Then Sings My Soul

by Amy K. Sorrells Narrated by Natasha Soudek

Overview

1904, Chudniv, Ukraine. Playing hide-and-seek in bucolic fields of sunflowers, young Jakob never imagines the horrific secrets he will carry as he and his brother escape through genocide-ridden Eastern Europe.

1994, South Haven, Michigan. At age 94, time is running out for any hope that Jakob can be free from his burden of guilt.

When Jakob's wife dies, he and his daughter, Nel, are forced to face the realities of his worsening dementia-including a near-naked, midnight jaunt down the middle of main street-as well as emerging shadows Nel had no idea lay beneath her father's beloved, curmudgeonly ways.

While Nel navigates the restoration and sale of Jakob's dilapidated lake house, her high school sweetheart shows up in town, along with unexpected correspondence from Ukraine. And when she discovers a mysterious gemstone in Jakob's old lapidary room, Jakob's condition worsens as he begins having flashbacks about his baby sister from nearly a century past.

As father and daughter race against time to discover the truth behind Jackob's fragmented memories, the God they have both been running from shows that he redeems not only broken years, but also the future.

Editorial Reviews

SEPTEMBER 2019 - AudioFile

Listeners travel from 1904 Chudniv, Ukraine, to 1994 South Haven, Michigan, through narrator Natasha Soudek’s honeyed voice. Jakob lives a long life, having survived horrific pogroms at age 5, along with his 14-year-old brother, Peter. They escape to America, where he continued his family’s craft of carving jewels and stones. When his daughter, Nel, a jewelry designer, comes home after her mother dies, she begins to learn of her father’s life and what he endured. Soudek uses gravelly Slavic accents for Jakob’s early life and his recitations of Hebrew, contrasting with soft, unaccented tones for Nel and the narrative. Soudek ably shifts her performance between the two timelines as they reveal the songs buried within the family’s story. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

SEPTEMBER 2019 - AudioFile

Listeners travel from 1904 Chudniv, Ukraine, to 1994 South Haven, Michigan, through narrator Natasha Soudek’s honeyed voice. Jakob lives a long life, having survived horrific pogroms at age 5, along with his 14-year-old brother, Peter. They escape to America, where he continued his family’s craft of carving jewels and stones. When his daughter, Nel, a jewelry designer, comes home after her mother dies, she begins to learn of her father’s life and what he endured. Soudek uses gravelly Slavic accents for Jakob’s early life and his recitations of Hebrew, contrasting with soft, unaccented tones for Nel and the narrative. Soudek ably shifts her performance between the two timelines as they reveal the songs buried within the family’s story. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169287608
Publisher:	Oasis Audio
Publication date:	04/04/2019
Edition description:	Unabridged

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