In the Shadow of Blackbirds, Cat Winters
In the Shadow of Blackbirds, Cat Winters
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In the Shadow of Blackbirds

Author: Cat Winters

Narrator: Angela Goethals

Unabridged: 10 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/25/2013

Synopsis

In 1918, the world seems on the verge of apocalypse. Americans roam the streets in gauze masks to ward off the deadly Spanish influenza, and the government ships young men to the front lines of a brutal war, creating an atmosphere of fear and confusion. Sixteen-year-old Mary Shelley Black watches as desperate mourners flock to sEances and spirit photographers for comfort, but she herself has never believed in ghosts. During her bleakest moment, however, she' s forced to rethink her entire way of looking at life and death, for her first love-- a boy who died in battle-- returns in spirit form. But what does he want from her? Featuring haunting archival early-twentieth-century photographs, this is a tense, romantic story set in a past that is eerily like our own time.

About Cat Winters

Cat Winters's debut novel, In the Shadow of Blackbirds, was released to widespread critical acclaim. The novel has been named a finalist for the 2014 Morris Award, a School Library Journal Best Book of 2013, and a Booklist 2013 Top 10 Horror Fiction for Youth. Winters lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and two children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on April 22, 2013

The lovely Cat Winters joined us over at the blog to talk about the inspiration for this novel and writing about women in 1918: [URL not allowed] Wow. I thought this was fantastic - one of the best books I've read in a long while. When I think of 1918, I think of a world torn apart......more

Goodreads review by Wendy Darling on May 16, 2013

This book is set in the year 1918, but feels quite Victorian in its immersion in spiritualism and séances. The author's note at the end confirms her interest in that era, as well as in the epidemic of influenza that killed 50 million people worldwide towards the end of the first world war. In the Sh......more

Goodreads review by Maja (The Nocturnal Library) on April 06, 2013

The Nocturnal Library: Guest post by Cat Winters, 10 Ways I Researched the Past for In the Shadow of Blackbirds. Stop by to read it and enter to win a hardcover copy from The Book Depository. Some books should be sold with a companion novel, a cheerful, nonsensical one people would read immediately a......more

Goodreads review by Giselle on July 11, 2016

It excites me so when I come across a novel that shows me there can still be books that thoroughly stand out from any other in its originality and outstanding story-telling. I can not even believe that In the Shadow of Blackbirds is Cat's debut novel! What I love most from this book is how, through i......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on August 14, 2017

Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend.......more

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