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Cowhand Heck Benham rides the range in the high desert of the Southwest. Ruth Reynolds moves in wealthy New York circles. She comes west during the Great Depression; chance throws them together, and they fall in love. But she's a married lady, and he's an honorable man.
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When Chicago native Ragni Claussen grudgingly agrees to take her sullen niece with her to spruce up the family's old North Dakota cabin, she uncovers long-hidden secrets about how her greatgrandmother - in 1903 - learned to live and paint and love in this very place.
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Excellent another Jewel from Laurraine Snelling
- By Cecilia McNeil on 11-01-16
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Nowhere is a Place
- By: Bernice McFadden
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Nothing can mend a broken heart quite like family. Sherry has struggled all her life to understand who she is, where she comes from, and, most important, why her mother slapped her cheek one summer afternoon. The incident has haunted Sherry, and it causes her to dig into her family's past. Like many family histories, it is fractured and stubbornly reluctant to reveal its secrets. But Sherry is determined to know the full story. In a few days' time, her extended family will gather for a reunion, and Sherry sets off across the country with her mother, Dumpling, to join them.
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A Mother and Daughter Tear. It. Up.
- By Susie on 01-15-14
By: Bernice McFadden
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The Long Road Home
- By: Mary Alice Monroe
- Narrated by: Sandra Burr
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
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Her husband’s suicide left Nora MacKenzie alone, and his shady Wall Street dealings left the Manhattan socialite penniless. By a miracle, she’s held on to their mountainside farm - and she’ll keep holding on, no matter what. The property is Nora’s one chance to wring some dignity out of the sham she’s been living. The Vermont locals think she’s a city girl on a nature kick, but she’s not afraid to get her hands dirty. Nora’s serious about learning the farming business...if she can figure out where to begin.
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Well worth the listen
- By Kathryn @theBookDate on 02-01-14
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The Long Valley
- By: John Steinbeck, John H. Timmerman - introduction
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
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A Penguin Classic. First published in 1938, this volume of stories collected with the encouragement of his longtime editor Pascal Covici serves as a wonderful introduction to the work of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck. Set in the beautiful Salinas Valley of California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world, these stories reflect Steinbeck’s characteristic interests: The tensions between town and country, laborers and owners, past and present.
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Generally Good Stories, Some are Great
- By Michael on 06-18-13
By: John Steinbeck, and others
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The Auctioneer
- Valancourt 20th Century Classics
- By: Joan Samson
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
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In the isolated farming community of Harlowe, New Hampshire, John Moore and his wife, Mim, work the land that has been in his family for generations. But from the moment the charismatic Perly Dinsmore arrives in town and starts soliciting donations for his auctions, things begin slowly and insidiously to change in Harlowe. As the auctioneer carries out his terrible, inscrutable plan, the Moores and their neighbors will find themselves gradually but inexorably stripped of their freedom, their possessions, and perhaps even their lives....
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Unbelievable
- By pineapple67 on 11-08-19
By: Joan Samson
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Heart of the Dreaming
- By: Di Morrissey
- Narrated by: Natalie Bate
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At 21 Queenie Hanlon has the world at her feet. Startlingly beautiful, wealthy and intelligent, she is the only daughter of Tingulla Station, the famed outback property in the wilds of western Queensland. At 22, her life lies in ruins. A series of disasters has robbed her of everything she has ever loved. Everything except Tingulla – her ancestral home and her spirit's Dreaming place. Now she is about to lose that too....
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Great Story
- By Anonymous User on 03-21-18
By: Di Morrissey
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Unconditional
- A Novel
- By: Eva Marie Everson
- Narrated by: Shannon McManus
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
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Samantha Crawford has a storybook life: she’s happily married, lives on a ranch where she keeps her beloved horse, and the stories she has written and illustrated since childhood have become popular books. When her husband Billy is killed in a senseless act of violence, Sam loses her faith and the will to live. But a sudden death-defying encounter with two children leads to a reunion with her old friend Papa Joe Bradford.
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excelent
- By susan on 11-15-12
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Beneath A Dakota Cross
- Fortunes of the Black Hills, Book 1
- By: Stephen Bly
- Narrated by: Jerry Sciarrio
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
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When locals threaten the lives and property of his family. Brazos abandons his Texas homestead for a new ranch in the West he has seen in a dream. It's a war against corrupt lawmen, wild outlaws, and bitter winter weather as Brazos wrestles with his newfound hunger for gold and the burning desire to be reunited with his family. He must test himself against the untamed frontier, confront the greedy miners who try his Christian convictions, and find the new home God showed him Beneath a Dakota Cross.
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Family Friendly Western . . . Great Listen
- By Debbie on 01-01-17
By: Stephen Bly
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The Butterfly's Daughter
- By: Mary Alice Monroe
- Narrated by: Mary Alice Monroe
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
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Every year, the monarch butterflies - las mariposas - fly more than two thousand miles on fragile wings to return to their winter home in Mexico. Now Luz Avila makes that same perilous journey south as she honors a vow to her beloved abuela - the grandmother who raised her - to return her ashes to her ancestral village. As Luz departs Milwaukee in a ramshackle old VW Bug, she finds her heart opened by a series of seemingly random encounters with remarkable women.
