

A Parchment of Leaves
Author: Silas House
Narrator: Kate Forbes
Unabridged: 9 hr 38 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 04/22/2011
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
Author: Silas House
Narrator: Kate Forbes
Unabridged: 9 hr 38 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 04/22/2011
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
Silas House is the author of five novels, including A Parchment of Leaves. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times and a former commentator for NPR's All Things Considered. House is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers and is the winner of the E. B. White Award, the Nautilus Award, the Appalachian Book of the Year, the Hobson Medal for Literature, and other honors.
This is my first FICTION audiobook ! I’ve avoided audiobooks for a long time after trying one a number of years ago and I just wasn’t able to get past the feeling that I was being read to. I felt that I had to read the pages myself to experience a book. This past year I decided to give them a try ag......more
Just the title evokes beauty in trees; in nature. They tell of their own spirituality. It’s the 1900’s and Vine (a Cherokee) has married Saul (a white man)in the mountains of Kentucky. But the war starts and Saul is called to do his duty, leaving Vine behind. This story tells of discrimination. A glim......more
Beautifully written book about the love between a young couple in rural Kentucky 1917. Vine, a young Cherokee woman and Saul, a young Irishman. The story shows their tender relationship with outside prejudices that they overcome, as she leaves her Cherokee community and they move into the young man’s......more