Cradle of Lightning A Story of Botsw..., Francine Walls
Cradle of Lightning A Story of Botsw..., Francine Walls
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Cradle of Lightning: A Story of Botswana

Author: Francine Walls

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Unabridged: 8 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Francine Walls

Published: 04/08/2025

Synopsis

It is 1972 and Alicia Talbot, a Vietnam war widow with a two-year-old son, has traveled to the poor, mostly illiterate nation of Botswana to teach English. At the nearby border, civil war roils Rhodesia. Alicia’s remote school harbors a saboteur, someone runs guns to Rhodesian guerrillas, and students sense the rising tension. Alicia falls for a new teacher, Jake Hunter, but just when romance seems possible, the sunbaked Kalahari Desert and guerrilla warfare threaten all she loves.

About Francine Walls

Francine Walls hails from the Pacific Northwest. She holds master’s degrees in English and librarianship from the University of Washington and a doctorate in education from Seattle University. A Pushcart Prize nominee, her poems appear in the writing handbook, Writing Across Cultures, the anthology, Peace Poems v. 2, and numerous journals. In late 1971, she traveled to Botswana with her young son, Chris, to teach English and typing for a year at Shashe River School in Tonota, Botswana, near Francistown and the Rhodesian border.

About Tavia Gilbert

Tavia Gilbert is a Grammy-nominated voice actor, an Odyssey Award-winning director, the narrator and director of more than 1000 audiobooks, and the writer and producer of multiple international award-winning podcasts. She has been awarded dozens of Earphones Awards, and she is a sixteen-time Audie Award finalist and a three-time Audie Award winner, including for Best Female Narrator. Her creative consulting and production company, Talkbox Productions, amplifies world changing voices through audio-first storytelling.

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