of being a nation at war - she is, effectively, invisible. And she can use this invisibility to her advantage.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Should’ve leaned into history or romance
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 07-03-20
By: Marie Benedict
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The Nurse’s Secret
- By: Amanda Skenandore
- Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,060
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 969
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 970
In the slums of 1880s New York, Una Kelly has grown up to be a rough-and-tumble grifter, able to filch a pocketbook in five seconds flat. But when another con-woman pins her for a murder she didn't commit, Una is forced to flee. Running from the police, Una lies her way into an unlikely refuge: the nursing school at Bellevue Hospital.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Predictable
- By Lorraine E. Collins on 07-05-22
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Love wins at Last!
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Up my alley....
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A great love story
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Flip flop through Time
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beautiful
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A sweet, romantic tale that is not a bodice ripper
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