Casper Silk

I listened to this book on Audible.com which was provided to me for my honest review.

I loved listening to this story and the narration was very easy listening as the readers voice was perfect for the character. The story follows a ballerina through her hardships and love (infatuation which is not always returned) with the Italian composer. As Margit is forced to separate from her husband when the Nazis invade the story takes a turn and she is clinging for life and also suffers a separation from her son. This story was hard to listen to at times but none the less it is a historical novel which is fiction but still based around a time in the world when there was a lot of suffering. A great listen!… (lisätietoja)

The most interesting thing to me about this story is the slow and creepy build up of the Nazi regime under Adolf Hitler. It was slow and insidious and it makes me think of our own Presidents unbelievable win this last November, something I am not happy about. I understand that the author wanted to honor the ballerina Margit Wolf by telling her story but I don't know if she really accomplished this goal as when we come to the end of the story we find that her 'husband' if he really was her husband as he had been married before, has been dallying with the ladies and she was left to pine away faithfully for him for over twenty years. What a creep he turned out to be, I was surprised that he turned out to be such a jerk because in the beginning he worked hard to get her to fall for him. Did she have her head in the sand for not wanting to know? No matter, Margit is a survivor and she was a victim of these horrific times. She had very little control over her destiny. The writing is beautifully done and the narrator did a fantastic job with all the accents. Highly recommended.… (lisätietoja)