| Miss Emily Contributor(s): O'Connor, Nuala (Author), Gilbert, Tavia (Read by), Kerr, Alana (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1504609212 ISBN-13: 9781504609210 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: July 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 5.9" (0.40 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nuala O'Connor's enchanting American debut novel, Miss Emily, reimagines the private life of Emily Dickinson through her own voice and through the eyes of her family's Irish maid.Eighteen-year-old Ada Concannon has just been hired by the respected but eccentric Dickinson family of Amherst, Massachusetts. Despite their difference in age and the upstairs-downstairs divide, Ada strikes up a deep friendship with Miss Emily, the gifted elder daughter living a spinster's life at home. But Emily's passion for words begins to dominate her life. She will wear only white and avoids the world outside the Dickinson homestead. When Ada's safety and reputation are threatened, however, Emily must face down her own demons in order to help her friend--a task with shocking consequences. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kerr, Alana: - Alana Kerr Collins is an Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator. She is also an actor, puppeteer, and singer who studied at the Impulse Company in London and earned a BA in drama and English at the University of Dublin, Trinity College. She starred in the short films Rachel 9000, The Deal, and Veritas and has appeared in several television series, including Emu and Big City Park. O'Connor, Nuala: -Nuala O'Connor is a well--regarded short-story writer and novelist in her native Ireland (writing under the name Nuala Ni Chonchuir). Her short story "Peach" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and her short-story collection Nude was short-listed for the European Union Prize for Literature. She lives in East Galway, Ireland, with her husband and three children. Gilbert, Tavia: -Tavia Gilbert, an acclaimed narrator of more than four hundred full-cast and multivoice audiobooks for virtually every publisher in the industry, is an eight-time Audie nominee and the recipient of thirteen Earphones Awards, a Voice Arts Award, and a Listen-Up Award. With frequent inclusion on best of year and annual top ten lists, Tavia is a trusted and increasingly sought-after actress for work across every genre, from children's and YA, to literary fiction, nonfiction, and genre fiction. Audible recently named her a Genre-Defining Narrator: Master of Memoir, and Library Journal said of this highly acclaimed actress, "as close as you can get to a full cast narration with a solo voice." Tavia is a producer, singer, photographer, and a writer, as well as the cofounder of a feminist publishing company, Animal Mineral, with fiction and nonfiction focusing on relationships, love, and identity. |
