The exiles : a novel
(Pre-loaded Audio)
Contributors
Lee, Caroline, 1953- narrator.
Harper Audio (Firm), publisher.
Playaway Digital Audio, distributor,
Findaway World, LLC, distributor,
Harper Audio (Firm), publisher.
Playaway Digital Audio, distributor,
Findaway World, LLC, distributor,
Published
New York, NY : Harper Audio, [2020].
ISBN
9781662254789, 1662254784
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Batavia Public Library District - Adult AV | Digital Audiobook Kline, Christina Baker | On Shelf |
Homewood Public Library District - Stacks | DIGITAL BOOK KLINE | On Shelf |
Lansing Public Library - Adult Playaways | PLAY KLI | On Shelf |
Matteson Area Public Library District - AV Stacks | DIGITAL BOOK FIC KLINE | On Shelf |
St. Charles Public Library District - Adult Audiobooks | AUDIO BOOK FIC KLINE | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, NY : Harper Audio, [2020].
Format
Pre-loaded Audio
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (approximately 10 hours, 15 minutes) : digital, HD audio ; 9 x 6 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781662254789, 1662254784
Notes
General Note
Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
General Note
One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.
Participants/Performers
Read by Caroline Lee.
Description
"Seduced by her employer's son, naive London governess Evangeline is arrested on a trumped-up charge when her pregnancy is discovered and is sent to the notorious Newgate Prison. After months in the fetid, overcrowded jail, she learns she will be exiled 'the land beyond the seas,' Van Diemen's Land, a penal colony in Australia. Though uncertain of what awaits, Evangeline knows one thing: the child she carries will be born on the months-long voyage to this distant place. During the journey on a repurposed slave ship, the Medea, Evangeline strikes up a friendship with Hazel, a girl little older than her former pupils, who was sentenced to seven years' transport for stealing a silver spoon. Canny where Evangeline is guileless, Hazel -- a skilled midwife and herbalist -- is soon offering home remedies to both prisoners and sailors in return for a variety of favors. Though Australia has been home to Aboriginal people for more than 50,000 years, the British government in the 1840s considers its fledgling colony uninhabited and untamed, and views the indigenous people as an unpleasant nuisance. By the time the Medea arrives, many of them have been forcibly relocated, their land seized by white colonists. One of these relocated people is Mathinna, the orphaned daughter of the Chief of the Lowreenne tribe, who has been taken in on a whim by the new governor of Van Diemen's Land. In this gorgeous novel, based on true events, Christina Baker Kline brilliantly recreates the beginnings of a new society in a beautiful and challenging land. While life in Australia is punishing and often brutally unfair, it is also, for some, an opportunity: for redemption, for a new way of life, for unimagined freedom"--,Provided by publisher.
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PLAYAWAY
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kline, C. B., & Lee, C. (2020). The exiles: a novel (Unabridged.). Harper Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kline, Christina Baker, 1964- and Caroline Lee. 2020. The Exiles: A Novel. Harper Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kline, Christina Baker, 1964- and Caroline Lee. The Exiles: A Novel Harper Audio, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kline, Christina Baker, and Caroline Lee. The Exiles: A Novel Unabridged., Harper Audio, 2020.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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