

The Secret of Raven Point
Author: Jennifer Vanderbes
Narrator: Susie Berneis
Unabridged: 10 hr 17 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Published: 02/25/2014
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Author: Jennifer Vanderbes
Narrator: Susie Berneis
Unabridged: 10 hr 17 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Published: 02/25/2014
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Jennifer Vanderbes is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the recipient of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a New York Public Library Cullman Fellowship. Her debut novel, Easter Island, was translated into sixteen languages, and her essays and reviews have appeared in the New York Times and the Washington Post. She lives in New York City.
Once upon a time there was a girl who loved to read. She grew up to become a book reviewer in her spare time. One very sad month in her life, every single book she picked up sucked. The woman seriously contemplated giving up reading forever and ever. And then she picked up The Secret of Raven Point a......more
so lets start off with the good so i've read a lot about WWII, and have never seent Italy until now that was nice, and it was beautifully written and i liked the characters. but there are a lot of loose ends, i hate books that leave key plot questions unanswered and well i really wanted a better end......more
Until I approached the last several pages, I found this book to be mediocre, despite the themes illuminating the heinous brutalities of war. The drama is not particularly new, and the characters are essentially shallow and flat. However, this is one of those rare times that, although I didn't enjoy......more
I love a good brother-sister tale. This one, set during WWII, is moving, thought-proviking, and timely. As with Strangers at the Feast, with this third novel Vanderbes nails the complexities and mysteries of familial relationships, without sacrificing pace, action, or setting. Strongly recommend.......more
The author has captured, equally well, both the allure and the devastation of war. She has entered the minds of the injured soldier, the frightened in the foxholes who never envisioned what it meant to be shot at, to step on a mine, or to shoot the enemy. She shines a bright light on the bravery of......more