The Keepers of the House

By: Shirley Ann Grau

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's summary

Abigail was the last keeper of the house, the last to know the Howland family's secrets. Now, in the name of all her brothers and sisters, she must take her bitter revenge on the small-minded Southern town that shamed them, persecuted them, but could never destroy them.

Shirley Ann Grau is a major American author whose works are often set in New Orleans and Louisiana's Creole region. She often reflects the isolated bayous and their French-speaking residents, but her fiction is equally at home with the fiercely independent people of small Southern towns or the sophisticated life of the New Orleans' upper class. The Keepers of the House won her the Pulitzer Prize in 1965.

©1964 Shirley Ann Grau (P)1996 Blackstone Audiobooks

Critic reviews

• Pulitzer Prize Winner, Fiction, 1965

"Shirley Ann Grau is one of those rare writers who create a world, draw the reader into it, and make him somehow happy there, no matter what goes on....One comes to the novel's end with a sense of loss, and leaves that world with reluctance." (Newsweek)

Intriguing & captivating from start to finish

Obsorbing story, thoroughly entertaining. Delightful phrasing stimulating an already stimulated story. The only part that was not enjoyable was the reminder of humans petty stupidity and disgusting treatment of fellow humans. But that was a reminder of how ignorant people and so-called leaders can be and are, as well as, what a bunch of gutless patsy's people can be turned into.

I loved everything about this book !

A reminder of how small towns can be so brutal. Made me remember how my own grandfather was such a proud man. Bravo to the writer!

Excellent

Excellent narration and exquisite writing. A very unique story. Worth every minute. Highly recommend it to all

Wonderful book!

Beautifully written and wonderfully narrated, this book is a sensory experience with such vivid imagery it made me feel like I was there, watching things unfold. One of the best books I’ve listened to!

A Long Wait for Little

Endless names and history and branches of family back in the South that was not very interesting. A daughter finally comes into her own and the end, but not worth the time. I didn’t come to love any character.

My First Audible Book!

I loved this book. I love the Southern generational genre, the way the secrets of the past always come to light and the way that they can make the present generation stronger.

Wonderful

Such a great story, deep character development and true depths of family. The narration was superb.

Riveting story

The story brings you different times and places with social issues that still resonate today.

I’m surprised people are praising the narrator

Segregation was the product of greed & insanity. Greed on the part of politicians and the other power brokers in the South; insanity on the part of their constituents. The book did a good, albeit low key, job of presenting that. At least it seemed low key. For me, the narrator’s droning presentation was a serious distraction from the story the words were building. I wish I had read this book, myself, instead of listening to it being read.

1 1/2?hours to go 😉

Best narration I’ve ever listened too !!!! Story so for ( as mention above, I lack a bit to go), is about as good as I’ve heard😉… love southern & it’s southern down to its DNA ….. So enjoyed & it “included”