DECEMBER 2021 - AudioFile
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
From the Publisher
Verble is an immensely gifted writer.” — NPR.org
“Through a joyful interweaving of pragmatic storytelling and spiritual realism, Pulitzer Prize finalist Margaret Verble breathes life into a bygone era…Combining meticulous research, a fresh point-of-view and vivid imagery, Verble’s third novel does what historical fiction does best: folds a compelling story into a snapshot of time before life changed.” — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“In this fun, entertaining and highly informative historical novel, award-winning author Margaret Verble, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, surrounds Two Feathers’ story with a concise history of the area and an in-depth look at the social culture and mores of the times… [Verble] will have you believing and cheering...Great fun.” — Florida Times-Union
“Alternatively funny and touching, this novel has a distinctly original and unconventional feel.” — Ms. magazine
“Verble beautifully weaves period details with the cast’s histories, and enthralls with the supernatural elements, which are made as real for the reader as they are for the characters. This lands perfectly.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Ms. magazine
Alternatively funny and touching, this novel has a distinctly original and unconventional feel.
Florida Times-Union
In this fun, entertaining and highly informative historical novel, award-winning author Margaret Verble, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, surrounds Two Feathers’ story with a concise history of the area and an in-depth look at the social culture and mores of the times… [Verble] will have you believing and cheering...Great fun.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Through a joyful interweaving of pragmatic storytelling and spiritual realism, Pulitzer Prize finalist Margaret Verble breathes life into a bygone era…Combining meticulous research, a fresh point-of-view and vivid imagery, Verble’s third novel does what historical fiction does best: folds a compelling story into a snapshot of time before life changed.
NPR.org
Verble is an immensely gifted writer.
DECEMBER 2021 - AudioFile
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