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Kate’s 2¢: “The Forever Bridge” by Tammy Greenwood
“The Forever Bridge” by Tammy Greenwood
NOTE: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ shares her thoughts about what she’s read. In her opinion…
I enjoyed listening to Guy Williams perform this story about a family broken by tragedy and how the eleven-year old daughter’s interest in bridges helps span the trauma.
The author included a list of suggested discussion questions.
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Tammy (T.) Greenwood is an acclaimed author and writing coach who has published over 16 novels, including Everything Has Happened and The Still Point. Known for her poignant explorations of motherhood and family dynamics, she has also released the poetry chapbook The Winged & the Horned.
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T. Greenwood grew up in rural Vermont in the 1970s. She began writing stories at seven years old and wrote her first “novel” at nine on her dad’s electric typewriter. Since then, she has published sixteen novels.
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
The forever bridge DB81043
Author: Greenwood, T. (Tammy)
Reading Time: 10 hours, 45 minutes
Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress
Read by: Guy Williams
Subject: Psychological Fiction
Two years after an accident claimed her son’s life and left her husband in a wheelchair, Sylvie is a shattered recluse, while her daughter and husband live with his brother. But as Hurricane Irene bears down on their small Vermont town, things change. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2015.
New York, NY : Kensington Books, [2015]
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Kate’s 2¢: “The Forgetting” by Hannah Beckerman
“The Forgetting” by Hannah Beckerman
NOTE: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ shares her thoughts about what she’s read. In her opinion…
Lindsey Pierce did a good job of narrating this intriguing story.
I like the author’s list of resources to get help if someone experiences the issue featured in this story.
From the web:
Hannah Beckerman is a British author, journalist, and former television producer known for her emotionally resonant novels exploring complex family dynamics, relationships, and grief. Her notable books include The Dead Wife’s Handbook (2014) and Three Mothers (2025).
Background & Career
Before transitioning to full-time writing, Beckerman spent 12 years in television, working as a producer and commissioning editor for major networks like the BBC, Channel 4, and the Discovery Channel. She also spent two years living in Bangladesh, running a TV project for the BBC World Service Trust.
From NLS/BARD/LOC”
The forgetting DB133100
Author: Beckerman, Hannah
Reading Time: 8 hours, 22 minutes
Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress
Read by: Lindsey Pierce
Subjects: Family, Psychological Fiction, Suspense Fiction
“When Anna Bradshaw wakes up in a hospital bed in London, she remembers nothing, not even her loving husband, Stephen. The doctors say her amnesia is to be expected, but Anna feels cut adrift from her entire life. In Bristol, Livvy Nicholson is newly married to Dominic and eager to get back to work after six months’ maternity leave. But when Dominic’s estranged mother appears, making a series of unnerving claims, Livvy is sucked into a version of herself she doesn’t recognize. A hundred miles apart, both women feel trapped and disorientated, and their stories are about to collide. Can they uncover the secret that connects them and reconstruct their fractured lives?” — Goodreads. Strong language.
Seattle : Lake Union Publishing, 2023.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Running Close To The Wind” by Alexandra Rowland
“Running Close To The Wind” by Alexandra Rowland
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This was one of seven books on a cartridge the NLS sent to me.
I enjoyed listening to Casey Jones voice as he narrated this book. I did not enjoy the story even though it was sprinkled with humor.
While I understand languages evolve, I don’t think substituting the pronoun ‘ther’ for ‘his’ or ‘her’ is a step in the right direction.
NLS should include in the subject line when there is lgbq material.
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Alexandra Rowland is an American author of epic fantasy and folklore, best known for their Chantiverse series, which includes the critically acclaimed novel A Taste of Gold and Iron. They are also a Hugo Award-nominated podcaster and hold a degree in world literature, mythology, and folklore.
