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Claiming Ground
- Narrated by: Laurie Birmingham
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 12-14-10
- Language: English
- Publisher: Recorded Books
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $20.26
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Publisher's Summary
In 1977, Laura Bell, at loose ends after graduating from college, leaves her family home in Kentucky for a wild and unexpected adventure: herding sheep in Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin. Inexorably drawn to this life of solitude and physical toil, a young woman in a man’s world, she is perhaps the strangest member of this beguiling community of drunks and eccentrics.
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- Rand Hall
- 11-01-16
Beautiful writing
A beautifully written memoir but at timres disjointed and confusing. But so beautifully wtitten it is still a delight to read.
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- Bonnie
- Kenosee Lake, SK, Canada
- 11-24-13
Disappointing
Slow, monotonous, babble. A difficult listen. What else can I say, not my cup of tea!
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- ozlap
- San Francisco, CA USA
- 06-13-18
Wonderful memoir
I am a long time reader of Laura’s work, first time listener. It gets better every time. Laura’s language will astound you. I would have preferred that she had been the reader, but lovely just the same. Hurry up and write your next book Laura Bell!
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- Ellen
- California, USA
- 12-09-16
Eloquent and real description of ranch life
I thought Ms Bell did a lovely job of describing the people, animals and places. Rarely does an author capture both beauty and harshness.