The Swan House, Elizabeth Musser
The Swan House, Elizabeth Musser
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The Swan House

Author: Elizabeth Musser

Narrator: Linda Stephens

Unabridged: 19 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/20/2009


Synopsis

A southern region ABA and Book Sense best-selling author, Elizabeth Musser sets this coming-of-age novel in 1960s Atlanta. Sixteen-year-old Mary Swan Middleton is devastated when her artistic mother is killed in a plane crash. The family maid, seeing Mary's loneliness and desperation, suggests she volunteer to help the poor. Soon, Mary realizes there is more to life, love, and faith, than she ever knew.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Leann on September 05, 2011

I knew that if I searched long and hard enough that I would eventually find good Christian fiction. And I finally found it in The Swan House. So, it's a bit perplexing to come to Good Reads to find so many negative reviews. Was this book heavy on the Christianity? Um, yes, it's Christian fiction. Wa......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on January 17, 2021

The Swan House, by Elizabeth Musser, was a delight to read. It is the coming of age story of Mary Swan, a girl torn apart by tragedy, discovering things she didn't know about her mother, finding her place amongst civil rights issues, deciding her relationship with God and learning who she really is. A......more

Goodreads review by Christina on September 29, 2018

I really enjoyed this one!! The author truly grabs your attention with her writing style and begins the book with a true historic tragedy that I never knew took place. I love how the main character had several story lines going on in her own life the entire book. The girl growing up in the South exp......more

Goodreads review by Crystal on May 03, 2024

I very much enjoyed this book! It's long, but every page is interesting. There wasn't any wasted space or boring bits in this story for me. It follows a young girl by the name of Mary Swan, growing up in an upper class family in Atlanta. Despite growing up with privilege, she faces some really tough......more

Goodreads review by Linda on June 10, 2010

The Swan House has a title and a cover that drew me in. I imagined this story to be about an old, possibly deserted mansion with secrets to hide. This book has plenty of secrets but none were about the house. In fact the house really didn't have much to do with the story. I felt the title was out of......more