Dancing with the Sun

By: Kay Bratt

Narrated by: Christine Williams

Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

From the bestselling author of Wish Me Home comes a heart-racing tale of resilience and hope.

When Sadie Harlan visits her daughter, Lauren, at her summer internship in Yosemite National Park, it seems like the perfect way to forget about her empty nest and failing marriage back home. But when the two women get lost on what’s meant to be a short hike, they suddenly find themselves fighting for their lives.

As they search for food, water, and civilization, they battle injury, exhaustion, and natural predators. Sadie, however, is assaulted by more than just the unforgiving elements. She lost her first child years earlier in a tragic accident, and in her sorrow, she’s pushed everyone away - including her husband. Now, Sadie must face her past through a journey of love, loss, and learning to forgive herself if she and Lauren are to stand a chance at getting out of Yosemite alive. Will a mother’s courage be enough to save them both?

©2018 Kay Bratt. (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Save yourself 11.5 hours

If I could have returned it, I would have, and I’m the type to always finish a book. This was awful. Literally could not care whether anyone lived or died, dated or stayed married, any bit of it. Even the way their feelings were written were so dull and emotionless, though at times I wondered if that was made worse by the terrible performance. Only character I liked was the husband who showed up a few seconds before the end and in the epilogue. Most important note: No one could be that dumb in the outdoors. It could more easily have passed for a comedy, if there were anything worth laughing at. And what is with the title? Please someone tell me what that has to do with the story. Sounds uplifting and this book falls somewhere between dead boring and dreadful.

Powerful story

Dancing with the Sun by Kay Bratt is powerful story of family relationships. A mother, who is dealing with empty-nest syndrome and her college-age daughter go on a short hike and end up lost in Yosemite National Park. Bratt does a great job of portraying the emotions and reactions of the women as they struggle to find their way. Dancing with the Sun is a story of forgiveness and second chances, a story of a family in desperate need of healing and restoration. I listened to a complimentary copy of the audiobook and Christine Williams did a great job narrating the book, which made for an interesting listening experience. I look forward to reading more from this author.

ok

it was good just wasn't impressed with reader. to breathless. took away from story for me.

Meh

Not for me at all.
Both the woman and her daughter were thoughtless and obnoxious. Selfc-centered.
Didn't like the reader either.

A Novel Full of Heart

This was a great story of struggle, forgiveness, and understanding how pain can actually heal.

Disappointing

I was disappointed by this story. I fast forwarded through a good part of it because it was going nowhere. I also got sick of the main character Sadie and her constant self pity party. Would not recommend it.

loved it. couldn't stop listening to it!

loved this story. had an ending I wasn't expecting at all! beautiful. powerful story of loss, love, healing, commitment and family.

Loved it!

I have always loved the outdoors. What a wonderful story about a family healing and coming together.

Found myself bored

I just couldn’t finish this one. It was well read but the story was boring. I could not relate to the main character.

Just Beautiful!!!

What a great story. Such heartache and loss to start. How this mother and daughter came together with such love and emotional support for each other. I enjoyed this audible and look forward to more from this author. Narration was just perfect.