

Alamo House
Author: Sarah Bird
Narrator: Danielle Ferland
Unabridged: 10 hr 37 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 01/14/2008
Categories: Fiction
Author: Sarah Bird
Narrator: Danielle Ferland
Unabridged: 10 hr 37 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 01/14/2008
Categories: Fiction
Sarah Bird’s novel, Above the East China Sea, was long-listed for the Dublin International Literary Award. A Dobie-Paisano Fellowship helped in researching Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen. Raised in an Air Force family on bases around the world, Sarah is the child of two warriors, a WWII Army nurse and an Air Corps bombardier, who met at a barn dance in North Africa. She lives in Austin, Texas.
What I loved (and love) about this book is that it so goddamn funny. Yes, in a lot of ways it's kind of a revenge fantasy about female nerdettes getting back at a bunch of obnoxious, sexist frat rats. But it is an extremely entertaining read, and I especially loved the parts about the heroine workin......more
Sarah Bird's wit shines in this rag-tag assembly of characters intent on dignifying the plight of female graduate students surrounded by animal house frat boys and less than noble suitors. Ms. Bird must have lived through the 80s college scene. The crazy characters and "Keep Austin Weird" legacy tha......more