The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt, Andrea Bobotis
The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt, Andrea Bobotis
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The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt

Author: Andrea Bobotis

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne

Unabridged: 9 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/09/2019

Synopsis

Some bury their secrets close to home; others scatter them to the wind and hope they land somewhere far away.Judith Kratt inherited all the Kratt family had to offer—the pie safe, the copper clock, the murder that no one talks about—and she knows in her old bones that it’s time to make an inventory of her household and its valuables. But she finds that cataloging the family belongings—as well as their misfortunes—won’t contain her family’s secrets, not when her wayward sister suddenly returns, determined to expose skeletons that the Kratts had hoped to take to their grave.Interweaving the present with chilling flashbacks from one fateful evening in 1929, Judith pieces together the influence of her family on their small South Carolina cotton town, learning that the devastating effects of dark family secrets can last a lifetime and beyond.

About Andrea Bobotis

Andrea Bobotis is an author whose fiction has received awards from the Raymond Carver Short Story Contest and the James Jones First Novel Fellowship, and her essays on Irish writers have appeared in journals such as Victorian Studies and the Irish University Review. A native of South Carolina, she holds a PhD in English literature from the University of Virginia. The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt is her debut novel.

About Bernadette Dunne

Bernadette Dunne is the winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and has twice been nominated for the prestigious Audie Award. She studied at the Royal National Theatre in London and the Studio Theater in Washington, DC, and has appeared at the Kennedy Center and off Broadway.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Angela M

“Windsor chair Wooden spinning wheel Mahogany secretary R.S. Prussia vase Pie safe —Grandmother DeLour’s Butler’s tray (silver plated) Amsterdam School copper mantel clock Hamilton drafting table Letter opener (cut glass)” Things are just things - aren’t they ? It’s not that simple as 75 year old Judith......more

Goodreads review by *TUDOR^QUEEN*

This work of historical fiction takes place in South Carolina during a sixty-year period (encompassing the 1920s through 1980s). Without warning, the time period weaves back and forth as the story unfolds. At the book's beginning, Judith and Olva are relaxing in their sunroom, enjoying the warmth. T......more

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“The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt adeptly catalogs loss, hope, and redemption.” Booklist

“Thoughtful and quintessentially Southern…The well-told tale unfolds like a magnolia, slowly revealing a languid beauty. Mystery fans will also be satisfied.” Publishers Weekly

“South Carolina native Bobotis’s debut is sure to place her alongside established authors such as Fannie Flagg. Rich in detail, it will carry readers between past and present, presenting historical issues of race, class, and belonging.” Library Journal

“The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt is a multilayered story about family, race, loss, and loyalty, featuring a complex cast of characters led by a woman who learns it’s never too late for growth and change.” Cynthia Swanson, New York Times bestselling author

“Andrea Bobotis is a new, original voice as Southern as they come! In The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt, she unravels a complicated web of dirty Southern secrets. Using masterful writing and a perfectly calculated reveal of damaged history, she ends up weaving a tapestry that is so much more.” Leah Weiss, author of If the Creek Don’t Rise

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