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Abigail

Written by: Magda Szabó, Len Rix - translator
Narrated by: Samantha Desz
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From the author of The Door, a beloved coming-of-age tale set in WWII-era Hungary.

Abigail, the story of a headstrong teenager growing up during World War II, is the most beloved of Magda Szabo's books in her native Hungary. Gina is the only child of a general, a widower who has long been happy to spoil his bright and willful daughter. Gina is devastated when the general tells her that he must go away on a mission and that he will be sending her to boarding school in the country. She is even more aghast at the grim religious institution to which she soon finds herself consigned.

She fights with her fellow students, she rebels against her teachers, finds herself completely ostracized, and runs away. Caught and brought back, there is nothing for Gina to do except entrust her fate to the legendary Abigail, as the classical statue of a woman with an urn that stands on the school's grounds has come to be called. If you're in trouble, it's said, leave a message with Abigail and help will be on the way. And for Gina, who is in much deeper trouble than she could possibly suspect, a life-changing adventure is only beginning.

©1970 Magda Szabó (P)2020 Tantor 20th Century Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction
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Full of intrigue with well developed characters. WWII backdrop and shades of the resistance. Gather this was somewhere in Hungary.

Well written

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Beautifully crafted story, unfortunate selection of narrator; benefits from speeding up the audio. There’s a good mystery woven into the story.

Great story

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Loved this so much I had a hard time putting it down. The way the story flowed, pulled me through its current and swept me off my feet. I felt like I was there with Gina. Living at the matula with her, oh I would have loved to go to a school like that.

amazing

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