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As a child, Emma Malloy left isolated Coal River, Pennsylvania, vowing never to return. Now, orphaned and penniless at 19, she accepts a train ticket from her aunt and uncle and travels back to the rough-hewn community. Treated like a servant by her relatives, Emma works for free in the company store. There, miners and their impoverished families must pay inflated prices for food, clothing, and tools while those who owe money are turned away to starve.
Most heartrending of all are the breaker boys Emma sees around the village - young children who toil all day sorting coal amid treacherous machinery. Their soot-stained faces remind Emma of the little brother she lost long ago, and she begins leaving stolen food on families' doorsteps and marking the miners' bills as paid.
Though Emma's actions draw ire from the mine owner and police captain, they lead to an alliance with a charismatic miner who offers to help her expose the truth. As the lines blur between what is legal and what is just, Emma must risk everything to follow her conscience.
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,893
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,516
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,512
Ten years ago, Izzy Stone's mother fatally shot her father while he slept. Devastated by her mother's apparent insanity, Izzy, now 17, refuses to visit her in prison. But her new foster parents, employees at the local museum, have enlisted Izzy's help in cataloguing items at a long-shuttered state asylum. There, amid piles of abandoned belongings, Izzy discovers a stack of unopened letters, a decades-old journal, and a window into her own past.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Ug.
- De Marina en 12-30-14
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The Life She Was Given
- De: Ellen Marie Wiseman
- Narrado por: Lori Gardner
- Duración: 13 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,629
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,493
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,494
On a summer evening in 1931, Lilly Blackwood glimpses circus lights from the grimy window of her attic bedroom. Lilly isn't allowed to explore the meadows around Blackwood Manor. She's never even ventured beyond her narrow room. Momma insists it's for Lilly's own protection, that people would be afraid if they saw her. But on this unforgettable night, Lilly is taken outside for the first time - and sold to the circus sideshow.
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1 out of 5 stars
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If you're sensitive to animal cruelty don't listen
- De Emily en 08-08-17
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The Orphan Collector
- De: Ellen Marie Wiseman
- Narrado por: Rachel Botchan
- Duración: 15 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,930
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,724
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,722
In the fall of 1918, 13-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia's overcrowded streets and slums, and from the anti-German sentiment that compelled her father to enlist in the US Army, hoping to prove his loyalty. But an even more urgent threat has arrived. Spanish influenza is spreading through the city. Soon, dead and dying are everywhere. With no food at home, Pia must venture out in search of supplies, leaving her infant twin brothers alone....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Author is an AMAZING storyteller!
- De Nicole Newman en 08-06-20
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The Saints of Swallow Hill
- De: Donna Everhart
- Narrado por: Amy Melissa Bentley
- Duración: 12 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 541
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 479
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 474
During the Great Depression, labor camps crop up in remote areas throughout the American South. Destitute workers live under terrible conditions. Trapped in these isolated locations, workers are entirely dependent on the often greedy, abusive camp owners who provide food and housing at grossly inflated prices. But for the most desperate among America's vast unemployed, these camps are often the last and only option.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great story
- De Chrysta Hiser en 02-27-22
De: Donna Everhart
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When the Jessamine Grows
- De: Donna Everhart
- Narrado por: Tiffany Morgan
- Duración: 12 h y 30 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 106
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 98
Talk of impending war is a steady drumbeat throughout North Carolina, though Joetta McBride pays it little heed. She and her husband, Ennis, have built a modest but happy life for themselves, raising two sons, fifteen-year-old Henry, and eleven-year-old Robert, on their small subsistence farm. They do not support the Confederacy's position on slavery, but Joetta considers her family to be neutral, believing this is simply not their fight. Her opinion is not favored by many in their community, including Joetta's own father-in-law, Rudean.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous Civil War era story
- De George P. en 01-28-24
De: Donna Everhart
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The Forgiving Kind
- De: Donna Everhart
- Narrado por: Tiffany Morgan
- Duración: 11 h y 59 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 143
For twelve-year-old Martha "Sonny" Creech, there is no place more beautiful than her family's cotton farm. She, her two brothers, and her parents work hard on their land - hoeing, planting, picking - but only Sonny loves the rich, dark earth the way her father does. When a tragic accident claims his life, her stricken family struggles to fend off ruin - until their rich, reclusive neighbor offers to help finance that year's cotton crop.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Great Story
- De Jessica Martinez en 08-27-23
De: Donna Everhart
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Between Earth and Sky
- De: Amanda Skenandore
- Narrado por: Emily Sutton-Smith
- Duración: 11 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,489
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,368
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,359
In Amanda Skenandore's provocative and profoundly moving debut, set in the tragic intersection between white and Native American culture, a young girl learns about friendship, betrayal, and the sacrifices made in the name of belonging. Told in compelling narratives that alternate between Alma's childhood and her present life, Between Earth and Sky is a haunting and complex story of love and loss, as a quest for justice becomes a journey toward understanding and, ultimately, atonement.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The true story of Native Americans and the settling of America
- De Bree en 09-01-19
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The Book Woman's Daughter
- A Novel
- De: Kim Michele Richardson
- Narrado por: Katie Schorr
- Duración: 10 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 3,555
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3,209
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3,191
In the ruggedness of the beautiful Kentucky mountains, Honey Lovett has always known that the old ways can make a hard life harder. As the daughter of the famed blue-skinned Troublesome Creek packhorse librarian, Honey and her family have been hiding from the law all her life. But when her mother and father are imprisoned, Honey realizes she must fight to stay free, or risk being sent away for good.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good read!
