Caroline Slaughter narrates this slow-moving historical mystery in a gentle voice. The story is set in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1926, when Two Feathers, a young Cherokee horse-diver on loan to Glendale Park Zoo from a Wild West show, and her high-diving horse, Ocher, are injured when they fall into a cave below the diving pool. Slaughter takes her time with this rambling novel, which provides detailed backstory on each character—from the Native American Two Feathers and British-accented Clive to the lightly accented southern Tennesseans who own the land where the zoo performs. While Slaughter lazily pronounces polysyllabic words, distracting the attentive listener from the meandering story, she ably varies her tone and accents as suits the diversity of the characters. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine
Louise Erdrich meets Karen Russell in this deliciously strange and daringly original novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Margaret Verble: set in 1926 Nashville, it follows a death-defying young Cherokee horse-diver who, with her companions from the Glendale Park Zoo, must get to the bottom of a mystery that spans centuries.*
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Two*Feathers, a young Cherokee horse-diver on loan to Glendale Park Zoo from a Wild West show, is determined to*find*her own way in the world.*Two's closest friend at Glendale is Hank Crawford, who loves horses almost as much as she does. He is part of a high-achieving, land-owning Black family. Neither*Two nor Hank*fit*easily into the highly segregated society of 1920s Nashville.
When disaster strikes during one of*Two's shows, strange things start to happen at the park.*Vestiges of the ancient past begin to surface, apparitions appear, and then the hippo falls mysteriously ill. At the same time, Two dodges her unsettling, lurking admirer and bonds with Clive, Glendale's zookeeper and a World War I veteran,*who is haunted-literally-by horrific memories of war. To get to the bottom of it, an eclectic cast of park performers, employees, and even the wealthy stakeholders must come together, making When*Two*Feathers Fell from the Sky*an unforgettable and irresistible tale of exotic animals, lingering spirits, and unexpected friendship.
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Two*Feathers, a young Cherokee horse-diver on loan to Glendale Park Zoo from a Wild West show, is determined to*find*her own way in the world.*Two's closest friend at Glendale is Hank Crawford, who loves horses almost as much as she does. He is part of a high-achieving, land-owning Black family. Neither*Two nor Hank*fit*easily into the highly segregated society of 1920s Nashville.
When disaster strikes during one of*Two's shows, strange things start to happen at the park.*Vestiges of the ancient past begin to surface, apparitions appear, and then the hippo falls mysteriously ill. At the same time, Two dodges her unsettling, lurking admirer and bonds with Clive, Glendale's zookeeper and a World War I veteran,*who is haunted-literally-by horrific memories of war. To get to the bottom of it, an eclectic cast of park performers, employees, and even the wealthy stakeholders must come together, making When*Two*Feathers Fell from the Sky*an unforgettable and irresistible tale of exotic animals, lingering spirits, and unexpected friendship.
When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky
Louise Erdrich meets Karen Russell in this deliciously strange and daringly original novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Margaret Verble: set in 1926 Nashville, it follows a death-defying young Cherokee horse-diver who, with her companions from the Glendale Park Zoo, must get to the bottom of a mystery that spans centuries.*
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Two*Feathers, a young Cherokee horse-diver on loan to Glendale Park Zoo from a Wild West show, is determined to*find*her own way in the world.*Two's closest friend at Glendale is Hank Crawford, who loves horses almost as much as she does. He is part of a high-achieving, land-owning Black family. Neither*Two nor Hank*fit*easily into the highly segregated society of 1920s Nashville.
When disaster strikes during one of*Two's shows, strange things start to happen at the park.*Vestiges of the ancient past begin to surface, apparitions appear, and then the hippo falls mysteriously ill. At the same time, Two dodges her unsettling, lurking admirer and bonds with Clive, Glendale's zookeeper and a World War I veteran,*who is haunted-literally-by horrific memories of war. To get to the bottom of it, an eclectic cast of park performers, employees, and even the wealthy stakeholders must come together, making When*Two*Feathers Fell from the Sky*an unforgettable and irresistible tale of exotic animals, lingering spirits, and unexpected friendship.
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Two*Feathers, a young Cherokee horse-diver on loan to Glendale Park Zoo from a Wild West show, is determined to*find*her own way in the world.*Two's closest friend at Glendale is Hank Crawford, who loves horses almost as much as she does. He is part of a high-achieving, land-owning Black family. Neither*Two nor Hank*fit*easily into the highly segregated society of 1920s Nashville.
When disaster strikes during one of*Two's shows, strange things start to happen at the park.*Vestiges of the ancient past begin to surface, apparitions appear, and then the hippo falls mysteriously ill. At the same time, Two dodges her unsettling, lurking admirer and bonds with Clive, Glendale's zookeeper and a World War I veteran,*who is haunted-literally-by horrific memories of war. To get to the bottom of it, an eclectic cast of park performers, employees, and even the wealthy stakeholders must come together, making When*Two*Feathers Fell from the Sky*an unforgettable and irresistible tale of exotic animals, lingering spirits, and unexpected friendship.
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BN ID: | 2940175807135 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins |
Publication date: | 10/12/2021 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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