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Marvelous
- By Dee on 10-28-18
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- 1-Click Junkie
- 06-14-15
Ruth. You don't deserve Heck!
Narration - Tanya Mills - Really Good! She does such great character voices! Great Story Teller!
Now...for the book! Grrrrr.
First! Ruth, you spoiled little brat! You don't deserve Heck! Oh, and I might be a little bit in love with Heck BTW.
This is set in the depression in a pretty backward part of the country. Utilities are sketchy at best. Ruth is from the City and comes to this town with her husband (who she doesn't love)
She's beautiful and refined and catches everyone's eye.
Heck is a sweet man, a hard workin' cowboy and is attracted to Ruth from the first time they meet. The attraction grows with each and every subsequent encounter. He rescues her from her abusive husband and they head to another part of the country to await her divorce. Their relationship is a bit scandalous and one of the undertones of this story revolves around Heck's concerns about their unseemly relationship and what price they must pay for their sins.
The characters in this story are so richly developed and this book seems to bring to life what I imagine it was like living during the depression.
I'm extremely miffed with the ending. And what makes me even more miffed is the fact that I absolutely can't say anything about it because you just have to experience it yourself. It's not a bad ending, just not the one I saw coming or hoped for.
Who will like this? I think if you enjoy historical romances or old western style cowboys, you'll enjoy it. But those aren't particularly my top genre's and I loved it.
That's all.
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- J
- 02-28-16
The story makes you care about the characters
If you could sum up Interlude at Cottonwood Springs in three words, what would they be?
An almost love-story.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Heck was an awesome character, not perfect, but so lovable.
What does Tanya Mills bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Tanya has a soothing voice, so melodic!
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Liz Adair starts off the book by letting the reader know that the story is based on her aunt and uncle. Because of that, I cared about these people. I so wanted them to work out all of their differences and be happy. But then, maybe real life is never completely that way. I felt for them because I could see both of their points of view. On one hand, I thought Ruth should have appreciated Heck's good qualities and sacrifices more. On the other hand, I wouldn't have wanted to live out on the range with no running water or electricity. I could hardly blame Ruth for wanting a better life.
Any additional comments?
Liz is great at description. I felt like the Southwest saturated the book.
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- Kim
- 06-01-15
Live hard, love hard
What did you love best about Interlude at Cottonwood Springs?
I really liked Heck's character. The author did really well with developing the story. It reminds the reader of how difficult life could be during the depression and in particular the setting of the story. Historical events were sprinkled throughout the story. I would have liked to see more character development, especially Ruth's character. I was also left wondering why Ruth and Heck fell in love.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Interlude at Cottonwood Springs?
The ending was difficult but a part that stays with you after you finish the book. I also enjoyed the parts where Heck pondered his place in the world and tapped into his spiritual side.
What three words best describe Tanya Mills’s performance?
Flexible yet steady. Did well with the male voices.
Any additional comments?
This audiobook was provided by the author at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review. The narrator did a great job but there were audio issues. At times the last syllable of a sentence would cut off and other parts where it sounded like skipping occurred.
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- L. Evans
- 06-03-15
Emotionally Wrenching
Liz Adair, in a word, is a master storyteller. She has a way of ripping your heart out of your chest, and then shoving in back in, a little mangled, but also a little wiser than before. As I went through this story, I honestly began to dislike the characters, and I wasn't sure how I would feel by the end. But by the end, I was able to feel compassion for them. Not that I excused their imperfections or their faulty choices, but I was able to see their humanity, and their inherent worth as people. And that, thanks to Liz Adair's amazing skill.
This was a beautiful story, with a beautiful message.
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- Kindle Customer
- 07-11-18
interlude!!
This was a specially prepared INTERLUDE!! I enjoyed the reading with the help from both Tonya Mills and Kindle's companion volume. Liz Adair is a very gifted STORYTELLER. I've enjoy everything I've read by her hand!!
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- Felisha
- 06-04-15
Consequences Matter
What a beautiful and sad tale. Very well written by author Liz Adair, this sorry will take you back, slow you down, and have you hold onto your loved ones a little tighter. I truly enjoyed the picture of the south west Adair depicts and her talent to describe in detail the way of life so many struggled through in the midst of the depression. Most of all, I appreciated her staying true to the human experience and showing us a mirror of what consequences could be based on our actions. This book is well worth a read.
Unfortunately, I was really disappointed by the production of this audiobook. The narrator, Tanya Mills, was the perfect voice for this western story, mastering the pace and accents required; however, the editing was horrible. Many phrases were clipped, cut off, of too quite to hear often taking me out of the story in dire frustration. Mills has a talent for narration, I just wish I could have enjoyed it.
I would highly recommend reading this book just not listening to it.
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