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The Sheep Queen
- Author
- Thomas Savage
- Narrator
- George Guidall
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 22 August 2014
- Run Time
- 8 hours 13 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A Western family story at once intimate and epic, this rich, compelling, emotionally charged novel tells the story of the Sweringen family of Idaho: Emma, the matriarch, known as the Sheep Queen ("surely one of the most fascinating characters in current
fiction"—Publishers Weekly); the daughter who disappoints her; the grandson who adores her; and the granddaughter, given up for adoption, who spends nearly half her life finding her way back to her family.
"The Sheep Queen is marvelous … Her reign has a mythic grandeur."—New York Times Book Review
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Details
- Author
- Thomas Savage
- Narrator
- George Guidall
- Duration
- 8 hours 13 minutes
- Release Date
- 22 August 2014
- ISBN
- 9781490645599
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Adventure fiction: Westerns
Synopsis
An epic family saga set on the sprawling, beautiful ranches of the American West, from the author of The Power of the Dog, "a masterful novelist working at the peak of his form" (Washington Post).A Western family story at once intimate and epic, this rich, compelling, emotionally charged novel tells the story of the Sweringen family of Idaho: Emma, the matriarch, known as the Sheep Queen ("surely one of the most fascinating characters in current fiction"—Publishers Weekly); the daughter who disappoints her; the grandson who adores her; and the granddaughter, given up for adoption, who spends nearly half her life finding her way back to her family."The Sheep Queen is marvelous … Her reign has a mythic grandeur."—New York Times Book Review
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