The Secret of Raven Point, Jennifer Vanderbes
The Secret of Raven Point, Jennifer Vanderbes
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The Secret of Raven Point

Author: Jennifer Vanderbes

Narrator: Susie Berneis

Unabridged: 10 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/25/2014


Synopsis

1943: When seventeen-year-old Juliet Dufresne receives a cryptic letter from her enlisted older brother pleading for help, and then finds out he's been reported missing overseas, she lies about her age and volunteers as an army nurse to find him. Juliet is thrust into the bloody chaos of a field hospital, where she is increasingly consumed by the plight of her patients. One in particular, Christopher Barnaby, a deserter awaiting court martial, may hold the answer to her brother's fate - but the trauma of war has left him unable to speak. Juliet works with psychiatrist Henry Willard to heal Barnaby before the authorities take him away. Juliet and Willard are forced to plumb the moral nuances of a so-called just war, and to face the dangers of their own deepening connection.

About Jennifer Vanderbes

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tara on January 28, 2014

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

Goodreads review by samantha on February 28, 2018

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

Goodreads review by switterbug (Betsey) on May 15, 2014

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

Goodreads review by Sarah Funke on December 04, 2013

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

Goodreads review by Carol on September 30, 2014

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