Would I have loved this novel quite as much had a read it instead of listening to it? Probably, but I'll never know. It certainly wouldn't have taken me as long to get through it. But I sure LOVED the audio version. Six actors were used for the main characters voices and they certainly brought the story to life. I was especially taken with the voice of Laura--down-to-earth and womanly--but they were all good.
There certainly is bad that happens--it's set in Mississippi in the late 1940's and involves a white family and a black family. How could something bad not happen? It also shows a time and place far different from what I am used to--a husband who ups and moves the family to a farm with no word of warning to his wife--because he's the man and he can do that; a community of extreme racism. But this is also a story of love, devotion, hardship, despair and resilience.
What a wonderful "read."
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