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Beautiful Revolutionary

By: Laura Elizabeth Woollett
Narrated by: Nick O'Rourke
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It’s the summer of 1968, and Evelyn Lynden is a woman at war with herself - minister’s daughter, atheist, independent woman, frustrated wife, bitch with a bleeding heart.

Following her conscientious-objector husband, Lenny, to the rural Eden of Evergreen Valley, California, Evelyn wants to be happy with their new life. Yet she finds herself disillusioned with Lenny’s passive ways - and anxious for a savior. Enter the Reverend Jim Jones, the dynamic leader of a revolutionary church....

Meticulously researched and masterfully written, Beautiful Revolutionary explores the allure of the real-life charismatic leader who would destroy so many. It follows Evelyn as she is pulled into Jones’ orbit - an orbit it would prove impossible for her to leave.

©2018 Laura Elizabeth Woollett (P)2021 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Fiction Historical Fiction Marriage Heartfelt
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Well researched and immersive

I didn’t care for the characters as much as I should have. Possibly this is because, lacking psychological depth, the story’s plethora of details based on research kept me at a distance.
The relentless immersion into this world does accumulate effectively but I got too judgmental and didn’t find myself empathizing as much as I might have.
I must add, the audio narration is so dreadful that I was put off from the start. He delivers the woman’s voice as though she were a complete airhead rather than a complex person and victim of her times. Also they weren’t freakin’ Australian, for goodness sakes. I think I had to recover from the audio before going back to just reading it.

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