

The Hours Count
Author: Jillian Cantor
Narrator: Rachel Botchan
Unabridged: 11 hr 13 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 10/20/2015
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Jewish Fiction, Literary Fiction
Author: Jillian Cantor
Narrator: Rachel Botchan
Unabridged: 11 hr 13 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 10/20/2015
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Jewish Fiction, Literary Fiction
Jillian Cantor is the author of award-winning and bestselling novels for adults and teens, including In Another Time, The Hours Count, Margot, and The Lost Letter, which was a USA Today bestseller. She has a BA in English from Penn State University and an MFA from the University of Arizona. Cantor lives in Arizona with her husband and two sons.
The idea of learning more about Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, two Americans executed for espionage during the 1950's, was quite intriguing. Author Jillian Cantor based this novel on the true story of their lives and the years preceding their executions as told from the point of view of a fictional nei......more
"What surprises me the most is the way the days sometimes feel so long and yet the years so short. It's all the hours between that count." I knew basic history about Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the only civilians in the United States executed for "conspiracy to commit espionage." They were parents of......more
What I enjoyed about this novel was its accuracy of the life of a housewife in the early 1950’s. To me, the Rosenberg’s were an excuse to write about that particular time. The United States was on edge. The whole country was paranoid that the Russians were going to bomb the USA. Primary school child......more
Cantor’s second historical fiction novel is a quiet but impactful story about the only two civilians (the married couple Julius and Ethel Rosenberg) who were executed in the U.S. for conspiring to commit espionage. The story will resonate, particularly I think, with mothers. In fact, in the author’s......more
I absolutely loved MARGOT, and was so excited to get my hands on an ARC of THE HOURS COUNT. Jillian has a magical ability to tell stories that are hauntingly beautiful and suck me right in, and that's exactly what this book did. I loved the story and the characters (especially the relationship of Mi......more