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Running close to the wind DB123535
Author: Rowland, Alexandra
Reading Time: 14 hours, 52 minutes
Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress
Read by: Casey Jones
Subjects: Fantasy Fiction, Humor and Humorous Fiction, Adventure
“Avra Helvaçi, former field agent of the Arasti Ministry of Intelligence, has accidentally stolen the single most expensive secret in the world–and the only place to flee with a secret that big is the open sea. To find a buyer with deep enough pockets, Avra must ask for help from his on-again, off-again ex, the pirate Captain Teveri az-Haffar. They are far from happy to see him, but together, they hatch a plan: take the information to the isolated pirate republic of the Isles of Lost Souls, fence it, profit. The only things in their way? A calculating new Arasti ambassador to the Isles of Lost Souls who’s got his eyes on Avra’s every move; Brother Julian, a beautiful, mysterious new member of the crew with secrets of his own and a frankly inconvenient vow of celibacy; the fact that they’re sailing straight into sea serpent breeding season and almost certain doom. But if they can find a way to survive and sell the secret on the black market, they’ll all be as wealthy as kings–and, more important, they’ll be legends”– Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
New York : Recorded Books, Inc., 2024.
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Kate’s 2¢: “The place of tides” by James Rebanks
“The place of tides” by James Rebanks
NOTE: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ shares her thoughts about what she’s read. In her opinion…
This was one of seven books on a cartridge the NLS sent to me.
Bryan Dick did a good job of narrating this intriguing story about a little known occupation.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Rebanks (born 1974)[1] is an English sheep farmer and author, from Matterdale in Cumbria.[2] His first book, the autobiography The Shepherd’s Life, was published in 2015,[3] and he published English Pastoral in 2020.[4][5] He also published The Illustrated Herdwick Shepherd in 2015[6] and The Shepherd’s View: Modern Photographs from an Ancient Landscape in 2016.[7]
Early life and educationedit
Rebanks left school at the age of 16 to work on his family’s farm with two GCSEs in woodworking and religious studies.[3] He took A levels at evening classes in Carlisle before studying at Magdalen College, Oxford,[3][8] where he achieved a double first in history.[9]
Careeredit
Following his degree, Rebanks returned to farming, which he continues to do, specialising in Herdwick sheep but moving towards a more mixed farm. He has also run a consultancy based at his farm.[10][11] He was involved in the bid for the Lake District to receive World Heritage status (which was approved by UNESCO in 2017),[12][13] and as of December 2020 had a following of 141,667 on Twitter as “Herdwick Shepherd” (@herdyshepherd1).
In 2018 he resigned from a government panel set up by Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Michael Gove, and also took a break from Twitter after the composition of the panel was criticised by environmentalists as being biased towards the farming community.[14]
In 2019 he appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. His chosen music included tracks by Rachmaninoff, Nina Simone, and Kirsty MacColl (the choice he would rescue from the waves); his chosen book was The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, and his luxury was pen and paper.[1] He has also appeared on BBC Radio 3’s Private Passions[15] and Radio 4’s On Your Farm.[16] In December 2021 he guest-edited Radio 4’s Today programme.[17]
In 2021 English Pastoral won the Wainwright Prize in the Nature Writing category.[18]
He spent a season on the island of Færøy in the Vega Archipelago off northern Norway, learning about the traditional practice of caring for wild eider ducks and gathering their down. His book describing this time, The Place of Tides, was shortlisted for the Stanford Travel Book of the Year in 2025.[19][20][21]
From NLS/LOC:
The place of tides DB131482
Author: Rebanks, James
Reading Time: 7 hours, 30 minutes
Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress
Read by: Bryan Dick
Subjects: Nature and the Environment, Animals and Wildlife, Biography, Travel
“We are all in need of lights to follow. One afternoon many years ago, James Rebanks met an old woman on a remote Norwegian island. She lived and worked alone on a tiny rocky outcrop, caring for wild Eider ducks and gathering their down. Hers was a centuries-old trade that had once made men and women rich but had long been in decline. Still, somehow, she seemed to be hanging on. Back at home, Rebanks couldn’t stop thinking about the woman on the rocks. She was fierce and otherworldly — and yet strangely familiar. Years passed. Then, one day, he wrote her a letter, asking if he could return. Bring work clothes, she replied, and good boots, and come quickly: her health was failing. And so he travelled to the edge of the Arctic to witness her last season on the island. This is the story of that season. It is the story of a unique and ancient landscape, and of the woman who brought it back to life. It traces the pattern of her work from the rough, isolated toil of bitter winter to the elation of the endless summer light, when the birds leave behind their precious down for gathering, like feathered gold. Slowly, Rebanks begins to understand that this woman and her world are not what he had previously thought. What began as a journey of escape becomes an extraordinary lesson in self-knowledge and forgiveness.” — From publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
New York : HarperAudio, 2025.
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Kate’s 2¢: “frank sonnets” by Diane Seuss
“frank sonnets” by Diane Seuss
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This was one of seven books on a cartridge the NLS sent to me. It was interesting listening to Diane Seuss read her own sonnets.
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Diane Seuss (born 1956) is an American poet and educator.[1] Her book frank: sonnets won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry in 2022.[2]
Early life, family and educationedit
Diane Seuss was born in Michigan City, Indiana and raised in Michigan in Edwardsburg and Niles.
Seuss received a BA from Kalamazoo College and an Master’s of Social Work from Western Michigan University.[1][3]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
frank: sonnets DB130753
Author: Seuss, Diane
Reading Time: 3 hours, 52 minutes
Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress
Read by: Diane Seuss
Subject: Poetry
“”The sonnet, like poverty, teaches you what you can do / without,” Diane Seuss writes in this brilliant, candid work, her most personal collection to date. These poems tell the story of a life at risk of spilling over the edge of the page, from Seuss’s working-class childhood in rural Michigan to the dangerous allures of New York City and back again. With sheer virtuosity, Seuss moves nimbly across thought and time, poetry and punk, AIDS and addiction, Christ and motherhood, showing us what we can do, what we can do without, and what we offer to one another when we have nothing left to spare. Like a series of cels on a filmstrip, frank: sonnets captures the magnitude of a life lived honestly, a restless search for some kind of “beauty or relief.” Seuss is at the height of her powers, devastatingly astute, austere, and — in a word — frank.” — From publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
Prince Frederick : HighBridge, 2023.
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Kate’s 2¢: “The Choice” by Gillian McAllister
“The Choice” by Gillian McAllister
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Katharine Lee McEwan did a good job of narrating this book. Apparently, the author alternated the chapters of the book the fictional character was writing with the reality. I found this rather confusing.
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Gillian McAllister (born 28 February 1985) is a British author, known for ten novels, all which have been bestsellers. Her works have been translated into 40 languages. Several of her novels have been optioned for television and film. Her works include Everything But The Truth (2017), Anything You Do Say (published as The Choice in North America), No Further Questions (published as The Good Sister in North America), The Evidence Against You, How To Disappear, and That Night which was a Richard & Judy book club pick and Wrong Place Wrong Time which was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, Sunday Times Bestseller and New York Times bestseller. Just Another Missing Person and Famous Last Words followed, the latter of which was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller. Caller Unknown was selected for the Read With Jenna Book Club in 2026.
Early life and education[edit]
McAllister was born in Sutton Coldfield and raised in Tamworth. After attending Belgrave High School in Tamworth (now known as Tamworth Enterprise College) and receiving A-Levels, McAllister read English at the University of Birmingham, receiving a 2:1 BA Hons.[citation needed] She then converted to law, studying the GDL and receiving a commendation. McAllister received a distinction in her Legal Practice Course (LPC) from The College of Law.
From NLS/BARD/LOC”
The choice DB100135
Author: McAllister, Gillian
Reading Time: 11 hours, 26 minutes
Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress
Read by: Katharine Lee McEwan
Subjects: Psychological Fiction, Suspense Fiction
Joanna is walking home alone when she hears the sound every woman dreads: footsteps behind her, getting faster. She’s sure it’s him–the man from the bar who wouldn’t leave her alone. So Joanna makes a snap decision. She turns, she pushes. Her pursuer tumbles down the steps and lies motionless. Now what? Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020.
[New York] : Penguin Audio, 2020.
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Kate’s 2¢: “The foxglove king” Nightshade crown(01 by Hannah Whitten
“The foxglove king” Nightshade crown(01 by Hannah Whitten
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This was one of seven books on a cartridge NLS sent to me.
I enjoyed listening to Emily Ellet narrate this romantic fantasy enmeshed with necromancy. Since this is book one, there were obvious dangling threads left for the next book to solve, or not.
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Hannah Whitten is an international bestselling fantasy author based in Tennessee, known for her atmospheric, romance-heavy, and fairy-tale-inspired novels. She gained widespread acclaim for her dark, botanical-infused fantasy worlds.
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Her books have been international bestsellers and translated into multiple languages. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, watching horror movies, or chasing …
Hannah Whitten has been writing to amuse herself since she could hold a pen, and sometime in high school, figured out that what amused her might also amuse …
From NLS/BARDD/LOC:
The foxglove king DB131485
Series: Nightshade crown
Order in Series: 01
Author: Whitten, Hannah
Reading Time: 16 hours, 13 minutes
Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress
Read by: Emily Ellet
Subjects: Fantasy Fiction, Romance
“When Lore was thirteen, she escaped a cult in the catacombs beneath the city of Dellaire. And in the ten years since, she’s lived by one rule: don’t let them find you. Easier said than done, when her death magic ties her to the city. Mortem, the magic born from death, is a high-priced and illicit commodity in Dellaire, and Lore’s job running poisons keeps her in food, shelter, and relative security. But when a run goes wrong and Lore’s power is revealed, she’s taken by the Presque Mort, a group of warrior-monks sanctioned to use Mortem working for the Sainted King. Lore fully expects a pyre, but King August has a different plan. Entire villages on the outskirts of the country have been dying overnight, seemingly at random. Lore can either use her magic to find out what’s happening and who in the King’s court is responsible, or die. Lore is thrust into the Sainted King’s glittering court, where no one can be believed and even fewer can be trusted. Guarded by Gabriel, a duke-turned-monk, and continually running up against Bastian, August’s ne’er-do-well heir, Lore tangles in politics, religion, and forbidden romance as she attempts to navigate a debauched and opulent society. But the life she left behind in the catacombs is catching up with her. And even as Lore makes her way through the Sainted court above, they might be drawing closer than she thinks.” — From publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
New York : Hachette Book Group, 2023.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Dearest Dorothy, slow down, you’re wearing us out!” by Charlene Ann Baumbich
“Dearest Dorothy, slow down, you’re wearing us out!” by Charlene Ann Baumbich
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This was one of seven books on a cartridge NLS sent to me.
I enjoyed Cynthia Darlow’s narration of this heart-warming story. All too often, the elderly are portrayed as unable to do much of anything. The author demonstrated a graceful transition into a functioning retirement.
From the Web:
Charlene Ann Baumbich is an award-winning journalist, author of the Dearest Dorothy series of novels, author of the nonfiction titles The Book of DUH! and How To Eat Humble Pie and Not Get Indigestion, and a motivational speaker who makes frequent media appearances across the country.
I am a firm believer in the power of story (short or book-length, funny or insightful, real or fiction) to accomplish my …
Charlene Ann Baumbich writer from www.charleneannbaumbich.com
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Dearest Dorothy, slow down, you’re wearing us out! DB131059
Series: Dearest Dorothy
Order in Series: 02
Author: Baumbich, Charlene Ann
Reading Time: 7 hours, 53 minutes
Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress
Read by: Cynthia Darlow
Subjects: Humor and Humorous Fiction, Religious Fiction
“In her late eighties, Dorothy Wetstra is still going strong — getting around in her 1976 Lincoln Continental (nicknamed “The Tank”), playing bunco with friends, and catching up on local events while sitting at the counter at Harry’s.” — Amazon. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, Inc., 2003.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Cutting For Stone” by Abraham Verghese
“Cutting For Stone” by Abraham Verghese
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I down-loaded this book from BookShare™, so it was electronically read.
Verghese did an excellent job of integrating fact and fiction as he crafted this moving and tragic saga of a pair of Ethiopian twins.
