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One Last Summer [Kindle Edition]

Catrin Collier
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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Catrin has written a wonderful stand alone novel inspired by her mother's experience fleeing Germany at the end of the Second World War. There has been a great deal of interest in the story with several national newspapers interested in covering it. Confirmed so far: TELEVISION Catrin is appearing in a documentary on local celebrities and the streets they lived called 'Stories From the Street' HTV HTV will also be covering the story behind the book for the regional news in Wales. RADIO BBC RADIO WALES will be interviewing Catrin on her new book (date tbc) PRESS There will be a major interview in the WESTERN MORNING NEWS There wil also be an interview in SWANSEA EVENING POST Review to come in YOURS magazine ONE LAST SUMMER has been chosen as the bookclub read for COUNTRY AND BORDER LIFE magazine. EVENTS Catrin will be doing formal signings in WH Smiths Pontypridd - Saturday 2 June Borders, Llantrisant - Tuesday June Waterstones, Swansea - Saturday 9 June WH Smiths, Cardiff - tbc And stocksignings in Waterstones (Cardiff) and Camelot Books (Cardiff) Catrin has also been asked to judge a writing competition at Borders, Swansea in July

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Allenstein, East Prussia, 1939 - Charlotte von Datski's parents hold a glittering ball to celebrate her eighteenth birthday and to announce her engagement to a Prussian Count. But Hitler is about to plunge the world into war - Charlotte is forced to leave flee to England. Years on, Charlotte's granddaughter, Laura, persuades her grandmother to embark on a journey into her past. As Charlotte recalls the one great love of her life, she finally faces the demons that have haunted her for over half a century.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 603 KB
  • Print Length: 336 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 140722168X
  • Publisher: Orion (30 Dec 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004KKXJAY
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #46,919 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have just finished a non-fiction book about the German people's experiences after 1945. A friend recommended me this as it takes its starting point as a young German woman growing up in East Prussia during the war, and her experiences as the Red Army steamroll across westwards in 1945. It is a love story between Charlotte and a Red Army POW who is working on her father's estate. The narrative is told through her diary and a backstory. The front story is Charlotte in the twilight years of her life, returning to the ancestral home, with her granddaughter.

It is a beautiful book and very movingly told. The introduction reveals that the book is based on the author's own family experiences, and this shines through as she deals with what is a very difficult subject with great sensitivity and aplomb.

Top marks!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
This is the first Catrin Collier book I have read but I'm now very keen to read more. This book starts just before WW2 breaks out in Prussia, now Poland. The characters are full bloodied, lively and engaging and I was hooked by the fast-paced story. It is also a beautiful love story - I think Dr Zhivago has met it's match!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This is the best book I've read in a long while. Faster paced and having greater depth than an ordinary saga, it's up with the big ones. I'm sure that in time others will share my views. If a lesser book like Charlotte Grey can make it to the big screen, why can't something as wonderful as this?
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