The Amber Keeper

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Set against the backdrop of revolutionary Russia, The Amber Keeper is a sweeping tale of jealousy and revenge, reconciliation and forgiveness.English Lake District, 1960s A young Abbie Myers returns home after learning of her mother s death Estranged from her turbulent family for many years, Abbie is heartbroken to hear that they blame her for the tragedy.Determined to uncover her mother s past, Abbie approaches her beloved grandmother, Millie, in search of answers As the old woman recounts her own past, Abbie is transported back to the grandeur of the Russian Empire in 1911 with tales of her grandmother s life as a governess and the revolution that exploded around her.As Abbie struggles to reconcile with her family, and to support herself and her child, she realizes that those long ago events created aftershocks that threaten to upset the fragile peace she longs to create. Best Read eBook The Amber Keeper author Freda Lightfoot – kino-fada.fr The cave, the cave, yelled Jonathon Fay appeared with a wriggling Carrie desperate to escape the confines of her pushchair Can we come too her sister in law asked, her tone revealing her own eagerness to escape for a while.DNF.The Amber Keeper was recommended to me by a friend and I really wanted to like it Not least because I had not enjoyed her previous recommendation all that much either So, deciding to DNF was and this is unusual for me hard.So, anyway, why did the book not workThe cave, the cave, yelled Jonathon Fay appeared with a wriggling Carrie desperate to escape the confines of her pushchair Can we come too her sister in law asked, her tone revealing her own eagern...Very interesting story set in two different timelines, 1911 19 in Russia during the revolution and the late 60 s in England s Lake District It follows the lives of Millie, an English governess for the Russian aristocracy, and her granddaughter Abby, recently returned to England with her young daughter after a failed relationship Millie s daughter, Abby s mother, has recently committed suicide, and there are questions as to why Abby s father and brother are blaming Abby for breaking her mother Very interesting story set in two different timelines, 1911 19 in Russi...I have mixed feelings about The Amber Keeper The historical parts in which Millie Abbie s grandmother recalls her times in Russia between the years 1911 1919 were excellent But when reverting to the present day of 1963 England were not so good The writing, in my opinion, was off And Abbie wasn t a sympathetic character she appears weak, whiny, and a bit self absorbed True, a feminine take on the prodigal son was different, and I liked that especially since she was a single mother And I have mixed feelings about The Amber Keeper The historical parts in which Millie Abbie s grandmother recalls her times in Russia between the years 1911 1919 were excellent But when reverting to the present day of 1963 England were not so good The writing, in my opinion, was off And Abbie wasn t a sympathetic character she appears weak, whiny, and a bit self absorbed True, a feminine take on the prodigal son was different, and I liked that especially since she was a single mother And who can blame her for wanting to find outabout her mother that just died of an apparent suicide No one, but her family.And the the Countess was a truly...Oh dear This book is such a disappointment It s all tell and no show, flat characters and unrealistic dialogue Each character spouts reams of exposition in lieu of setting the scene through their actions or describing the setting The only reason we know half of the book is set in 1960s England is because a character tells us that or the author does by saying a precise song playing on the radio The dialogue and social s don t feel like 60s England The same is true of the Russian parts s Oh dear This book is such a disappointment It s all tell and no show, flat characters and unrealistic dialogue Each character spouts reams of exposition in lieu of setting the scene through their actions or describing the setting The only reason we know half of the book is set in 1960s England is because a character tells us that or the author does by saying a precise song playing on the radio The dialogue and social s don t feel like 60s England The same is true of the Russian parts set before and during the Russian Revolution.The main character in the 1960s section is Abbie, granddaughter of Millie, the main character in the Russian sector I think Abbie is supposed to be a strong young woman, ahead of her time She s not She s a whiny, insecure little girl with a why me attitude Everything is black and white to her, with no shades in between In fact, the same could be said of the whole novel Millie is much the same ...I suppose it was written fairly well in terms of being correct grammatically, though there are a few strange word choices, but I disliked the protagonist from the off and that s never good It felt slow, quite laborious, and I couldn t get in to it enough to finish it.This is why I love to read Historical Fiction and one that is such a mystery to me A historical account of the Russian Revolution, with many interesting characters, an engaging plot and little lag time, this came together nicely I love when an author uses several generations to bring it all together Our main protagonist Abbie comes home after being estranged from her family when her mother commits suicide Abbie is heartbroken So many things left unsaid, so many things misunderstood With th This is why I love to read Historical Fiction and one that is such a mystery to me A historical account of the Russian Revolution, with many interesting characters, an engaging plot and little lag time, this came together nicely I love when an author uses several generations to bring it all together Our main protagonist Abbie comes home after being estranged from her family when her mother commits suicide Abbie is heartbroken So many things left unsaid, so many things misunderstood With the help of her Grandmother Millie, Abbie is looking for answers Why would her mother commit suicide Why did her mother keep her at arm s length Why did Millie adopt Abbie s mother and who are her mother s parents.Abbie s grandmother is somewhat reluctant to share the story The narration is done in Abbie s voice as she picks up the broken pieces of her family, and Millie s voice as she tells Abbie how she became a governess to the Countess and Count of Russia The arranged marria...When I first encountered The Amber Keeper, I had just finished watching the film Gandhi and was left with a strong desire to travel further into historical tales which is slightly significant considering I seldom ever read historical fiction So, I rushed over to my collection of novels in my Kindle library, and stumbled upon this lovely book cover with its colorful Russian architecture which by the way, reminded me so much of Disneyland s It s A Small World attraction Now that I think abo When I first encountered The Amber Keeper, I had just finished watching the film Gandhi and was left with a strong desire to travel further into historical tales which is slightly significant considering I seldom ever read historical fiction So, I rushed over to my collection of novels in my Kindle library, and stumbled upon this lovely book cover with its colorful Russian architecture which by the way, reminded me so much of Disneyland ... ,,4 5 , , .A perfectly fine family history mystery novel As with most of this genre it tends it little too much toward the romantic rather than the adventurous but not so that it gets in the way.There is a formula to this kind of novel which usually sees a modern character finding out about a family secret some years in the past, here we get a slight twist in that both time periods are in the past, allowing the action to swing between the 1910s and the 1960s while still enabling characters from the former A perfectly fine family history mystery novel As with most of this genre it tends it little too much toward the romantic rather than the adventurous but not so that it gets in the way.There is a formula to this kind of novel which usually sees a modern character find...The plot was decent, but I couldn t get over my annoyance at the way the grandmother related her past Page after page of uninterrupted dialogue, with no pauses to emote interact with the person listening That was bizarre enough on its own, but the way she supposedly remembered every detail of events that happened decades before is just absurdly unrealistic For the major upheavals, sure, but she was repeating even the most mundane conversations verbatim, describing exactly what was eaten on The plot was decent, but I couldn t get over my annoyance at the way the grandmother related her past Page after page of uninterrupted dialogue, with no pauses to emote interact with the person listening That was bizarre enough on its own, but the way she supposedly remembered every detail of events that happened decades before is just absurdly unrealistic For the major upheavals, sure, but she was repeating even the most mundane conversations verbatim, describing exactly what was eaten on ordinary days Somehow,than 40 years later, she was able to remember every...

The Amber Keeper
  • English
  • 01 October 2017
  • Kindle Edition
  • 385 pages
  • Freda Lightfoot
  • The Amber Keeper