Courtney Collins scores a double win with her stellar narration of her outstanding debut novel—ideally suited for audio. The novel is a retelling of the Australian bush legend of Jessie Hickman, a woman notorious in the 1920s as a murderess and horse thief. Collins paints a much more nuanced and sympathetic portrait of Jessie as a resilient and sensitive survivor of abuse and oppression. The story is told from the point of view of Jessie’s buried infant, and Collins’s whispery, lightly accented voice lends it an intimate, haunting tone. The gripping narrative moves dreamily through time, smoothly weaving past and present, dreams with reality. This is a book that can't be set aside. Listeners are in for a truly exceptional audio experience. M.O.B. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine
It is 1921. In a mountain-locked valley, Jessie is on the run.
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Born wild and brave, by twenty-six she has already lived life as a circus rider, horse and cattle rustler, and convict. But on this fateful night she is just a woman wanting to survive though there is barely any life left in her.
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Two men crash through the bushland, desperate to claim the reward on her head: one her lover, the other the law.
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But as it has always been for Jessie, it is death, not a man, who is her closest pursuer and companion. And while all odds are stacked against her, there is one who will never give up on her-her own child, who awaits her.
It is 1921. In a mountain-locked valley, Jessie is on the run.
*
Born wild and brave, by twenty-six she has already lived life as a circus rider, horse and cattle rustler, and convict. But on this fateful night she is just a woman wanting to survive though there is barely any life left in her.
*
Two men crash through the bushland, desperate to claim the reward on her head: one her lover, the other the law.
*
But as it has always been for Jessie, it is death, not a man, who is her closest pursuer and companion. And while all odds are stacked against her, there is one who will never give up on her-her own child, who awaits her.
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Product Details
BN ID: | 2940169437973 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Random House |
Publication date: | 05/29/2014 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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