- De Oh Sugar en 09-12-22
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The Undertaker’s Assistant
- De: Amanda Skenandore
- Narrado por: Allyson Johnson
- Duración: 11 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 419
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 374
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 371
"The dead can't hurt you. Only the living can." Effie Jones, a former slave who escaped to the Union side as a child, knows the truth of her words. Taken in by an army surgeon and his wife during the War, she learned to read and write, to tolerate the sight of blood and broken bodies - and to forget what is too painful to bear. Now a young freedwoman, she has returned south to New Orleans and earns her living as an embalmer, her steady hand and skillful incisions compensating for her white employer's shortcomings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A riveting story that will keep your interest.
- De Patricia en 08-02-19
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Coal Black Lies
- An Appalachian Novel
- De: Cindy Sproles
- Narrado por: A.W. Miller
- Duración: 9 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Coal miner Joshua Morgan managed to do the impossible-he broke away from the stranglehold of the iron-fisted Barton family and the Company Store, to whom all the miners in the Appalachian Mountains are indebted. But it cost him the life of his young daughter, who was run down by a posse led by Thomas Barton while coming to collect Joshua's payment to the store.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Anger, prayer, repent. Repeat.
- De Deborah Whatley en 10-08-24
De: Cindy Sproles
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If the Creek Don't Rise
- De: Leah Weiss
- Narrado por: Tom Stechschulte, Kate Forbes
- Duración: 9 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 741
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 662
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 666
In a North Carolina mountain town filled with moonshine and rotten husbands, Sadie Blue is only the latest girl to face a dead-end future at the mercy of a dangerous drunk. She's been married to Roy Tupkin for 15 days, and she knows now that she should have listened to the folks who said he was trouble. But when a stranger sweeps in and knocks the world off-kilter for everyone in town, Sadie begins to think there might be more to life than being Roy's wife.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The story never fully evolved
- De Samantha Russell en 08-14-19
De: Leah Weiss
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All the Forgivenesses
- De: Elizabeth Hardinger
- Narrado por: Stephanie Einstein
- Duración: 12 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 814
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 728
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 726
Growing up on their hardscrabble farm in rural Kentucky, 15-year-old Albertina "Bertie" Winslow has learned a lot from her mama, Polly. She knows how to lance a boil, make a pie crust, butcher a pig, and tend to every chore that needs doing. What she doesn't know, but is forced to reckon with all too soon, is how to look after children as a mother should. When Polly succumbs to a long illness, Bertie takes on responsibility for her four younger siblings and their dissolute, unreliable daddy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful life story
- De gayle boyce en 10-01-19
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Appalachian Daughter
- De: Mary Jane Salyers
- Narrado por: Bailey Carr
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 420
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 384
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 383
On the last day of eighth grade, Maggie begins to dream of finding a way to escape the drudgery and confinement of life in the hollow and establish her independence. Her plan begins to fall in place when she enters high school and discovers she has a natural talent for excelling in shorthand, typing, and other business classes. Meanwhile she spares no effort in helping her family continue to survive despite their poverty, a less than fertile few acres, and a family history of instability.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heartwarming story
- De G'amazing en 12-22-19
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The Nurse’s Secret
- De: Amanda Skenandore
- Narrado por: Vanessa Johansson
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,060
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 969
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 970
In the slums of 1880s New York, Una Kelly has grown up to be a rough-and-tumble grifter, able to filch a pocketbook in five seconds flat. But when another con-woman pins her for a murder she didn't commit, Una is forced to flee. Running from the police, Una lies her way into an unlikely refuge: the nursing school at Bellevue Hospital.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Predictable
- De Lorraine E. Collins en 07-05-22
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The Road to Bittersweet
- De: Donna Everhart
- Narrado por: Amy Melissa Bentley
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 296
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 258
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 258
For 14-year-old Wallis Ann Stamper and her family, life in the Appalachian Mountains is simple and satisfying, though not for the tenderhearted. While her older sister, Laci - a mute, musically gifted savant - is constantly watched over and protected, Wallis Ann is as practical and sturdy as her name. When the Tuckasegee River bursts its banks, forcing them to flee in the middle of the night, those qualities save her life. But though her family is eventually reunited, the tragedy opens Wallis Ann's eyes to a world beyond the creek that's borne their name for generations.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Heartwrenching
- De Kimberly Wasilewski en 12-04-18
De: Donna Everhart
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The Moonshiner’s Daughter
- De: Donna Everhart
- Narrado por: Amy Melissa Bentley
- Duración: 12 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 518
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 475
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 474
Generations of Sassers have made moonshine in the Brushy Mountains of Wilkes County, North Carolina. Their history is recorded in a leather-bound journal that belongs to Jessie Sasser's daddy, but Jessie wants no part of it. As far as she's concerned, moonshine caused her mother's death a dozen years ago. Her father refuses to speak about her mama, or about the day she died. But Jessie has a gnawing hunger for the truth - one that compels her to seek comfort in food.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Story with potential, fell short.
- De Steven Kibe en 01-15-21
De: Donna Everhart
Not my Favorite narrator
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US historical fiction
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Best I've listened to in awhile!
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coal river
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Woven very nicely
I knew it would turn out ok
The ending was a well written surprise
The reader
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Get the hard copy, avoid this narration!
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Loved the story. Narrator.. uhh
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Very good
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Riveting “pageturner”
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Didn’t Like Narration
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