The Sheep Queen
Thomas Savage
Aug 2014 · Recorded Books · Narrated by George Guidall
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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
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
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 ...
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Thomas Savage was born in 1915 in Salt Lake City. His literary career spans five decades & thirteen novels, most notably "The Power of the Dog" (L,B, 1967) & "I Heard My Sister Speak My Name" (L,B, 1977). His most recent novel, "The Corner of Rife & Pacific" (Morrow, 1988), was nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award, won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award, & was one of "Publisher's Weekly's" fifteen best novels of 1988. He was also the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1980.
George Guidall is one of the most prolific narrators of audiobooks in the world. He has recorded nearly 650 unabridged novels, everything from "Crime and Punishment" and "The Iliad" to "Snow Falling on Cedars." He began his career as an actor, appearing on Broadway and touring Europe with Helen Hayes in the "Glass Menagerie," " Miracle Worker" and "The Skin of Our Teeth." He received an Obie Award for Best Performance Off-Broadway, and has continued his performances in theater for over 40 years. Guidall has also appeared on television, with roles on the soap "One Life to Live" and "Law and Order," and in movies such as "Malcolm X" and "Tales from the Darkside." His first job reading audiobooks was for the Library of Congress' American Foundation for the Blinds' Talking Books. Since then he has won the most prestigious Audiobook Award, the Audie Award, for Best Unabridged Narration of a novel for his recording of John Irving's "A Widow for One Year." He won the Audie again in 2000 for Wally Lamb's "I Know This Much is True."
Thomas Savage was born in 1915 in Salt Lake City. His literary career spans five decades & thirteen novels, most notably "The Power of the Dog" (L,B, 1967) & "I Heard My Sister Speak My Name" (L,B, 1977). His most recent novel, "The Corner of Rife & Pacific" (Morrow, 1988), was nominated for the ...
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