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The Last Runaway
- Narrateur(s): Kate Reading
- Durée: 9 h et 51 min
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Description
New York Times best-selling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring and At the Edge of the Orchard, Tracy Chevalier makes her first fictional foray into the American past in The Last Runaway, bringing to life the Underground Railroad and illuminating the principles, passions, and realities that fueled this extraordinary freedom movement.
Honor Bright, a modest English Quaker, moves to Ohio in 1850 - only to find herself alienated and alone in a strange land. Sick from the moment she leaves England, and fleeing personal disappointment, she is forced by family tragedy to rely on strangers in a harsh, unfamiliar landscape. Nineteenth-century America is practical, precarious, and unsentimental, and scarred by the continuing injustice of slavery. In her new home Honor discovers that principles count for little, even within a religious community meant to be committed to human equality.
However, Honor is drawn into the clandestine activities of the Underground Railroad, a network helping runaway slaves escape to freedom, where she befriends two surprising women who embody the remarkable power of defiance. Eventually she must decide if she too can act on what she believes in, whatever the personal costs.
Ce que les critiques en disent
“A rich, well-researched novel - it’s the story of one young woman becoming an American.” (NPR, All Things Considered)
“Well-told and engrossing.... With compelling characters and swift pacing, The Last Runaway adds a worthy new chapter to a story that has consumed generations.” (USA Today)
“Irresistible.” (O, The Oprah Magazine)
Ce que les auditeurs disent de The Last Runaway
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Au global5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Nancy
- 2018-06-18
I love every book I have read of this author. She brings insight and a depth of character development.
Chevalier brings insight and a depth of character development I find refreshing. I can’t stop listening to her books. I have never been disappointed. Narration is high quality.
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Christine Surina
- 2020-07-26
FAVOURITE
I love this book...Well written, I was hooked the first few pages...Have read it twice and will read it again in the future.
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