Chapel of Ease, Alex Bledsoe
Chapel of Ease, Alex Bledsoe
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Chapel of Ease

Author: Alex Bledsoe

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 8 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/06/2016

Synopsis

When Matt Johansson, a young New York actor, auditions for Chapel of Ease, an off-Broadway musical, he is instantly charmed by Ray Parrish, the show’s writer and composer. As their friendship deepens, Matt learns that Ray’s people call themselves the Tufa and that the musical is based on the history of his isolated hometown. But there is one question in the show’s script that Ray refuses to answer: What is buried in the ruins of the chapel of ease?As opening night approaches, strange things begin to happen. A dreadlocked girl follows and spies on Ray. At the press preview, a strange Tufa woman warns him to stop the show. Then, as the rave reviews arrive, Ray dies in his sleep.Matt and the cast are distraught, but there’s no question of shutting down, and the run quickly sells out. Matt volunteers to take Ray’s ashes back to Needsville, where he hopes to understand more about the play and uncover the secret that Ray took to his grave.Matt’s journey into the haunting Appalachian mountains of Cloud County sets him on a dangerous path, where some secrets deserve to stay buried.

About Alex Bledsoe

Alex Bledsoe grew up in west Tennessee, an hour north of Graceland. He’s been a reporter, editor, photographer, and door-to-door vacuum-cleaner salesman. He has published more than fifty short stories on topics as diverse as big-game hunters, mermaids, modern witches, Victorian gentlemen, and country musicians. He has two sons and lives in Wisconsin.

About Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom gained international fame in 1951 with her screen debut in Charles Chaplin’s motion picture Limelight. Among her many memorable films are Richard III, The Haunting, Look Back in Anger, and A Doll’s House.

About Stefan Rudnicki

Stefan Rudnicki is an award winning audiobook narrator, director and producer. He was born in Poland and now resides in Studio City, California. He has narrated more than three hundred audiobooks and has participated in over a thousand as a writer, producer, or director. He is a recipient of multiple Audie Awards and AudioFile Earphones Awards as well as a Grammy Award, a Bram Stoker Award, and a Ray Bradbury Award. He received AudioFile’s award for 2008 Best Voice in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Along with a cast of other narrators, Rudnicki has read a number of Orson Scott Card's best-selling science fiction novels. He worked extensively with many other science fiction authors, including David Weber and Ben Bova. In reviewing the twentieth anniversary edition audiobook of Card’s Ender's Game, Publishers Weekly stated, "Rudnicki, with his lulling, sonorous voice, does a fine job articulating Ender's inner struggle between the kind, peaceful boy he wants to be and the savage, violent actions he is frequently forced to take." Rudnicki is also a stage actor and director.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on April 04, 2018

Chapel of Ease is book four in the Tufa series and I listened to the audio version of this book as part of my personal challenge to finish all the book before the 6th and last would be published 10 April 2018. I made it by the way. Chapel of Ease is the one book in the series that felt less like......more

Goodreads review by Shoshanah on May 17, 2016

I was fortunate enough to get an advanced copy of Chapel of Ease. At first, it will seem like it is not a Tufa novel. After all, it begins in New York City! The main character is clearly not Tufa. But hang with it. It goes places. Like all of the Tufa series, there are haints and people cured by son......more

Goodreads review by Marion on April 18, 2024

This series just gets better as I read it all. I loved the characters and the story. The deer and coyotes were an amazing part (not a spoiler and it won't make sense unless you read it!) and I just blew through the whole book so fast. I love this series.......more

Goodreads review by Steve on September 06, 2016

Chapel of Ease, Alex Bledsoe's fourth foray into the mysterious world of the Tufa, is a departure from the previous books in the series: It is written in the first person, and Matt, the POV character, is an actor in New York who has been cast as the lead in a new off-Broadway musical. There is a Tufa......more

Quotes

“The lure of magical realism, the sensual mysticism of Appalachia and the thrill of a New York theater production synchronize together to give Bledsoe’s fourth Tufa novel a well-choreographed peek at both worlds.” RT Book Reviews

“Bledsoe’s fourth Tufa novel weaves together the magic of off-Broadway theater with the lore and fantasy of the Tufa…With his subtle, character-driven approach, Bledsoe skillfully fuses music, legend, and regional atmosphere to create something that feels like an unexplored corner of American mythology.” Publishers Weekly

“A same-sex romance between ­Matt and Ray’s childhood friend C. C. adds emotional weight to another great entry in this series, which is always effectively subtle in how it employs the supernatural, with music central to the magic of the Tufa.” Library Journal

“As [Matt] discovers the dark secrets hidden away in the remote Appalachian hills, so do we; as he becomes captivated, so do we. A fine installment in the popular series.” Booklist

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