
Lavinia
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Alyssa Bresnahan
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Simply beautiful
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My mother once described a visit to her mother's house with my father, who heard her and her mother and sister (and possibly my great grandmother) in the kitchen, or other room, call out for one of their men in the other room of the house, and he -or they -could not tell them apart, thinking my aunt or grandmother's voice was my mother's or great grandmothers. I may have been a tiny babe at that time. I can tell my mother's voice from my sister or my aunt or my grandmother, with a few words, even after months or in some cases years of not hearing from them. So Alyssa Bresnahan's voice is only similar, but not eerie in it's likeness. Comforting, in a way.
Lavinia is refreshingly mythic in telling of her life, she believes in the gods she worships, but she doesn't see them, they are like echoes or spirits, like her Poet - Virgil's shade, or a oracle. Like she in the end becomes, a immortal owl of Albunea.
It was interesting to me that both Circe and Lavinia nod towards a gay king at Rome's beginnings, Circe's son Telegonus (who's lover is unknown) and in Lavinia, Aeneas's son Ascanius, who's lover Atys' death causes him to share the burden of kingship with his brother Lavinia's son Silvius.
I would very much like to read a meeting these themes and between Ascanius, or Aeneas, and Telegonus but I haven't yet found such a book.
Your Mother Is My Mother Too
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The only down-side I found in this book is that the last half of the book is not as strong as the first. However, the book only slacks off from "excellent" to "very good."
The reader does the book justice. She speaks clearly, at a good pace, and with an appropriate amount of intonation and acting.
Fascinatingly well written
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Heart-felt, deep, engaging, and beautiful
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Roman Origin Myth with a Touch of Fantasy
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What made the experience of listening to Lavinia the most enjoyable?
The narrator did a beautiful job giving voice to Lavinia. It was wonderful to hear this relatively minor character from one of the classic stories of our culture brought to life with the feminist perspective and the gorgeous, detailed, imaginative Le Guin writing.What did you like best about this story?
The imaginative and detailed writing, I think.If you could rename Lavinia, what would you call it?
A Feminist Retelling of an Old Dude's StoryLoved this book.
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were available, I am happy to return to that pleasant pass time with her. The audible version is delightful, and the narration is in perfect harmony with the text.
Lavinia
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Can’t finish
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