The Sheep Queen, Thomas Savage
The Sheep Queen, Thomas Savage
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The Sheep Queen

Author: Thomas Savage

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 8 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/22/2014

Categories: Fiction, Western


Synopsis

An epic family saga set on the sprawling, beautiful ranches of the American West, from the author of The Power of the Dog, "a masterful novelist working at the peak of his form" (Washington Post).

A Western family story at once intimate and epic, this rich, compelling, emotionally charged novel tells the story of the Sweringen family of Idaho: Emma, the matriarch, known as the Sheep Queen ("surely one of the most fascinating characters in current
fiction"—Publishers Weekly); the daughter who disappoints her; the grandson who adores her; and the granddaughter, given up for adoption, who spends nearly half her life finding her way back to her family.

"The Sheep Queen is marvelous … Her reign has a mythic grandeur."—New York Times Book Review

Reviews

Goodreads review by William2 on September 09, 2024

Part 1 is a story of emotional numbness set around the time of WW1. Narrative technique stays on the surface. What interests me, in addition to the story — a girl is adopted by a couple after their boy dies — is the deft handling of what John Gardner called psychic distance. The protagonist, Amy, th......more

Goodreads review by piperitapitta on April 15, 2018

I Heard My Sister Speak My Name «Quasi nulla è andato come previsto. Ma che vuol dire previsto? C'è soltanto ciò che accade, imprevedibile.»* Penso che potrei piangere per il resto della giornata ripensando al finale di questo libro. Queste non sono cinque stelle letterarie**, ma cinque stelle alla vita,......more

Goodreads review by Silvia on June 21, 2021

"Non è vero che gli uomini adulti non piangono." Vale anche per le donne. E infatti chiudo l'ultima pagina in lacrime. Una storia familiare con personaggi molto ben delineati, trame di affetti e risentimenti, sogni e aspettative, ambizioni e delusioni, tutte ottimamente descritte ma senza stare lì tan......more