Jennifer Donnelly

A Gathering Light (MP3-Download)

WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL 2003 Ungekürzte Lesung. 649 Min.
Sprecher: Handford, Kate

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Produktbeschreibung

Bloomsbury presents A Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly, read by Kate Handford. An astounding novel about a girl's coming-of-age interwoven with a real-life murder that rocked turn-of-the-century America. WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL 2003. 'A breathtakingly good novel' Daily Mail When Mattie Gokey is given a bundle of letters to burn by Grace Brown, she fully intends to do so. But when Grace is found drowned the next day, Mattie finds that it is not as easy to get rid of those letters as she had thought. And, as she reads, a riveting story emerges – not only revealing Grace's secrets but also Mattie's hopes and ambitions for the future and her relationships with her friends and family. Published to widespread acclaim this part murder-mystery and part coming-of-age story is an astounding and accomplished novel.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Children's Books
• Altersempfehlung: 12 bis 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526667434
• Artikelnr.: 70158127

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Donnelly is an award-winning NYT-bestselling American author of 13 novels, best known for the historical novel A Northern Light (published as A Gathering Light in the UK). It won the 2003 Carnegie Medal, and was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time in 2015. Donnelly currently lives in New York's Hudson Valley with her husband and daughter.

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Rezensionen

'A GATHERING LIGHT is a remarkable debut, a book that sweeps across the genre boundaries of murder, mystery, romance, and historical fiction - resulting in an original novel that is both gripping and touching.'