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.

Don’t run from a bear!

A naturalist would know the first rule when you see a bear is DON’T RUN! I don’t think the author ever acknowledged that. Otherwise, good story.

story of love loss and healing

Sadie is still feeling the loss of their son and feels Tom, her husband is leaving her. on an impulse, Sadie flies to visit their daughter, Lauren. While in national forest on a walk, Lauren and Sadie run into danger and get lost. Fighting thirst and hunger and injuries they become closer and help Sadie to move past her pain of loosing her son. on day 3 of being lost they are rescued and Tom is there and reconnects with Sadie. After getting home Tom takes Sadie Lauren and Lauren's boyfriend to land they have owned for years with the surprise of showing Sadie the cabin he built for them in honor of their lost son. they all have had to heal on their own and learn to heal together.

Dancing With The Sun

A terrible accident sends a mother into years of pain and grief. Years later, after feeling hopeless, she decided to leave her husband, but not until she explains her decision to her daughter. While visiting with her daughter, they go on a spontaneous bike at Yosemite and get lost. The next few days, their adventures and talks, tell an inspirational story.

Reader Comments

Kay Bratt has written an amazing story about recovery, positivity, and moving on. This book is recommended to everyone in search of a positive and uplifting message.

Dancing with the Sun was just okay

I read the description on ‘Dancing with the Sun’ and I was really excited to read it. When you’re a mom and don’t have the greatest relationship with your child, the best thing that can happen is being forced to be together..all alone. That happened in this story...*I don’t want to give away any spoilers* so let’s just say Sadie is the mom, Lauren the daughter who doesn’t have a great relationship with Sadie...and Sadie decides to visit with her. While at the same time Tom is Dad & hubby which Sadie believes is not going well.

So yes mom & daughter get together, but not all goes well..but it’s not what you think. It was a nice read but it wasn’t what I really expected..also a son is mentioned but not enough..and it had the usual ending as most books like this do..

Narrator was ok. She only had 2 voices to do..wasn’t bad, but okay. I would recommend it but it didn’t have the WOW factor I expected.

Beautiful read…

This was an unbelievable book enjoyed every minute of it! You will not be disappointed in this book…

Meh

Did not really care much for the characters, I had a hard time keeping focused on this one.

Wasn't what I expected

My search query was survival fiction. Thumbing through the options available I came upon this book and decided to give it a try due to the reviews.
The book wasn't bad, it just wasn't what I expect. the Narrator was good and I feel like there was a good balance of detail but it kept moving.
This book is more about a mother's relationship within her family than it was about survival. I never really felt like they were real danger. Almost like they were just majorly inconvenienced.
The ending was great so it saved the book for me. I don't feel like it was a waste of time but I don't believe I'll be listening to it again.

Definitely did not feel like dancing in the sun with this one

While the premise for the story is good, I found the character of the mother to be so utterly unlikable, I could hardly finish. She is a true “Debbie Downer” Who complained, moped, and saw the worst in everyone and everything. Passive aggressive, murder, utterly annoying. While I felt for her with a tragic loss of her son, the fact that she had wasted the rest of her life was so self-indulgent, and completely oblivious to the needs of her loved ones.

Heart warming

I was completely so involved with this story
I was able to envision every possible way Sadie and Lauren felt being lost
And the way they were found
And YES Tom
What an amazing husband and dad he turned out to be !
BRAVO 👏🏽 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤️