A nice gentleman from Edam donated this book me on August 11 2005, so others could enjoy his books. Thank you!
<-- back cover with description of the book

Fictional (?) history of an opera singer.

I registered this book in December2005. At the time I registered the book bookcrossers were more appreciative of most books (it didn't matter as much if the book was a little older or not in perfect condition). After the last meeting this year (2017) I decided to remove the BCID from this book because I was not sure it would not end up in de garbage after I released it. I was curious about the book and after I read it I tried to find a reader on the Dutch forum. To my surprise someone was interested, so I decided the give the book a new BCID (gave the old BCID to another book which is already travelling).

I have found a reader for this book , I'm so pleased :-D Happy reading Alfa-betje!

To the finder of this book:
Hello and congratulations! You have not only found yourself a good book, but a whole community of booklovers dedicated to sharing books with each other and the world at large. I hope you'll stick around a bit and get to know BookCrossing --maybe even make a journal entry on this book. You may choose to remain anonymous or to join (its free!) And if you do choose to join, I hope you'll consider using me, dutch-flybabe) , as your referring member.
Feel free to read and keep this book, or to pass it on to a friend or even set it out "in the wild" for someone else to find like you did. If you do choose to join and journal, then you can watch the book as it travels- You'll be alerted by email each time someone makes another journal entry. It's all confidential (you're known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), free, and spam-free.
Happy reading!

Wow, this book was really patient waiting for a new reader! I like the old-fashioned cover of the book, but hoping that the inside will be more resistent to time. I will see. I am already happy this book took me to a place I had never been to pick it up ;-) Thank you, dutch-flybabe!

On the mtbr, waiting for its turn.

Checking my Bookshelf, I see that I have omitted to write something about reading this book. So, from memory.... This book tells the story of Lena Geyer. She had a rough start in life (well, the first 30 years or so), but became a succesfull opera-singer. Living as she did more than a century ago, calls for imagination in the modern reader (travelling between the US and Europe before there were aeroplanes.....), thats a plus for this book. A minus, in my opinion, is that Lena herself remains at distance and does not come to life - what, for example, meant her love for the Duke the Chartress?

Going to think about what to do with this book, it looks, as mentioned earlier, rather worn and torn....

Gaat mee naar de mini-meet op Utrecht CS.

Aangetroffen in de boekenkast van het station. Ben heel benieuwd!