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The Kings and Queens of Roam

By: Daniel Wallace
Narrated by: Angela Brazil
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Helen and Rachel McCallister, who live in a town called Roam, are as different as sisters can be: Helen older, bitter, and conniving; Rachel beautiful, naïve - and blind. When their parents die an untimely death, Rachel has to rely on Helen for everything, but Helen embraces her role in all the wrong ways, convincing Rachel that the world is a dark and dangerous place she couldn’t possibly survive on her own... or so Helen believes, until Rachel makes a surprising choice that turns both their worlds upside down.

In this new novel, Southern literary master Daniel Wallace returns to the tradition of tall tales and folklore made memorable in his bestselling Big Fish. The Kings and Queens of Roam is a wildly inventive, beautifully written, and big-hearted tale of family and the ties that bind.

©2013 Daniel Wallace (P)2013 AudioGO Coming of Age Fairy Tales Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Magic Magical Realism Heartfelt

Critic reviews

“Wallace’s eerie fairy tale for grown-ups is a melancholy yet enchanting pastiche of love, loss, redemption, and revenge.” ( Kirkus Reviews - starred review)
“An imaginative, sentimental modern-day tall tale…Wallace’s far-fetched, rollicking yarn, written in the vein of Manly Wade Wellman and Fred Chappell, consistently engages the reader.” ( Publishers Weekly)
“Brimming with his brilliant visions and wise observations about life. Part fairy tale, part myth and legend, the city of Roam and her inhabitants - both living and dead - materialize in ways that are equal parts comedy and tragedy.” (Jill McCorkle, author of Life after Life)

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As in his previous works big fish, ray in reverse, watermelon king, and mr Sebastian, mr Wallace shows that he is the modern master of magical realism among American authors. In this book you will travel to a place that might have been hidden from the wider world, a town full of insane characters and the ghost of the characters that came before all trying to hold on to the fading light of a once vibrant town and the lives they wished they had.

An absolutely incredible book to read or hear

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