Lisette's List
By Susan Vreeland
I did something that I had never done before recently and I love it. I have a about a billion and two quilting and napkins to make before Christmas and I was not looking forward to having to rewatch something on Netflix or a movie I have seen a whole bunch of times. I'm not currently obsessed with some show and listening to music while using the sewing machine isn't very stimulating. I was kind of in a rut and then I realized that I could totally listen to a book on tape (by which I mean CD, I'm not that old fashioned) while I was quilting. The second I thought of the idea I packed up my little girl and drove to the local library and looked at their selection. Sadly, the book on CD selection wasn't much, but I found a book I need to read for book club sometime next year. It so nice to be doing two things at the same time that I love.
The audiobook book I picked up was Lisette's List and I'm going to be honest with you here, I just couldn't get into the book. I don't know if it was the person doing the reading; she was a Broadway actress and was doing all of these different accents and it was super over acted. The author did an amazing job painting a picture of words of all the scenery and plot but it was a little over done for my taste. The story is of a young newlywed from Paris who moves to the country with her new husband to care for his ailing grandfather. The grandfather has a collection of artwork that has been done by famous painter that he has known. The main character loves art and spends the rest of the book trying to find the paintings after the Nazis threatened to take them and her husband hides them. When her husband is away fighting in the war our heroine learns to take care of herself and become a very strong-willed, confident woman with an amazing art collection.
I think the book was a little over done for my taste, maybe a little too flowery. The book also had a storyline with a police officer that crosses the line, sexually assaulting the main character over and over again and no one in the book seems to think it's wrong, even for the late 1940’s early 1950’s. Maybe I am naive but I had a real problem with that part. As a whole I would say if you love French culture or art, this book is a must, and it might be a long read.
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