The Beekeeper's Promise Download

ISBN: B0776PXPFK
Title: The Beekeeper's Promise Pdf

Heartbroken and hoping for a new start, Abi Howes takes a summer job in rural France at the Château Bellevue. The old château echoes with voices from the past, and soon Abi finds herself drawn to one remarkable woman’s story, a story that could change the course of her summer—and her life.

In 1938, Eliane Martin tends beehives in the garden of the beautiful Château Bellevue. In its shadow she meets Mathieu Dubosq and falls in love for the first time, daring to hope that a happy future awaits. But France’s eastern border is darkening under the clouds of war, and history has other plans for Eliane…

When she is separated from Mathieu in the chaos of German occupation, Eliane makes the dangerous decision to join the Resistance and fight for France’s liberty. But with no end to the war in sight, her loyalty to Mathieu is severely tested.

From the bestselling author of Sea of Memories comes the story of two remarkable women, generations apart, who must use adversity to their advantage and find the resilience deep within.

half a good story This book takes place in the present (2017) and during WWII in France. The story of the French people who helped with the resistance was very good and held my interest. The alternating chapters were the present day ...the modern character (Abi) is visiting France where the war story took place...and she hears the war time story almost as we are reading it. Abi's life does not, in any way, parallel what the French had to live through. But the writer wants us to think Abi's lousy marriage teaches her the same lessons - staying true to self. The idea was too contrived and made what could've been a good book into one I could never recommend.The beekeeper’s promise Unlike many other stories which juxtapose events in two different time periods, this story rings true and illuminates the spirit of the French people during the German Occupation in World War II. I was fascinated from s tart to finish with the comparison between Eliane of the 1940s and Abi from the 21st century. The two time periods are separately described in detail without confusion for the reader. Bonne journee.Wonderful story enriched with smells, tastes, sounds and feelings I have read so many fiction and nonfiction accounts of World War II, and I can’t seem to learn enough about the bravery of people throughout Europe who endured the horrors thrust upon them. This account of the occupation of a small French village had the added interest of the current-day struggle Abi juxtaposed with the wartime struggle and bravery of Eliane. That would have been enough for me, but the bonus was the beautiful storytelling that almost provided a sensory overload at times with the rich images. This book was a delight from start to finish.