OCTOBER 2022 - AudioFile
Narrator Amy Landon delivers an enchanting mystery, in which five octogenarian witches must find a magical artifact to save their manor. Landon adopts a variety of vocal skills to embody unique characters. Surly Queenie uses magic to invent, seductive Jezebel is gifted with charm, brilliant Ivy manipulates plants, gentle Ursula is clairvoyant, and resentful Tabby connects with animals, speaking through her bird familiar. They rely on Ruby, freshly released from prison and voiced with childlike wonder, to recall where she hid the missing artifact, but her failing memory leaves paltry clues to its whereabouts. TikTok devotée Persephone, voiced with eager confidence and ready to smash the patriarchy, employs her relentless ambition to help. This dramatic audiobook is full of laughs, tender relationships, and inspiring characters. A.K.R. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine
From the Publisher
"The Witches of Moonshyne Manor is an engaging, hilarious, and utterly charming take on the modern witch story. I loved every page." – Lana Harper, NYT bestselling author of Payback's a Witch.
"The new Practical Magic for a generation of women who value sisterhood, friendship and fierce, fabulous feminism above all else. It was an absolute delight from start to finish, and the kind of book I’ve been craving for years. Escapist and hilarious but also bold and incisive, this novel has shot to the top of my list of favourites."— Marissa Stapley, New York Times bestselling author of Lucky
"In this enchanting novel we meet a coven of misfit witches—a sisterhood as diverse as it is powerful, though struggling with many of the same issues that face non-magical women: in particular, what it means to be an aging woman in a society enamored with youth. Brimming with magic, mystery and meaning, prepare to be bewitched.
—Karma Brown, #1 bestselling author of Recipe for a Perfect Wife
“Picture it. Critchley Hackle, 2021. A group of older women living together to share expenses and lean on each other. Sound familiar? But with these delightful witchy equivalent of The Golden Girls, it's not just the cheesecake that has healing powers.”- Steven Rowley, bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Guncle, a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist for Novel of the Year.
"Richly imagined, gorgeously written, and completely addictive, this exuberant novel is a celebration of womanhood at its brightest, funniest, most honest, and most kind. Bianca has written the kind of insightful, empowering story you can't wait to share with a friend." —#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs
"A quirky Golden Girls with wands that explores women’s empowerment, friendship, and loyalty and addresses racial equality, identity, and gender fluidity. A timely, fun modern-day fable about women who refuse to conform." —Library Journal, starred review
"Resonant and relevant in its exploration of gender expression, race and racial justice, and age and aging, all with central characters full of wit, heart, and magical secrets."—Booklist
OCTOBER 2022 - AudioFile
Narrator Amy Landon delivers an enchanting mystery, in which five octogenarian witches must find a magical artifact to save their manor. Landon adopts a variety of vocal skills to embody unique characters. Surly Queenie uses magic to invent, seductive Jezebel is gifted with charm, brilliant Ivy manipulates plants, gentle Ursula is clairvoyant, and resentful Tabby connects with animals, speaking through her bird familiar. They rely on Ruby, freshly released from prison and voiced with childlike wonder, to recall where she hid the missing artifact, but her failing memory leaves paltry clues to its whereabouts. TikTok devotée Persephone, voiced with eager confidence and ready to smash the patriarchy, employs her relentless ambition to help. This dramatic audiobook is full of laughs, tender relationships, and inspiring characters. A.K.R. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine