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Kate’s 2¢: “The golden doves: a novel” by Martha Hall Kelly

“The golden doves: a novel” by Martha Hall Kelly

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¢ merely shares her thoughts about what she reads. Inho…

   This was one of seven stories sent on a cartridge from NLS, so I read it.

  Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Marta Hall Kelly,  Saskia Maarleveld did a good job of narrating this book. The author provided the narration in the beginning and at the end of the well-researched, creative, non-fiction story.

   The back and forth time-line kept the narrative arc advancing, while providing detailed background information.

   I enjoyed this book

 Martha’s debut novel Lilac Girls, became a New York Times bestseller the week it was published in 2016 and then went on to sell over two million copies and publish in 50 countries. The novel is based on the true story of 72 Polish women who were imprisoned and experimented on at Ravensbruck Concentration Camp.

Martha Hall Kelly is an author and native New Englander, still pinching herself since her debut novel Lilac Girls, became a New York Times bestseller the week it was published in April 2016. Following Lilac Girls, she wrote two prequel novels, Lost Roses (April 2019) and Sunflower Sisters (March 2021).

Martha Hall Kelly – New York Times Bestselling Author

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From NLS/BARD/LOC:

The golden doves: a novel DB116590

Kelly, Martha Hall Reading time: 16 hours, 49 minutes.

Jeremy Carlisle Parker; Marta Hall Kelly; Saskia Maarleveld

Suspense Fiction

Historical Fiction

Spy Stories

“American Josie Anderson and Parisian Arlette LaRue are thrilled to be working in the French resistance, stealing so many Nazi secrets that they become known as the Golden Doves, renowned across France and hunted by the Gestapo. Their courage will cost them everything. When they are finally arrested and taken to the Ravensbrück concentration camp, along with their loved ones, a reclusive Nazi doctor does unspeakable things to Josie’s mother, a celebrated Jewish singer who joined her daughter in Paris when the world seemed bright. And Arlette’s son is stolen from her, never to be seen again. A decade later the Doves fall headlong into a dangerous dual mission: Josie is working for U.S. Army Intelligence and accepts an assignment to hunt down the infamous doctor, while a mysterious man tells Arlette he may have found her son. The Golden Doves embark on a quest across Europe and ultimately to French Guiana, discovering a web of terrible secrets, and must put themselves in grave danger to finally secure justice and protect the ones they love.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.– Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
 
 

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Kate’s 2¢: “All the little bird-hearts” by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow

“All the little bird-hearts” by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow

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¢ merely shares her thoughts about what she reads. Inho…

   Rose Akroyd did a good job of reading this novel. I like the title and think it exemplified the enigma that is the autism spectrum.

   I felt an over-whelming sadness at the end of the story, until I read the epilogue. Then, I didn’t feel quite so angry at loosing her child. When I read about Vita’s taking the infant of AnnaBelle, I wondered if that was a fore-shadowing of what was to come.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow is a British writer whose debut novel, All the Little Bird-Hearts, was longlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize.[1] The novel tells of a friendship that develops between Sunday, an autistic woman living in a Lake District home, and her newly arrived eccentric neighbor Vita, who emigrated from London with her husband Rollo. The friendship between the two women eventually sours as Sunday’s daughter Dolly begins to favor the relationship with Vita while neglecting her mother.

The Booker Prize judging panel stated the work was a “lyrical and poignant debut novel [that] offers a deft exploration of motherhood, vulnerability and the complexity of human relationships”.[1] James Smart, writing for The Guardian described the work as a “tightly focused story, set almost entirely in two neighbouring houses on a quiet street, that’s also a gleeful skewering of social codes, a raw portrait of family life and a revealing account of neurodivergence.”[2]

Biography[edit]

Lloyd-Barlow obtained her PhD in creative writing from the University of Kent, with Amy Sackville serving as her doctoral adviser.[3] Lloyd-Barlow’s debut novel, All the Little Bird-Hearts, was developed as a result of her PhD studies.[3] She became the first autistic author to be nominated for a Booker Prize with the novel’s longlisting in 2023.[4]

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

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Lloyd-Barlow, Viktoria. Reading time: 9 hours, 18 minutes.

Read by Rose Akroyd.

Family

Psychological Fiction

“Sunday Forrester does things more carefully than most people. On certain days, she must eat only white food; she drinks only carbonated beverages; she avoids clocks. It’s 1988, before autism was widely diagnosed. Sunday has an old etiquette handbook that guides her through confusing social situations, and to escape, she turns to her treasury of Sicilian folklore. The one thing very much out of her control is Dolly, her clever, headstrong teenage daughter, now on the cusp of leaving their home in the Lake District of England. When the glamourous Vita and Rollo move in next door, the couple disarm Sunday with their charm, and proceed to deliciously break just about every rule in Sunday’s book. Soon they are spending loads of time together, and Sunday feels acknowledged like never before. But underneath Vita and Rollo’s allure lies something else, something darker. For Sunday has precisely what Vita has always wanted for herself: a daughter of her own.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Angel Fire” by Ron Franscell

“Angel Fire” by Ron Franscell

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¢ merely shares her thoughts about what she reads. Inho…

   John Polk did a good job narrating this story for NLS.

   I’ve read other accounts of the atrocities in Vietnam and even the descriptions can be very disturbing. I can understand how being witness to a massacre could really blow your mind.

   I thought the ending was a fitting way to wrap up the story.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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   Ron Franscell (born January 29, 1957) is an American journalist, novelist and true crime writer best known for the true account The Darkest Night about the 1973 crimes against two childhood friends in the small community where Franscell grew up.

   Franscell was raised in Casper, Wyoming, where he attended Kelly Walsh High School. He attended the US Naval Academy in Annapolis and later Casper College, where he was editor of the school newspaper (The Chinook). He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wyoming in 1979.

Franscell and his wife live in Placitas, Sandoval County, New Mexico. His wife, Mary Franscell, is a high school English teacher. He has two children.

Career[edit]

He worked as a journalist in Wyoming, New Mexico and California for Gannett newspapers from 1983–1989 and is a past president of the Wyoming Press Association.[1]

When Hurricane Rita made landfall in Texas, Franscell, managing editor at the time for the Beaumont Enterprise, rode out the storm with staff members in the newspaper’s building.[2][3]

In 2001, he was hired as a senior writer and columnist to write about the American West by the Denver Post, where he stayed two years. Following 9/11, he went on assignment for the Post to the Middle East. He worked for the Hearst Corporation from 2004–2008.

He was a judge for Knight Ridder newspaper’s Top Books of 2003[4] and the International Association of Crime Writers Hammett Prize in 2017.

In 2008, the book Fall: The Rape and Murder of Innocence in a Small Town, Franscell’s book about a crime against two young girls who were his next-door neighbors in Wyoming, was republished by St. Martin’s Press with the new title The Darkest Night.[5]

His book Delivered From Evil, for which he interviewed survivors of notorious mass killings in America, was released in January 2011. After the assassination attempt near Tucson, Arizona the same month of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords’, when 18 other people were shot, six of whom died, Franscell was asked to comment for media outlets about mass murders.[6][7]

True Crime Zine gave Franscell’s ninth book, The Crime Buff’s Guide to Outlaw Washington, DC released by Globe Pequot Press in September 2012, a five-star review.[8] The Huffington Post reviewed The Sourtoe Cocktail Club, about a father-and-son road trip before Franscell’s son Matt left for college.[9]

Franscell’s The Crime Buff’s Guide to Outlaw Pennsylvania was released by Globe Pequot in October 2013.[10]

From NLS/BARD/LOC”

Angel fire: a novel DB49893

Franscell, Ron. Reading time: 11 hours, 19 minutes.

Read by John Polk.

Psychological Fiction

Twenty-four years after the reported death of his war correspondent brother Daniel, Cassidy McLeod receives a call that will forever change his life; Daniel has been found alive in Vietnam. When the much-changed man returns home, the joyful reunion soon turns somber. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 1998.

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