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Mother Earth, Father Sky

Ivory Carver Trilogy, Book 1

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Mother Earth, Father Sky

By: Sue Harrison
Narrated by: Holly Fielding
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In a time before history, in a harsh and beautiful land near the top of the world, womanhood comes cruelly and suddenly to beautiful, young Chagak. Surviving the brutal massacre of her tribe, she sets out across the icy waters off Ameria's northwest coast on an astonishing odyssey that will reveal to Chagak powerful secrets of the earth and sky...and the mysteries of love and loss.

©1990 Sue Harrison (P)2013 Audible, Inc. Historical Fiction World Literature Fiction Native American
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I'm a huge fan of "Clan of the Cave Bear" and the associated books in that ancient series, and this story of Chagak and the ancient Aleutian existence she experienced is most excellently portrayed in these books. I have no idea how historically accurate the stories are, but that does not mean that this story, told across all three books, is any less enthralling.

I loved them all on first listen and recently revisited the entire series to love it again. I found that this time, even though I knew what was coming, I was willing the characters to change their actions and desperately wanted to warn them of danger and follies that the irony of the story will bring on each character.

Other reviews have been scathing of the narrator, but I had no issue with her voice - in fact I enjoyed the tone and narration, although I can see that it could be annoying as the pronunciations sometimes were unusual. I would like to listen to the "Storyteller Trilogy" by the same author, but cannot engage with its narrator and wish Holly Fielding had been selected for that series as well.

I thoroughly recommend this trilogy and would say that it's one of those that stay with you, so that you miss the characters when it's over.

Massively overlooked gem of a series - Enthralling

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