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Land of the Afternoon Sun

By: Barbara Wood
Narrated by: Mia Gaskin
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New York Times best-selling author Barbara Wood's latest novel follows a disinherited English baron and a young New York heiress who marry and move west to build an agricultural empire in Palm Springs in the 1920s, when it was just a budding town on the edge of the Mojave Desert. It's a saga about ambition on both large and small scales and the rapidly modernizing world as the harsh, sun-drenched landscape transforms from a Native American haven to the playground of Hollywood's rich and famous.

Land of the Afternoon Sun is also the story of a woman finding her own personality and strength in the West against a breathtaking desert landscape that changes constantly and shows its deadly side in poisonous snakes, flash floods, and sandstorms, with dramatic moments of forbidden romance, reversals, treachery, betrayal, and, ultimately, triumphs.

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This is a beautifully written story with top narration. I coukdn t put the book down…
Its uplifting and historically informative!

Beautiful story, top narration

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I found the change in voice for character’s distracting. Good story, characters etc. Thanks for a good yarn.

Not my favourite BW but worth a listen

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A great novel that makes you travel back to a time. The author has woven a compelling narrative that is thoroughly enjoyable.

Sensational Saga

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