When Mountains Walked, Kate Wheeler
When Mountains Walked, Kate Wheeler
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When Mountains Walked

Author: Kate Wheeler

Narrator: Suzanne Toren

Unabridged: 16 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/25/2011


Synopsis

Acclaimed author Kate Wheeler collected numerous awards for her short stories before making a splash with this atmospheric first novel. It tells the parallel tales of two women who, suffocating in oppressive marriages, travel to faraway lands and are drawn to the intensity of forbidden love. Maggie Goodwin and her husband travel deep into the heart of Peru to establish a health clinic. They enlist the help of political revolutionary Vicente Cruz after determining that the owners of a gold mine are poisoning the local water supply. But Maggie is drawn to Vicente's idealism and begins a love affair that mirrors the romance her grandmother had years earlier. As Maggie follows her heart, she faces many of the same obstacles and momentous decisions her grandmother encountered. As an experienced travel writer, Wheeler colorfully infuses her prose with evocative descriptions of exotic locales. Suzanne Toren's powerful narration ensures that When Mountains Walked will resonate long after the final word.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rhiannon on January 10, 2023

This book says nothing. It is written in a way that makes it seem like it’s smart, but it’s slow and pretentious. It feels like a self-insert, as the author similarly grew up in South America, much like the main character. I can handle the back and forth perspectives, because it’s a style of other c......more

Goodreads review by Anna on June 14, 2023

A drag. It took so much effort to finish. I felt like I was reading sawdust at times.......more

Goodreads review by Violet on March 30, 2012

No matter how hard I tried I just couldn't get into reading this book. I would lose interst after manybe twenty pages or so, that is why it took me so long to finish it. The ending just kind of left you hanging. So what happened? Did Maggie make it out, did Vincente live, what happened to Carson? Do......more