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A review by marilynw
The Lost Manuscript by Cathy Bonidan
4.0
The Lost Manuscript by Cathy Bonidan (Author), Élodie Yung (Narrator), Rupert Degas (Narrator), Cecile Delepiere (Narrator), Jean Brassard (Narrator)
The Lost Manuscript is such a touching story and the audio version allows us to hear the written words of this epistolary novel. So often we read a book that gives us the spoken narrative but in this case, we listen to a book of written letters. The experience is lovely and hearing the various voices of the narrators made me feel I was right there with each letter writer.
When Anne-Lise Briard finds a manuscript in a bedside table drawer in a hotel on the Brittany Coast, she embarks on a journey to find the author of the manuscript. She finds that the author wrote the first half of the manuscript thirty years ago but that someone else wrote the second half of the manuscript. Two other people have also added to the pages. Anne-Lise, and the friends she makes along the way, work to find out the author of the second part of the manuscript, over the next six months. As can often happen with the written word, some words are misinterpreted on this journey of discovery, as the various players in this story communicate with each other through letters.
During these six months, people's lives change. Anne-Lise finds that the manuscript affected the lives of others during the thirty years that it has been "missing", just as it is changing the lives of those who are involved with it in the present day. This is a quiet, reflective story and I enjoyed listening to the letters. It did take an effort for me to understand the accents of the narrators but those accents make the book even more interesting. This was a buddy read Jayme and DeAnn and getting to discuss this story seemed to fit well with the story itself.
Published January 12, 2021
Thank you to Dreamscape Media and NetGalley for this ARC.
The Lost Manuscript is such a touching story and the audio version allows us to hear the written words of this epistolary novel. So often we read a book that gives us the spoken narrative but in this case, we listen to a book of written letters. The experience is lovely and hearing the various voices of the narrators made me feel I was right there with each letter writer.
When Anne-Lise Briard finds a manuscript in a bedside table drawer in a hotel on the Brittany Coast, she embarks on a journey to find the author of the manuscript. She finds that the author wrote the first half of the manuscript thirty years ago but that someone else wrote the second half of the manuscript. Two other people have also added to the pages. Anne-Lise, and the friends she makes along the way, work to find out the author of the second part of the manuscript, over the next six months. As can often happen with the written word, some words are misinterpreted on this journey of discovery, as the various players in this story communicate with each other through letters.
During these six months, people's lives change. Anne-Lise finds that the manuscript affected the lives of others during the thirty years that it has been "missing", just as it is changing the lives of those who are involved with it in the present day. This is a quiet, reflective story and I enjoyed listening to the letters. It did take an effort for me to understand the accents of the narrators but those accents make the book even more interesting. This was a buddy read Jayme and DeAnn and getting to discuss this story seemed to fit well with the story itself.
Published January 12, 2021
Thank you to Dreamscape Media and NetGalley for this ARC.