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The Second Mrs. Astor

By: Shana Abe
Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
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Madeleine Talmage Force is just 17 when she attracts the attention of John Jacob "Jack" Astor. Madeleine is beautiful, intelligent, and solidly upper-class, but the Astors are in a league apart. Jack's mother was the Mrs. Astor, American royalty and New York's most formidable socialite. Despite their 29-year age difference and the scandal of Jack's recent divorce, Madeleine falls headlong into love - and becomes the press' favorite target.

On their extended honeymoon in Egypt, the newlyweds finally find a measure of peace away from photographers and journalists. Madeleine feels truly alive for the first time - and is happily pregnant. The couple plans to return home in the spring of 1912, aboard an opulent new ocean liner. When the ship hits an iceberg close to midnight on April 14th, there is no immediate panic. The swift, state-of-the-art RMS Titanic seems unsinkable. As Jack helps Madeleine into a lifeboat, he assures her that he'll see her soon in New York....

Four months later, at the Astors' Fifth Avenue mansion, a widowed Madeleine gives birth to their son. In the wake of the disaster, the press has elevated her to the status of virtuous, tragic heroine. But Madeleine's most important decision still lies ahead: whether to accept the role assigned to her or carve out her own remarkable path....

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Amazing book

What a gripping and moving story, so beautifully told. The period details and the buildings and the events - all the details were so compelling. Even though you know how the story ends it is still difficult to listen to and you hope so much that the outcome might be different.

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Very moving

This was a story I knew nothing about but was thoroughly engaged. How it was written. Making you understand this was for her son to read when he was older was very moving.

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perfect in every way 👌

I really believed I was the 2nd Mrs Astor. The narrator performance was perfect, the author makes you feel, see and believe you are there.

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gently enthralling

a slow but insightful look at a love that never died even after life was gone

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Astor

Would be a great book to read. But the narrator was horrific. Sounded manic in places. Then putting on a man’s voice. Which sounds stupid. Obviously you want a narrator to put some oooph into reading out a book,but this one thought she was in a broadway show.

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