Sad but beautiful

This book had me in tears on more than one occasion. An author that can produce raw emotion like that is a genius in my opinion.

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Very pleasant listening to this book.

Bryce Courtney, well, what can you say! Brilliant writer, great story line, interesting characters, funny and witty. Narrator Andrew Bower is superb, swapping effortlessly from each character with the accent, personality and feeling all balanced together to create a genuine relationship with each and every character in this book.

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another fabulous Bryce Courtenay story

historical, romantic, emotional, and captivating this book has it all. Narrated by the talented and versatile Humphrey Bower, this cleaver story is well worth listening too.

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Great yarn. Well performed.

I enjoyed this book a lot. I am looking forward to listening to book two.

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The Cruelty of the Human Race!!

Loved the story although the Cruelty at it's worst ,just because of greed over land and the colour of one's skin, was hard to listen to. Humphrey Bower triumphs as always!!

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thoroughly enjoyed this book

I really enjoyed this book found it hard to put aside until I could listen again. besides enjoyable story very informative, about life in the islands during WW11

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Perhaps one of the best novels I have read

Bryce Courtney, alas no more, is one of the New World's great writers. As always, he paints detailed pictures of his characters who are believable and sufficiently complex to be interesting. This is my third of the books of his and I have listened to on Audible and I am simply in awe of his writing in this one. I learned a lot, felt a lot and was riveted by the story. I could hardly stop listening to this novel and was sorry - even after 27 hours - it ended at all. He writes somewhat like Dickens with passion and detail, pushing you back in time until you feel like an observing bystander. He is more contemporary in style and in each instance writes about a different era.

Humphrey Bower - his regular - was an almost faultless narrator on this occasion. He excelled this time and added immensely to the writing like few could. Amazing characterisations of either sex. I believed every one of them, What a great team they made.

I really recommend this book highly. It is a GREAT book. How nice to leave such a legacy of work behind like this. A man of many talents, modern for his day, and yet he will be remembered mostly for his writing I am sure.

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Outstanding, as always!

What did you like most about The Persimmon Tree?

Amazing and original storyline, could NOT stop listening!

What did you like best about this story?

Humphrey Bower manages to make these books come to life. A great book is only as good as its narrator.

Have you listened to any of Humphrey Bower’s other performances? How does this one compare?

He is a wonderful narrator. I have thoroughly enjoyed ALL of his many narrations.

Any additional comments?

A perfect ending that made me buy the sequel "Fishing for Stars" immediately!

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Engrossing

Written by a master craftsman and an entertaining story-teller. It's a great read/listen. Superb narration.

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I wanted it to be true

The book was great. Great story line and interesting characters. The narration was exceptional, with a great variety of accents and clear pronunciation of foreign words.

Very likable all around

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