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Kelly Barnhill
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Beloved and bestselling author Kelly Barnhill brings her singular talents to a raw, powerful story of love, sacrifice, and family.
“Mothers fly away like migrating birds. This is why farmers have daughters.”
A fifteen-year-old teenager is the backbone of her small Midwestern family, budgeting the household finances and raising her younger brother while her mom, a talented artist, weaves beautiful tapestries. For six years, it’s been just the three of them—her mom has brought home guests at times, but none have ever stayed.
Yet when her mom brings home a six-foot tall crane with a menacing air, the girl is powerless to prevent her mom letting the intruder into her heart, and her children’s lives. Utterly enchanted and numb to his sharp edges, her mom abandons the world around her to weave the masterpiece the crane demands.
In this stunning contemporary retelling of “The Crane Wife” by the Newbery Medal-winning author of The Girl Who Drank the Moon, one fiercely pragmatic teen forced to grow up faster than was fair will do whatever it takes to protect her family—and change the story.
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Wonderful, Delightful, Engaging
- De Tom en 08-31-17
De: Kelly Barnhill
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The Ogress and the Orphans
- De: Kelly Barnhill
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 13 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 163
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 163
The town of Stone in the Glen used to be lovely, but it hasn’t been so in a very long time. Once a celebrated town with a vibrant town square, prosperous businesses and families, and educated, happy children, Stone in the Glen has fallen on hard times. Since the expansive and beloved Library burned with other buildings in a time of terrible fires, the town has been plagued by droughts, blight, and destruction. But the people have continued to put their faith in the Mayor, a dazzling fellow with golden hair and brilliant white teeth who promises that he alone can solve their problems.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great for kids *and* adults!
- De Kristi Simpson en 03-05-23
De: Kelly Barnhill
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Iron Hearted Violet
- De: Kelly Barnhill
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 7 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 276
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 245
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 247
In most fairy tales, princesses are beautiful, dragons are terrifying, and stories are harmless. This isn't most fairy tales. Princess Violet is plain, reckless, and quite possibly too clever for her own good. Particularly when it comes to telling stories. One day she and her best friend, Demetrius, stumble upon a hidden room and find a peculiar book. A forbidden book. It tells a story of an evil being - called the Nybbas - imprisoned in their world. The story cannot be true - not really. But then the whispers start....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love Love Love this author and this narrator!
- De scoutbird en 02-16-19
De: Kelly Barnhill
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Witch's Boy
- De: Kelly Barnhill
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 9 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 573
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 512
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 511
When Ned and his identical twin brother tumble from their raft into a raging, bewitched river, only Ned survives. Villagers are convinced the wrong boy lived. Sure enough, Ned grows up weak and slow, and stays as much as possible within the safe boundaries of his family's cottage and yard. But when a Bandit King comes to steal the magic that Ned's mother, a witch, is meant to protect, it's Ned who safeguards the magic and summons the strength to protect his family and community.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not as good as expected
- De ladybug en 03-19-17
De: Kelly Barnhill
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When Women Were Dragons
- A Novel
- De: Kelly Barnhill
- Narrado por: Kimberly Farr, Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 15 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,757
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,582
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,577
Alex Green is a young girl in a world much like ours, except for its most seminal event: the Mass Dragoning of 1955, when hundreds of thousands of ordinary wives and mothers sprouted wings, scales, and talons; left a trail of fiery destruction in their path; and took to the skies. Was it their choice? What will become of those left behind? Why did Alex’s beloved aunt Marla transform but her mother did not? Alex doesn’t know. It’s taboo to speak of.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful
- De Jennifer Torres en 05-08-22
De: Kelly Barnhill
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Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories
- De: Kelly Barnhill
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 7 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 38
When Mrs. Sorensen's husband dies, she rekindles a long-dormant love with an unsuitable mate in "Mrs. Sorensen and the Sasquatch". In "Open the Door and the Light Pours Through", a young man wrestles with grief and his sexuality in an exchange of letters with his faraway beloved. "Dreadful Young Ladies" demonstrates the strength and power - known and unknown - of the imagination. The World Fantasy Award-winning novella The Unlicensed Magician introduces the secret, magical life of an invisible girl once left for dead.
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3 out of 5 stars
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not a chidrens book
- De d.sopko en 06-11-18
De: Kelly Barnhill
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon
- De: Kelly Barnhill
- Narrado por: Christina Moore
- Duración: 9 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 10,996
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9,917
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9,892
Every year the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind and gentle. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster named Glerk and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, Fyrian. Xan rescues the abandoned children and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies with starlight on the journey.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful, Delightful, Engaging
- De Tom en 08-31-17
De: Kelly Barnhill
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Crane Husband
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Total4 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
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Historia4 out of 5 stars
- Maryanne T.
- 11-26-23
Weirdly Beautiful
4.25 stars for The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill. This short little book is weird in an utterly compulsive and fascinating way. I really enjoy magical realism when it is done right ~ the crazy bits folded gently into the normal batter. And this story of a girl around the age of 15 desperately trying to take care of her younger brother and mother after the death of her father from an illness (not specified) is weirdly beautiful and heartbreaking. I loved the way the author used art as a vehicle for transformation and transcendence. In this case, the mother is a weaver and sets out to create her own wings. I also thought the character of the interloper - the crane/human was so perfectly vile and scary and the author gets high praise for her creepy detailed descriptions. This is a very quick read, and I highly recommend you set aside your logic brain for an afternoon and read this tale of a family forced to evolve beyond the constraints of their shared tragedy. I also would mind triggers of child negligence, death related to cancer/illness, and domestic violence.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-28-23
Not for kids
This was an interesting book. Dark and sad, but we didn’t want to stop listening. My kids and I have enjoyed Kelly Barnhill’s other audio books, unfortunately I didn’t realize that this one is much more adult oriented for the sexual content. I did appreciate the strength that the main character showed in many situations. It gave us the opportunity to talk about saying “no” and being treated kindly by others. We turned it into a learning opportunity.
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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- erin gilbert
- 12-18-23
Magical realism with meaning
At first it seemed almost absurdist, but as more and more layers unfolded the meanings began to emerge. Beautifully done. Not my favorite narrator; she had weird inflections sometimes and I had to increase the speed to stand listening to her, but she got the job done.
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