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Along the Infinite Sea
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Along the Infinite Sea

Written by Beatriz Williams

Narrated by Kathleen McInerney

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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Decadent and evocative storytelling at its very best., by NEW YORK TIMES bestseller, Beatriz Williams

1966, Florida

Pepper Schuyler is the kind of woman society loves and loves to talk about – a dazzling being who men watch across crowded, smoky rooms, and women keep their husbands away from. Yet the legend of Pepper is far from the truth…

1935, Côte d’Azur

Nineteen-year-old ingénue Annabelle de Créouville leaves her father’s crumbling chateau to help a handsome German Jew fleeing from the Nazi regime – and from the other man with whom Annabelle’s future is inextricably entangled. Falling headlong in love as is only possible for the first time, Annabelle follows her heart from Antibes, to Paris, to pre-war Berlin, torn between two very different men, and two very different endings…

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Release dateNov 5, 2015
ISBN9780008151263
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Along the Infinite Sea
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Beatriz Williams

Beatriz Williams is the bestselling author of over a dozen novels, including The Beach at Summerly, Our Woman in Moscow, and The Summer Wives, as well as four other novels cowritten with Lauren Willig and Karen White. A native of Seattle, she graduated from Stanford University and earned an MBA in finance from Columbia University. She lives with her husband and four children near the Connecticut shore, where she divides her time between writing and laundry.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    When Pepper Schuyler restores an old Mercedes, she finds that the buyer is very familiar with the car. Annabelle Dommerich last used the car to escape Nazi Germany with her husband and children. Pepper has her own problems and Annabelle is willing to help her, so off they go to the coast of Florida to hide away in Annabelle's comfortable home.The story goes back and forth between Annabelle's life in pre-Nazi France and Germany, and Pepper's current conundrum: she's pregnant with the child of a powerful and married man. Frankly, Pepper's story wasn't very interesting or fleshed out enough to provide a lot of details. It sounds like a Kennedy-esque scandal that was mostly pretty boring, Florian's appearance notwithstanding.Annabelle's story is the crux of the book, her lifelong love affair with Stefan and her marriage to Nazi general Johann.Ms. Williams does best when writing about the rich and famous in pre-war Paris and the French Riviera. It's all very glamorous and decadent, fun to read about but not memorable.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Thought it would be lots of history but it was more of a love story... but it was SO WELL DONE!! Spanning several decades- through the pre-war time period in Germany and France... GREAT characters- kept you guessing through the whole book!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I truly enjoy the Schuyler Sisters novels. This novel focused on Pepper shortly after the ending of Tiny Little Thing. In trying to fix her mistakes and move forward she meets Annabelle, an older woman, with her own secrets.Secrets, history, romance, and humor....this novel has it all.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I enjoyed this book about lovers caught up in the perils of Nazi Germany, as well as a parallel story set in 1960s America. The author weaves the story of two women in two different time periods deftly. It has humor and heartbreak.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
     Listened to this book on Audible Audio. It is a genre WW2 that I typically enjoy, especially when there is a present story and a back story. I did enjoy this book, but really felt that something was lacking. The Pepper Schuyler character was just too unbelievable and I didn't care for her at all. I also thought it was somewhat questionable for Stephan to be in and out of Dachau Concentration Camp - even if Rudolf was in the SS. Too many La Ti Da - everything is perfect story and didn't move me in the least which is totally uncharacteristic for me with type of story... Overall - eh... not believable for me
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Certainly not an original story but the author did a nice job of telling it again. I was hoping for a book that was a bit heavier historically and a bit lighter romantically and unfortunately the opposite was the case but it was still a nice read.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is book number three about the Schuyler sisters, and the first book I've read. It can be read as a standalone. The book goes back and forth between Annabelle's life in Europe just before World War II and Pepper's life in America in 1966.

    Pepper Schuyler fixes up a rare 1936 Special Roadster Mercedes and sells it at an auction. The mother-to-be is too proud to ask her family for help and the father of her child is a married politician who doesn't want anyone to know about the pregnancy. Pepper believes she can do things on her own and that the large sum of money will take care of her baby.

    Annabelle Dommerich has just bought back the car she used to drive out of Nazi Germany. Having a past that includes a Nazi husband and a Jewish lover, Annabelle is no stranger to having secrets of her own. She takes young Pepper under her wing - she gives her a place to stay and someone to talk to.

    This book was extremely well-written. The characters, the setting - everything came to life. Annabelle's story had a lot of depth and I loved reading about her life. There were definitely a lot of different emotions while reading this!

