The Seed Woman

The Seed Traders' Saga, Book 1

By: Petra Durst-Benning, Edwin Miles - translator

Narrated by: Kristin Watson Heintz

From bestselling author Petra Durst-Benning comes a sweeping emotional story of courage, triumph, and love against all odds in nineteenth-century Germany.

After a long and trying journey from her home, Hannah arrives at a charming village nestled in the foothills of the Swabian Mountains, eager to find Helmut Kerner, a traveling seed merchant she loved and lost. Enchanted by the glorious wildflowers and thriving harvests stretching as far as the eye can see, Hannah feels less like an outsider with each passing hour, until she meets Seraphine, an ethereally beautiful dreamer engaged to be married to Helmut, the father of Hannah's unborn child.

Desperate to win back Helmut's affections, Hannah gets to work and quickly discovers a passion for the seed trade, and with every change of season comes a change of heart. Can Hannah and Seraphine put aside their differences to find a way to work together, or will Hannah and her child be forced to leave this place she has come to love?

©2005 Petra Durst-Benning and Ullstein Buchverlage GmbH (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Translation © 2017 Edwin Miles

Great listen

Genuinely hope that Petra Durst-Benning continues the story. I’d like to see how Seriphina and Valentine move forward...if he survives. Still lots of questions looming!

ended too soon

wished the ending would have given a clue as to what would finally become of Sarafina and Valentine.

Not as good as others

I listen to Petra’s books because of what I can learn about the time period, location, and challenges of the people in that time and place. This book I didn’t feel gave me all that much insight into the differences in their lives. And one of the main characters had some serious mental issues, which supposedly just cleared up at the end. Not sure how realistic that is.

Good story, bad narration

The narrator has a lisp and is not a great speaker. This is annoying and hard to listen to.

Was a great read until the end

I did not care for the ending. Did she get tired of writing and stopped?