Season of the Snake, Claire Davis
Season of the Snake, Claire Davis
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Season of the Snake

Author: Claire Davis, Hillary Huber, Patrick Fraley

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Unabridged: 11 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2007

Synopsis

From the author of Winter Range comes a powerful and frightening literary thriller of love, loyalty, and menacing secrets.Nance Able has finally recovered from the violent death of her first husband and is living a new life in the West with her second husband, Ned. When Meredith, her younger, errant sister, decides to move to the same town, Nance’s long-sought happiness is threatened.As a snake scientist, she is attuned to the dangers of the natural world, but she is unaware of the danger in her own house. With Meredith’s arrival, Nance begins to suspect her husband of being a sexual predator. As Ned’s behavior unfolds, the two sisters struggle to come to some understanding of what separates them and fight to discover the strength they need to survive.

About Claire Davis

Claire Davis is the author of Winter Range, winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award for Best First Novel and the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for Best Novel. Her short fiction has been chosen for the Best American Short Stories annual collection, read as part of the Symphony Space series on National Public Radio, and published in numerous magazines. She lives in Lewiston, Idaho, where she teaches creative writing at Lewis-Clark College.

About Hillary Huber

Hillary Huber is one of the most successful voice talents in Los Angeles. Recent books read for Blackstone Audio include Him, Her, Him Again, the End of Him by Patricia Marx, A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read, and A Map of Glass by Jane Urquhart.

About Patrick Fraley

Patrick Fraley has created voices for over four thousand characters, placing him among the top ten performers of all time to be cast in animated programs. He holds an MFA in acting from Cornell University and is the author of the only character-voice curriculum ever to be accredited at the university level.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Swanbender2001

I enjoyed Davis' writing and characterization in Winter Range so looked forward to settling in to Season of the Snake and I wasn't disappointed. Ned's character was very disturbing but essential for a woman to encounter in a safe place and realize a monster like him exists in the real world and walk......more

Goodreads review by Marian

With a title like this, how could I not at least pick the book up as I was browsing at Schwartz in February? When I turned to the back cover and saw that the first paragraph of advance praise for this book had been penned by Mark Spragg, I was in. Had to read it. {Spragg is another of my bedrock fav......more

Goodreads review by Vanessa

I ended up not really liking this book all that much. It's not poorly written per se, but I felt more connected to the landscapes in the book than I did the characters. And the plot was a little made-for-TV-movie for my taste. And using snakes as a metaphor for evil and danger just seemed extremely......more

Quotes

“Like a coiled diamondback, Claire Davis’ Season of the Snake grabs your attention and doesn’t let go. The only time I put it down was to get up and lock the doors.” Judy Blunt, author of Breaking Clean

“Hillary Huber’s narration is lyrical enough to be set to music. When Nance is deep inside a den, holding a sleeping snake, gently stroking its underbelly with thousands of vipers intertwined at her feet, Huber’s use of tone, inflection, and pacing makes breathing nearly impossible. Her haunting voice readies us for the fact that not all lethal creatures lurk in dens as the plot reveals when problems old and new crop up between Nance and her sister, as well as between Nance and her husband.” AudioFile

“Huber’s strength is not in differentiating the voices of the characters but in her impeccable dramatic timing. Her powerful reading enhances the novel’s suspense and keeps us fearful of its venom.” Kliatt

Awards

  • Pushcart Prize
  • Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award
  • Washington Post Book World Best Book of the Year
  • Seattle Times Best Book
  • Christian Science Monitor Book of the Year
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