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Cammy

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  • A Land More Kind Than Home | [Wiley Cash]
    A Land More Kind Than Home
    UNABRIDGED

    A Land More Kind Than Home

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 56 mins)
    • By Wiley Cash
    • Narrated By Nick Sullivan, Lorna Raver, Mark Bramhall
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (99)
    Performance
    (91)
    Story
    (90)

    For a curious boy like Jess Hall, growing up in Marshall means trouble when your mother catches you spying on grown-ups. Adventurous and precocious, Jess is enormously protective of his older brother, Christopher, a mute whom everyone calls Stump. Though their mother has warned them not to snoop, Stump can't help sneaking a look at something he's not supposed to - an act that will have catastrophic repercussions, shattering both his world and Jess's. It's a wrenching event that thrusts Jess into an adulthood for which he's not prepared.

    Janice says: "An American Tragedy"
    "This book just shattered me"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story
    Would you consider the audio edition of A Land More Kind Than Home to be better than the print version?

    Yes - you need to "hear" the distinct voices


    Who was your favorite character and why?

    Clem - he seemed to be the voice of reason while Addie gave the needed moral/spiritual guidance


    What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

    They nailed the accent, the tone and the delivery of people from that area of the country


    Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

    This book just shattered me. I not only listened to the audible version, I read it too. The depth of storytelling combined with the perfect touch of lightness kept it from being overdramatic. It was honest and true to the region and the issue of bondage within religion, the issues of social class and structure, and the power of forgiveness.


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