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Asta's Book

By: Barbara Vine
Narrated by: Harriet Walter
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It is 1905. Asta and her husband, Rasmus, have come to East London from Denmark with their two little boys. With Rasmus constantly away on business, Asta keeps loneliness and isolation at bay by writing a diary. These diaries, published over 70 years later, reveal themselves to be more than a mere journal. For they seem to hold the key to an unsolved murder and to the mystery of a missing child. It falls to Asta's granddaughter, Ann, to unearth the buried secrets of nearly a century before.

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If I could give this book 10 stars I would - what an amazing story, and so well read - I usually prefer male narrators, but Harriet Walter (an amazing actress!) does this justice, and more. Because the story is so long I HAD to put it down, but would have much preferred not to... Highly recommended.

BRILLIANT!

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This is on my top 5 best ever books. I have looked it up and cannot understand why it is not a bestseller. Intriguing, mystery, well written. Cannot put it down. This audio recording is one of my best

Outstanding

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Great book. Loved the narrator and the characters. It ends very gently but the twists an turns and time jumps are excellent.

Gobbled this up

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Extraordinary in every way. Barbara Vine was such a talented author. The characters are so real!

Beautiful book

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I first heard this book on audio tape many years ago and was so pleased to find it on audible. It is even better than I had remembered and I can't praise it highly enough. Beautifully written as you would expect from Barbara Vine and beautifully read by Harriet Walter.

I loved this book.

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