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The Return of the Soldier

By: Rebecca West
Narrated by: Nadia May
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 When Captain Chris Baldry, a World War I soldier, is sent home with a severe case of shellshock amnesia, he is a stranger to his wife, Kitty, and his adoring cousin, Jenny. Recoiling from the horrors of war and disillusioned with years of superficial married life, his mind has regressed 15 years into the past, where his heart may take refuge once again in the magic circle of his youth and of his first love, Margaret Allington.

In this lyrical and poignant story of a wounded man and the three concerned women who seek to heal him, Rebecca West explores the complexity of the mind and its subtle strategies for coping with life's painful realities. Only when Chris has the courage to face one pivotal moment of truth in his married life will he be able to awaken from his boyish fantasy and become, indeed, "every inch a soldier".

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though the class snobbery is hard to take. In fact the empty superiority of the narrator and her friend are central to the end tragedy of the returning of ‘the soldier’.

Quite a profound story

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Loved this book. Beautifully read with the perfect accent for the story.
I went from likening to despising and back to sympathy as the book went on.
A calm, quiet way of telling a complex and tragic story

I kept changing my mind!

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A deep and moving portrayal of human nature, hurt and self protection.
Truly worth listening too.

Profound.

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Thoroughly appreciated the writing, observances, characters, and the story, would listen again just to enjoy it once more

Very touching

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a good read that will introduce the listener to a past life and issues of memory loss and what might have been.

I loved the language and reminders of class.

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