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To Capture What We Cannot Keep

Beatrice Colin

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Mar 10, 2017 Jenifer rated it really liked it

Shelves: historical-fiction, france, 2017-read

To Capture What We Cannot Keep was a wonderful story about not only about the characters Caitriona and Emile but also about the Eiffel Tower. I love when I learn a bit of history while reading a work of fiction and appreciated the research and detail that this author, Beatrice Colin, put into the book. The Eiffel Tower was almost like a secondary character.

I'd definitely recommend this book to any lovers of literary or historical fiction! ...more

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Feb 24, 2022 Jen Pratt rated it it was ok

Disclosure, I didn’t finish this book it listened to 7 1/2 hours of it. I was interested to learn more about the construction of the Eiffel Tower and this book does do some of that. The story begins a bit like a proper romance, but then then you learn about a mistress and additional affairs and brothel visiting by different characters. The storyline isn’t very interesting and the main characters keep making poor choices. I don’t want to finish the last 4 hours. 2.5 stars.

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Sep 18, 2019 Rachel N. rated it liked it

Shelves: read-in-2019, romance, france, paris, historical-fiction

Caitrionia Wallace is hired as a chaperone to Jamie and Alice as they do the grand tour of Europe. She meets Emile Nouguier on a hot air balloon ride and feels an attraction to him. She later returns to Paris as Jamie gets and apprenticeship with Emile to help construct the Eiffel tower. The storyis supposed to detail the relationship between Cait and Emile but they barely spend any time together in the book. I really disliked Jamie and Alice. I was interested in the information about the constr ...more

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