Ava, Janet Perroni
Ava, Janet Perroni
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Ava

Author: Janet Perroni

Narrator: Mandy Kaplan

Unabridged: 9 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 10/18/2019


Synopsis

In this steamy romance novel set just as WWI is ending, Ava, a beautiful young woman, and Irish immigrant, initially explores her irresistible and alluring power over men with Alistar, a handsome sailor. Soon Ava learns she is pregnant, but before she can tell Alistar, his ship sets sail. Ava finds herself desperate growing up poor in America as an Irish immigrant during prohibition with little to no support from her family. Struggling to overcome her mistakes while dealing with a dysfunctional old school Irish family Ava later finds herself employed by a wealthy family of builders in Brookline, Massachusetts. The builder's son, Devon, is handsome and sophisticated and sees the beautiful young woman, Ava, irresistible. Fans of steamy historical novels will find themselves emotionally engaged by the twists and turns of Ava’s turbulent journey, as she walks through valleys of great sorrows and the pinnacles of dazzling ecstasy. At the height of ecstasy with Devon, Ava finds that she is pregnant again, and Devon’s estranged wife has returned. Caught in the middle of a romantic love story Ava is shocked to find out her father has arranged her marriage to an older gentleman from England who needs marriage to stay in America. Join Ava in this steamy romance novel as she learns how to care for her babies and use her body to fulfill her needs and overcome the hardships she faces. The backdrop of the roaring 20s showcases the difficulties the young heroine faces as an Irish immigrant growing up poor in America caught in the middle of a romantic love story. See how she battles to maintain a delicate balance between motherhood and independence in an old world that loves to shun. Although Ava’s path is twisted and rife with despair, she finds the strength to stand on her own.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kansas

“Ava Klein, you are a rare bird. Ava Klein, you are a wild one.” Cuando empecé esta novela, tras las primeras págínas me sentí impactada, no por lo que estaba contando (todavía era pronto para eso) porque todavía no sabía nada de nada sobre su argumento, pero sí que ese impacto vino producido por la f......more

Goodreads review by Janet

I happen to really like associational books, books built of fragments and images and repetitions, which build themselves in their accumulation in your head rather than as a linear narrative, and AVA is a classic--a passionate and well-travelled, well-read, sensual woman, a singer, a writer, a teache......more

Goodreads review by Jeff

A book of deathbed reveries, memories evoked in fragmentary phrases and occasional cloudbursts of paragraphs, filled with literary quotations, free associative and yet somehow easy to follow. A formally audacious novel that feels like a kissing cousin to David Markson's brilliant "narrator" tetralog......more