Kathlene barrett
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Wandering Stars
- A Novel
- De: Tommy Orange
- Narrado por: Shaun Taylor-Corbett, MacLeod Andrews, Alma Cuervo, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 478
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 444
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 444
Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion prison castle, where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity by Richard Henry Pratt, an evangelical prison guard who will go on to found the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, an institution dedicated to the eradication of Native history, culture, and identity. A generation later, Star’s son, Charles, is sent to the school, where he is brutalized by the man who was once his father’s jailer. Under Pratt’s harsh treatment, Charles clings to moments he shares with a young fellow student, Opal Viola.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful writing and performance of realistic native family saga
- De ReallyNelie en 07-12-24
- Wandering Stars
- A Novel
- De: Tommy Orange
- Narrado por: Shaun Taylor-Corbett, MacLeod Andrews, Alma Cuervo, Curtis Michael Holland, Calvin Joyal, Phil Ava, Emmanuel Chumaceiro, Christian Young, Charley Flyte
Despite all the pain, hope was in the background
Revisado: 04-01-25
At times, I had a hard time listening to this story. Orange tells the true side of American history. But somehow his characters made it past the horrors of what happened to a spiritual understanding of what really matters.
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Stone Yard Devotional
- A Novel
- De: Charlotte Wood
- Narrado por: Ailsa Piper
- Duración: 6 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 78
Burnt out and in need of retreat, a middle-aged woman leaves Sydney to return to the place she grew up, taking refuge in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of rural Australia. She doesn't believe in God, or know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive existence almost by accident.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A profound inward journey
- De Kathlene barrett en 02-17-25
- Stone Yard Devotional
- A Novel
- De: Charlotte Wood
- Narrado por: Ailsa Piper
A profound inward journey
Revisado: 02-17-25
If you told me I’d be praising a book about Catholic nuns, I would have turned my nose up and laughed. This is book is about Catholic nuns, and I loved it! It’s really about a woman’s journey to find peace—she hadn’t recovered from her mother’s death from many years ago. Ironically, it wasn't spiritual in the sense of higher power etc. Instead it was about a woman facing herself and her feelings. Not for the faint hearted but compassionately written in wonderful images. It’s one of the most profound books I’ve read.
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West
- A Novel
- De: Carys Davies
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 3 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 19
When widowed mule breeder Cy Bellman reads in the newspaper that colossal ancient bones have been discovered in the salty Kentucky mud, he sets out from his small Pennsylvania farm to see for himself if the rumors are true: that the giant monsters are still alive and roam the uncharted wilderness beyond the Mississippi River. Promising to write and to return in two years, he leaves behind his daughter, Bess, to the tender mercies of his taciturn sister and heads west.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Immediately and completely fascinated throughout this book!
- De SalJJon en 07-10-18
- West
- A Novel
- De: Carys Davies
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
A person would believe that deeply, abandoning his daughter
Revisado: 09-17-24
I like more positive endings, and this wasn’t one of them. The main character was an obsessed idiot. He stayed alive because of a young native man-of-honor, who took care of him. Oh the poor daughter-what secret she decided to keep. However, beyond all that, it was well-written. Obviously I believed the author’s story.
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Brooklyn
- A Novel
- De: Colm Toibin
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 7 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,271
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,104
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,104
Eilis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland in the hard years following World War Two. When an Irish priest from Brooklyn offers to sponsor Eilis in America, she decides she must go, leaving her fragile mother and her charismatic sister behind. Eilis finds work in a department store on Fulton Street, and when she least expects it, finds love. Tony, who loves the Dodgers and his big Italian family, slowly wins her over with patient charm. But just as Eilis begins to fall in love, devastating news from Ireland threatens the promise of her future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved every word
- De J. P. Fitzpatrick en 02-24-17
- Brooklyn
- A Novel
- De: Colm Toibin
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
A story about everyday people being brave
Revisado: 07-31-24
At first I was put off with the narrative, because the main character was so timid. But faced with the challenges the author presented, she grew into a most delightful character.
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