The Golden Hour: A Novel

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Reading books set in WW2 is always fascinating because you can see always different perspectives from great characters, the feelings and the moments are really interesting to read so THE GOLDEN HOUR is a must read! And her sexual proclivity or not- just the kind of topic the present woman likes to read about this 100 plus years past who had little respite for her difficulties. Soon, that world is upended: The Germans march into Paris and refugees flee south, overrunning Viann’s land. As Manuel aides his new friends in their preparations for the local county fair, he learns to open up, confronts his deepest fears, and even finds first love. In 1995, an elderly unnamed widow is moving into an Oregon nursing home on the urging of her controlling son, Julien, a surgeon.

The Golden Hour: A Novel by Beatriz Williams, Paperback

I love unique WWII story since so many retell the same story and that, to me anyway is just an oversaturation in the subgenre, so I was delighted to read a fresh story.After you have rewritten your goals, make a list of everything you have to do that day, and then organize the list by priority, value and importance. There she meets a young Londoner named Wilfred Thorpe, interrupting his grand tour of the continent to recover from pneumonia—but never to recover from meeting Elfriede. But as she infiltrates the Duke and Duchess’s social circle, and the powerful cabal that controls the islands’ political and financial affairs, she uncovers evidence that beneath the glister of Wallis and Edward’s marriage lies a complex—and even treasonous—reality. Historical fiction is unique in the fact that it’s taking a real-life person or an event and making a fictional story around it.

Golden Hour: My Most Powerful Success Factor | Brian Tracy The Golden Hour: My Most Powerful Success Factor | Brian Tracy

Oh how I adore this author, her gorgeous writing, compulsively readable plots, stunning covers, and I wondered, “Can she do it again? Her long-estranged younger sister, Isabelle, who has been kicked out of multiple convent schools, is sent to Le Jardin by Julien, their father in Paris, a drunken, decidedly unpaternal Great War veteran.Meanwhile, Viann’s journey from passive to active resistance is less dramatic but no less wrenching. We, the innocent bystander, aka reader, are paralyzed into flipping pages until we discover the truth, or what’s left of it, or what’s masquerading as the truth. The description says this is an “extraordinary epic of espionage, sacrifice, human love, and human courage, set against a shocking true crime .

Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams | Book Club Discussion The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams | Book Club Discussion

It did fit the bill as far as escapism goes, but don’t go into this expecting quality historical fiction. With that length for minutia detail and locale setting copy- this just didn't, IMHO- equate to a 400 plus page book that held together as one unit.I will admit that The Golden Hour wasn't exactly what I was looking for at this time, so that may have influenced my rating a bit. Before you turn on the television, radio, or read the newspaper, take 30-60 minutes and read something motivational, such as these inspirational quotes or something that is educational. I found myself closing the book just to remind myself silently in my head who was who and what character was related to what character and how and why and so on. Packed with riveting drama and painful truths, this book powerfully illustrates the devastation of abuse—and the strength of the survivors.

The Golden Hour by Niki Smith | Goodreads The Golden Hour by Niki Smith | Goodreads

Even though the book fell a little flat when it came down to some of the historical fiction elements of the story, I still would recommend reading this if you have enjoyed other books by the author. Sebastian lives on a grass-fed cattle farm outside town, and Manuel finds solace in the open fields and the antics of the newborn calf Sebastian is hand-raising. One beginning in 1900 tells the story of Elfriede von Kleist, a young wife and mother who has been sent to a mental clinic in Switzerland because of severe postpartum depression. There she meets a ginger-haired Englishman recovering from pneumonia and from the moment they first speak they know, somehow, they will remain in each other’s lives as the decades move on.I loved this book, Beatriz Williams weaves a very interesting story of the Duke and Duchess, after abdicating the crown. The Bahamas, 1941: Newly-widowed Lulu Randolph arrives in Nassau to investigate the new Governor and his wife for a New York society magazine. Smith slowly builds a tender romance between Manuel and Sebastian, where Manuel assists Sebastian with his calf, and Sebastian helps Manuel through an episode. Smith weaves a beautiful story of resilience and the sweet onset of first love… A stunning work of self-discovery, vulnerability, and finding beauty beyond tragedy. The first, which takes place in the early 1900s, is about Elfriede, an 18-year-old German beauty who marries a baron and suffers horribly from postpartum depression.