The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of ..., Leslye Walton
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of ..., Leslye Walton
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The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

Author: Leslye Walton

Narrator: Leslye Walton

Unabridged: 8 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/25/2014

Synopsis

A 2015 William C. Morris YA Debut Award FinalistMagical realism, lyrical prose, and the pain and passion of human love haunt this hypnotic generational saga.Foolish love appears to be the Roux family birthright, an ominous forecast for its most recent progeny, Ava Lavender. Ava—in all other ways a normal girl—is born with the wings of a bird. In a quest to understand her peculiar disposition and a growing desire to fit in with her peers, sixteen-year old Ava ventures into the wider world, ill-prepared for what she might discover and naive to the twisted motives of others. Others like the pious Nathaniel Sorrows, who mistakes Ava for an angel and whose obsession with her grows until the night of the summer solstice celebration. That night, the skies open up, rain and feathers fill the air, and Ava’s quest and her family’s saga build to a devastating crescendo. First-time author Leslye Walton has constructed a layered and unforgettable mythology of what it means to be born with hearts that are tragically, exquisitely human.

About Leslye Walton

Leslye Walton was born in the Pacific Northwest. Perhaps because of this, she has developed a strange kinship with the daffodil - she too can achieve beauty only after a long, cold sulk in the rain. Her debut novel, The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, was inspired by a particularly long sulk in a particularly cold rainstorm spent pondering the logic, or rather, lack thereof, in love — the ways we coax ourselves to love, to continue loving, to leave love behind. Leslye Walton has an MA in writing. When she’s not writing, she teaches middle-school students how to read and write and, most important, how to be kind to one another, even on days when they don’t really feel like it. She is currently working on her next novel. Leslye Walton lives in Seattle.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on May 17, 2015

To many, I was myth incarnate, the embodiment of a most superb legend, a fairy tale. Some considered me a monster, a mutation. To my great misfortune, I was once mistaken for an angel. To my mother, I was everything. To my father, nothing at all. To my grandmother, I was a daily reminder of loves lo......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on January 14, 2019

A beautifully written and overall stunning story. I absolutely loved it. One of my favorite books of all time.......more

Goodreads review by karen on June 19, 2018

hope is the thing with feathers and maybe it is, to cheerful people like emily dickinson, but this book is not about hope. it is about all of the scars love's victims carry. and there is nothing i do not love about it. this book reminds me of traditional fairytales in their purest forms - before being......more

Goodreads review by Regan on June 09, 2023

OH MY GOD! this tale was not just made it was threaded and crafted. I feel like it has burrowed inside of me.......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on October 25, 2015

Reading this book felt like wrapping myself in a warm blanket on a misty, autumn day. The writing was beautiful. The characters were magical. The entire book felt like something you could sink into. This has been added to my favorites shelf, and I'm already looking forward to re-reading it in the fu......more

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