The Tide Between Us
The O'Neill Trilogy, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Jack Nolan
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Written by:
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Olive Collins
About this listen
1821: Among the thousands of Irish deportees to the Caribbean British Colonies is a 10-year-old Irish boy, Art O’Neill. As an indentured servant on a sugar plantation in Jamaica, Art gradually acclimatizes to the exotic country and the unfamiliar customs of the African slaves.
When the new heirs to the plantation arrive from Ireland, they resurrect the ghosts of brutal injustices against Art. He bides his time and hides his abhorrence from his new master by channeling his energy into his work. During those years, he prospers, acquires land, sees his colored children freed after emancipation as he takes us on a multi-generational historical saga.
Eventually, Art is promised seven gold coins for seven decades of service. He doubts his master will part with the coins. The morning Art sets out to claim his gratuity, he ignores his sense of foreboding that he may not return home alive.
Ireland, 1991: One hundred years later, a skeleton is discovered beneath a fallen tree on the grounds of Lugdale Estate. By its side is a gold coin minted in 1870. Yseult, the owner of the estate, watches as events unfold, fearful of the long-buried truths that may emerge about her family’s past and its links to the slave trade. As the skeleton gives up its secrets, Yseult realizes she too can no longer hide.
Inspired by the real story of 2,000 Irish children deported to Jamaica and the statistics that 25 percent of Jamaican citizens claim Irish ancestry. The Tide Between Us is a powerful novel documenting true historical events and the resilience of the human spirit.
©2018 Olive Collins (P)2021 Olive CollinsWhat listeners say about The Tide Between Us
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- Paulina Podgorska
- 2023-09-03
Enjoyed it tremendously. Very good read.
No problem with narration if you slow it down to 0.9. Great story, worth the time. After this book, I am so glad I love in modern slave free times.
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- jojo
- 2023-01-06
Narration is terrible!!
I can’t understand how such terrible narration was released. The story was good. I was really disappointed with the narration though.
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- Kindle Customer
- 2023-08-12
Not authentic, painful as a Jamaican Canadian to.
Bastardized Jamaican accent, atrocious narration. I couldn't even finish it. Extremely disappointed and want a refund.
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- SassyRn
- 2021-09-05
Painfully unprofessional
The story is good but the narrator is painful to listen to. He reads extremely slowly and you can hear him clear his throat, sound out words and stumble through the story. Really to bad the narration was so poorly done.
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- camallis
- 2023-09-17
Couldn’t Finish the Book
I rarely don’t finish a book but I couldn’t take 5 more hours of listening to the narrator. His Irish accent was on existant and whatever he was trying to do with the Jamaican accent was unrecognizable. There were even times you could hear him swallow and it was obvious when he Jad’s taken breaks. I will, however, likely read the book myself in print.
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