Eh. Bones of the Barbary Coast was ok. Certainly the weakest and least entertaining of the three Cree Black novels. I listened to this on audiobook, and it was narrated by Anna Fields, who is an excellent narrator. She executed the voices and accents demanded of her by this novel in a very smoot...
I laughed a lot with this audiobook but I hate martyr heroines and the end was very disturbing. It's as if the author felt that she had to wipe the hero's face in @#$% just because he was selfish.
The language was lush and hypnotic, and the stories were compelling. There was more left out, one felt, than told- and a bit of research confirmed this. The anecdotes, while powerful, seemed disconnected and somewhat choppy. The narrator was quite good, save for a few peculiarities of pronunciation....
Unabridged and Narrated by Anna FieldsFrom Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Noted journalist and bestselling author Marton (Hidden Power) offers a haunting tale of the wartime Hungarian diaspora. The nine illustrious Hungarians she profiles were all "double outsiders," for, as well as being natives ...
Beryl Markham was an extraordinary lady. She could train race horses to perfection, track lions and elephants, and speak Swahili with the natives. She was the first person to fly the Atlantic solo westbound. She was also an extraordinary writer. Her autobiography, West With The Night is one of th...
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