    I received a copy of this book through Goodreads First Reads.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I enjoyed this book and would recommend it, although it would probably be helpful to read some of the author's other books which involve the Schuyler sisters. Two complaints: I realize that people used to smoke a lot more than they do now, but the inordinate emphasis on the characters' smoking habits got to be kind of ridiculous (I made this comment about one of Williams' other books as well); and the gap between where the main story of Annabelle Dommerich ended in 1938 and picked up again in 1966 was summarized in about 3 pages and didn't address a lot of questions that I, and probably many other readers, have about what happened to these people during all of those intervening years - kind of annoying.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A vintage Mercedes, the new owner of the Mercedes and a pregnant woman in 60's, what do they have in common? Well a lot actually, Pepper Schuyler the pregnant woman, has refurbished a vintage Mercedes and has sold it to Annabelle Dommerich. Upon meeting Pepper, Annabelle takes her under her wing and moves her into her home. A place where Pepper can be away from Washington D.C and all the memories there. Pepper is not even in Annabelle's home for a day when Annabelle seemingly disappears. What follows is a very poignant story that travels back and forth between 1966 and the 1930's and through the war and Annabelle's life in particular. She meets the love of her life but that happiness is taken away and Annabelle marries a Nazi. The reader learns about how Annabelle escapes Europe and settles into America. The lives of Pepper and Annabelle tangle to tell a story that will tear at the heartstrings. Is there a happy ever after? Well you will have to read the book to get to the end and find out. I loved this story, written with compassion and a lot of research through the turbulent times when a fanatic is bound and determined to wipe out a whole race of people. I enjoyed this story and I know you will too. Not only a great historical fiction but a wonderful love story.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This is the third book I have read by this author. You can call me a fan. I get lost in the story and the characters. I love when this happens. Although this book felt a little one-sided with the main focus really on Annabelle. When the story would flash back to Pepper, her voice was short and sweet. However it did get strong towards the end. Yet I was not disappointed that the story focused on Annabelle as she really did need to lay the foundation for how she and Pepper were connected. As I was reading this book I was instantly transported back in time. It was like I was Annabelle. Both men in Annabelle's life were good in their own ways. It is not often that you find good men. So glad that Annabelle did. So in other words what I am saying is that I could not choose one over the other. The ending was lovely. I can't wait to read the next book by this author. Along the Infinite Sea is a lovely read.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Each of the three Schuyler sisters has her own world-class problems, but in the autumn of 1966, Pepper Schuyler's problems are in a class of their own. When Pepper fixes up a beautiful and rare vintage Mercedes and sells it at auction, she thinks she's finally found a way to take care of herself and the baby she carries, the result of an affair with a married, legendary politician. But the car's new owner turns out to have secrets of her own, and as the glamorous and mysterious Annabelle Dommerich takes pregnant Pepper under her wing, the startling provenance of this car comes to light: a Nazi husband, a Jewish lover, a flight from Europe, and a love so profound it transcends decades. As the many threads of Annabelle's life from World War II stretch out to entangle Pepper in 1960s America, and the father of her unborn baby tracks her down to a remote town in coastal Georgia, the two women must come together to face down the shadows of their complicated pasts.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Love and intrigue in wartime (WW2) France and Germany carries over to the United States in the 1960s. Some characters are related to ones in other books by Williams, but this is a stand alone. I liked this one much better than The Secret Life of Violet Grant, which is the story of one of the sisters of a main character in this book. Free review copy from publisher.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A few months ago, I read three of Beatriz Williams' novels revolving around the Schuyler family- One Hundred Summers, The Secret Life of Violet Grant and Tiny Little Thing. All of the Schuyler women are intriguing, but I found myself drawn to Pepper, who had a prominent role in Tiny Little Thing.I hoped that the next book would feature Pepper, and lo and behold, we get Pepper's story in Williams' newest novel, Along the Infinite Sea. The novel picks up a little while after Tiny Little Thing, in 1966 Palm Beach, Florida where Pepper is selling the special vintage Mercedes that she, her sister and her sister's lover found in a shed in Cape Cod and restored.The buyer is a woman named Annabelle Dommerich who has a connection to that car- she and her husband escaped the Nazis in it in 1938. Annabelle takes the pregnant Pepper under her wing and into her palatial home to hide out from the baby's father, a connected and married US Senator from a prominent family.When Annabelle mysteriously disappears, her son Florian and Pepper go looking for her. We get alternating stories, Annabelle's from 1937 and Pepper's from 1966. While I love Pepper and her snappy talk and tough-gal attitude, it's Annabelle's story that truly fascinates.When Annabelle is 17-years-old, she falls madly in love with Stefan, a Jewish man, after nursing him back to health after an encounter with the Nazis. They spend a glorious time together, and when Stefan disappears, Annabelle finds herself in trouble.She ends up married to Johann, a general in the German government during the rise of the the Nazi party. Annabelle and Stefan cross paths at various times over the next few years, and she is torn between her love and desire for Stefan and her duty to Johann, who took her in and gave her a home and a life.There is so much in Along the Infinite Sea to love. There's a little bit of the Sound of Music (Nazis and a daring escape attempt- what a scene!), a little bit of Les Miserables (the Valjean/Javert relationship) and Williams rolls these all into her can't-stop-reading-it novel. The relationship between Annabelle and Pepper is terrifically done, they are such intriguing and strong women.Nick Greenwald and Budgie Byrne from One Hundred Summers make a few appearances, which is a lovely touch to readers of the Schuyler women books, and Williams made a pretty cool connection between Annabelle and Pepper and the mysterious car.You don't need to have read any of the previous books to understand and appreciate Along the Infinite Sea, it stands alone on its own quite well. But if you are a fan of the Schuyler women, you will fall in love with this one. I highly recommend it.