Saturday, December 06, 2008

What Im Listening To ....

The Rouseabout
by Rachel Treasure

Once again, something very different and I was very skeptical about it before placing the first CD into the player.

However in saying that I am half way through listening to it and I am thoroughly enjoying it!

Its the story of Kate Webster who lives in Tasmania but is working on the mainland in Orange. Kate plays hard with a bit of a devil may care attitude. She is a single mum to Nell and really struggles with her life before coming back home to Tasmania and "Bronte" the family property.

Kate's mum died and her father remarried to a most unsuitable city woman whom Kate does not get on with.

The story is narrated by Miranda Nation and I have to say that I do struggle with her interpretation of the story, probably because she sounds too young. I find with audio books the narrator plays a very important part in the story - if you cant believe them telling the story, the story gets lost. Still, I am enjoying the audio book and am very keen to get to the end of the story.

Absolutely worth listening to or reading.