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The Forgotten Life of Arthur Pettinger

By: Suzanne Fortin
Narrated by: Anne McCaffery
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Arthur Pettinger's memory isn't what it used to be. He can't always remember the names of his grandchildren, where he lives or which way round his slippers go. He does remember Maryse though, a woman he hasn't seen for decades, but whose face he will never forget.

When Arthur's granddaughter Maddy moves in along with her daughter Esther, it's her first step towards pulling her life back together. But when Esther makes a video with Arthur, the hunt for the mysterious Maryse goes viral. There's only one person who can help Maddy track down this woman – the one that got away, Joe. Their quest takes them to France, and into the heart of the French Resistance.

When the only way to move forwards is to look back, will this family finally be able to?

©2021 Suzanne Fortin (P)2021 Bolinda Publishing 20th Century Detective Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Mystery Romance Women Sleuths Women's Fiction World Literature
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I I loved this book which is so sensitively written . It is a love story of the grim time of occupation during second world war , of bravery of the French resistance and their families. This goes through to the present day and memories of a much loved grandfather telling as much as he could remember through a sad haze of dementia

Moving and delightful

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I was unsure if this was my genre but found it moving and interesting Dealing with dementia and it was with sensitivity and authenticity A dual storyline made it more interesting A moving story well narrated

An insightful good story

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A new author for me found the book engaging going back over the life of Arthur and what he did in WW2 and how scary life was being dropped into occupied France, helping with the resistence, and eventually escaping, narration was vety good

Engaging a tough subject Dementia

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