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Title: Golden Earrings

Author: Belinda Alexandra

Narrator: Caroline Lee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 02-06-12

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 426 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Catalina, the grand-daughter of Spanish refugees is a disciplined student with the School of the Paris Opera Ballet. Little gets inthe 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.

Members Reviews:

Needed to get halfway through to begin enjoying it

I kept with this book, even though the first half bored me. I normally love Caroline Lee as a narrator, but she kept falling out of the accent (for example, sometimes rolling her Rs, sometimes not, in the same sentence). That, along with too much emphasis on describing ladies' dresses and such, made the book seem shallow for quite some time. Halfway through, the plot began to thicken and I began to feel a bit more empathy for the characters. A good listen, if you can make it to that point.

Fabulous story

I loved this story and was so sorry when it finished. Belinda Alexandra is a fabulous story teller and this is yet another of wonderful story. This time set in Spain and Paris which is quite different to her previous novels. I did not know much about the Spanish civil war or Spanish culture and I found this fascinating. It was well researched. The characters are varied and complex. I am hoping that there will be many more novels written by this author.

Highly recommended.

painfully poor Spanish pronunciation

Would you consider the audio edition of Golden Earrings to be better than the print version?

I wish I had read instead of listening. The painfully bad Spanish pronunciation, especially of the names of some primary characters, was a constant irritant to the listening experience.

What did you like best about this story?

Rich and interesting story that unfolds beautifully.

Would you be willing to try another one of Caroline Lees performances?

Not if she had to pronounce Spanish words!

Too much political storyline!

As a woman of Spanish decent, I was so excited to be reading a story I thought would go more into the details of Spanish life both present and past; however, their was so much one dimensional political story telling that I was left blah and somewhat disheartened. several times I had decided not to finish the book, but the basic story was good and intriguing. I have loved the other books I have read maybe because the unrest of the characters were not so close to home. Maybe because my father's account of Franco was different. oh well I still look forward to another one of Belinda's books.

Enchanting!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, I would because it is a good story about a time and place in history few of my friends know little about. I loved how we get carried into te history of the Spanish civil war in all its grusomeness.

What did you like best about this story?

The author's formidable knowledge of history, and her ability to tell it in an interesting way.