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Abraham Verghese (born May 30, 1955) is an Ethiopian-American physician and author. He is the Linda R. Meier and Joan F. Lane Provostial Professor of Medicine, Vice Chair for the Theory & Practice of Medicine, and Internal Medicine Clerkship Director at Stanford Medical School.[1][2][3] He is also the author of four best-selling books: two memoirs and two novels. He is the co-host with Eric Topol of the Medscape podcast Medicine and the Machine.[4]
In 2011, Verghese was elected a member of the Institute of Medicine.[5] In 2014, he received the 19th Annual Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities.[6] President Barack Obama presented him with the National Humanities Medal in 2015.[7][8] In 2023, Verghese was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.[9] He has received seven honorary doctorate degrees.[1][10]
Backgroundedit
Verghese was born on May 30, 1955, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,[11] to Malayali Malankara Orthodox Christian parents from Kerala, India, who worked as teachers.[12] As a child, Verghese was an avid reader, and it was reading that introduced him to the world of medicine.[13]
He has three children: two sons from his first marriage and a third from his second marriage. His elder brother, George Verghese, is an engineering professor at MIT,[14] and his younger brother, Phil Verghese, is a former software engineer at Google.[15]
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Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese
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A masterly debut novel, visceral in its power, heartbreaking in its tenderness. Transporting the reader from the 1940s to the present, from a convent in India to a cargo ship bound for the Yemen, from a tiny operating theatre in Ethiopia to a hospital in the Bronx, Cutting for Stone is a thrilling epic of conjoined twins, doctors and patients, temptation and redemption, home and exile–and a riveting family story, irresistibly charged with strange happenings, humour and pathos, that grabs you from its harrowing opening and never lets go. Marion and Shiva Stone are twin sons of a secret union between an Indian nun and a British surgeon at Missing hospital in Addis Ababa. Orphaned by their mother s death in childbirth and their father s disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the brothers come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Yet it will be love, not politics their passion for the same woman that tears them apart and forces Marion to flee his homeland. He makes his way to America, finding refuge in his work as a surgical intern at an underfunded, overcrowded hospital. When the past catches up with him, Marion must trust his life to the two men he thought he trusted least in the world: the surgeon father who abandoned him, and the brother who betrayed him. Cutting for Stone is both an unforgettable story of lives cut in half and a gripping evocation of the power, intimacy, danger and curious beauty of the ancient art that is at its heart.
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Copyright Date
2009
Publisher
Vintage Books
ISBN-13
9780307271341
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Kate’s 2¢: “The Forest of Lost Souls” by Dean Ray Koontz
“The Forest of Lost Souls” by Dean Ray Koontz
NOTE: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ shares her thoughts about what she’s read. In her opinion…
I enjoyed listening to MacKenzie Beyer narrate this magical realism story. I like the stories that aren’t so far out that you can’t believe it really might happen.
I’ve read other Koontz books and enjoyed them, also. There is biographical information about the author at the end of the book.
A few take aways:
–signs and portense are to be taken seriously.
–truth can’t be repressed forever.
–Myths are lessons by which we learn how to think about the world we can see and the world we can’t…The new ways of thinking they teach us.
–the past, present, and future exisist simultaneously.
–use the powerful tools of technology to shape everyone into like-mindedworker bees….into an obedient oneness.
–Those with common sense…feel Technology has grown beyond humanity’s ability to assess its impact.
–…all watched over by machines with loving grace
–Not to cling to what was…embrace what can be.
–Look with kindness on those who suffer; who struggle against difficulties; who drink unceasingly the bitterness of this life.
AI overview:
Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945) is a prolific American author best known for his suspense thrillers. His works frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, and satire. Having sold over 450 million copies worldwide, he is a staple on the New York Times Best Seller list.
Born in Everett, Pennsylvania, Koontz grew up in poverty under the tyranny of a violent, alcoholic father. Seeking existential answers, he converted to Catholicism in college. He put himself through university, initially working as an English teacher at Mechanicsburg High School before transitioning to full-time writing in 1967.
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
The forest of lost souls DB125187
Author: Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray)
Reading Time: 12 hours, 14 minutes
Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress
Read by: MacKenzie Beyer
Subjects: Psychological Fiction, Suspense Fiction
“Raised in the wilderness by her late great-uncle, Vida is a young woman with an almost preternatural affinity for nature, especially for the wolves that also call the forested mountains home. Formed by hard experience, by love and loss, and by the prophecies of a fortune teller, Vida just wants peace. If only nearby Kettleton County didn’t cast such a dark shadow. It’s where Jose Nochelobo, the love of Vida’s life and a cherished local hero, died in a tragic accident. That’s the official story, but Vida has reasons to doubt it. The truth can’t be contained for long. Nor can the hungry men of power in Kettleton who want something too: that Vida, like Jose, disappear forever. One by one they come for her, prepared to do anything to see their plans through to their evil end. Vida is no less prepared for them. Vida, the forest, and its formidable wonders are waiting. She will not rest until goodness and order have been restored.” — Provided by publisher. Violence and some strong language.
Seattle, Washington : Thomas & Mercer, 2024.
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