Kingsolver, Barbara.
Summary: The story of two families, in two centuries, who live at the corner of Sixth and Plum, as they navigate the challenges of surviving a world in the throes of major cultural shifts. In this mesmerizing story told in alternating chapters, Willa and Thatcher come to realize that though the future is uncertain, even unnerving, shelter can be found in the bonds of kindred, whether family or friends,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KINCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC KINBradford, Barbara Taylor
Summary: A charismatic and ambitious businessman in Victorian England faces the tragic ruin of everything he has worked to achieve before a royal summons gives him a chance to prove his talents.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BRABoyle, T. Coraghessan.
Summary: The lives of three women on turn-of-the-twentieth-century San Miguel are shaped by ambition and circumstance, including the wife of a Civil War veteran who hopes to recover her health, her rebellious daughter, and a librarian who wonders if the island's peace will endure.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012