Bloodroot

By: Amy Greene

Narrated by: Lorna Raver, Kirby Heyborne, Jessie Bernstein, Rebecca Lowman, Emily Janice Card, Richard McGonagle

Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's summary

Named for a flower whose blood-red sap possesses the power both to heal and poison, Bloodroot is a stunning fiction debut about the legacies - of magic and madness, faith and secrets, passion and loss - that haunt one family across the generations, from the Great Depression to today.

The novel is told in a kaleidoscope of seamlessly woven voices and centers around an incendiary romance that consumes everyone in its path: Myra Lamb, a wild young girl with mysterious, haint blue eyes who grows up on remote Bloodroot Mountain; her grandmother Byrdie Lamb, who protects Myra fiercely and passes down "the touch" that bewitches people and animals alike; the neighbor boy who longs for Myra yet is destined never to have her; the twin children Myra is forced to abandon but who never forget their mother's deep love; and John Odom, the man who tries to tame Myra and meets with shocking, violent disaster. Against the backdrop of a beautiful but often unforgiving country, these lives come together - only to be torn apart - as a dark, riveting mystery unfolds.

With grace and unflinching verisimilitude, Amy Greene brings her native Appalachia - and the faith and fury of its people - to rich and vivid life. Here is a spellbinding tour de force that announces a dazzlingly fresh, natural-born storyteller in our midst.

©2009 Amy Greene (P)2009 Random House

Interesting

The narrators are fun to listen to. The story has some really interesting parts and mystery. I found myself waiting for it to end at times although the ending is worth it. Well written, but not necessarily my type of book.

At the very top of my favorites

An amazing listen that I didn't want to end, but felt it ended perfectly. Well written and well executed, this is one of those rare books that was seamless as it went through the cast of characters, I felt I knew each one by the end, and I didn't get lost along the way! A huge fan of The Help, Bloodroot is right up there as my all time favorites since joining Audible, and my first review!

Surprise by how much I liked this book

Great readers... couldn't wait to get back to the book stayed up way too late to finish

Amazing….

I absolutely loved this book! Once I started it I couldn’t put it down… Looking forward to reading more from this author.

Bloodroot

An interesting view of a community of people living a rudimentary live in the not-too-distant past.

Bloodroot is a great read or listen

This book was a suprise. I didn't think I was going to like it. I was wrong. The story is one that finally makes a complete circle at the end. All questions about the charaters are interresting and engaging. I gave four stars for the performance because the actor that play Doug got on my nerves a little bit. I think it was mostly the way he said Doug. It kinda sounded dumb but other than that great. This book is in sections but again everything ties up in the end. Good story good performance good use of a credit.

Subtle, and powerful

I loved the way this book started out slowly. It all tied together in the end, and left me with a satisfied feeling, even with the sadness.

Wonderful

Would you listen to Bloodroot again? Why?

Yes, it was a very well-told story.

Any additional comments?

Just a gem of a book. Excellent narrator and intriguing story.

Six Fabulous Narrators!

This is the best book I have listened to since "The Help". I think both were enhanced by having multiple narrators. In the case of "Bloodroot", employing readers who could embrace the accent of the mountain people helped immeasurably. I loved this book and recommend it to all Audible readers.

Bloodroot

I loved how there were no loose ends left hanging. The accents of the audio version's readers were best in Birdie and John. The others didn't sound authentic. Birdie and John's were PERFECT.