Sweet Lamb of Heaven

Name: Sweet Lamb of Heaven
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Lydia Millet
ISBN: 9781666604603

Author: Lydia Millet

Narrator: Lydia Millet

Unabridged: 7 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 05/03/2016

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Occult & Supernatural, Suspense & Thriller, Psychological

Synopsis

From the Lydia Millet's chilling new novel is the first-person account of a young mother, Anna, escaping her cold and unfaithful husband; a businessman who's just launched his first campaign for political office. When Ned chases Anna and their six-year-old daughter from Alaska to Maine, the two go into hiding in a run-down motel on the coast. As his pursuit of Anna and their child moves from threatening to criminal, Ned begins to alter his wife's world in ways she never could have imagined. This double-edged and satisfying story features a strong female protagonist, a thrilling plot, and a creeping sense of the apocalyptic, Sweet Lamb of Heaven builds to a shattering ending with profound implications for its characters.

About Lydia Millet

Lydia Millet is the PEN Award-winning author of eleven works of literary fiction, including Sweet Lamb of Heaven and Magnificence, which have been New York Times Notables and Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalists. She lives in Arizona.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Wendy Darling on June 08, 2016

A lot of good thrillers came out in 2015, but it looks like 2016 is the year of the obscure, "literary," incredibly dull thriller. I don't mind introspective or slow-moving stories at all, but the characters need to be interesting, and I shouldn't keep thinking of the word "plodding" as I slog throu......more

Goodreads review by Jill on June 25, 2016

Think of Sweet Lamb of Heaven like a Rubik’s cube. Turn it one way and it’s an old-fashioned psychological thriller: Anna flees Alaska with her young child to get out of reach of a handsome, cold and manipulative husband who is running for political office. She and her daughter Lena end up in a stra......more

Goodreads review by Justin on May 12, 2016

There will be spoilers. There will be complaints about what is surely the ugliest book design of any book I have ever purchased. Yes, that is HORROR MOVIE lettering superimposed on a lamb skin rug. Yes, the text is presented in the most boring font you have ever seen. There will be one question: wha......more

Goodreads review by switterbug (Betsey) on July 04, 2016

This is a book that is ripe for discussion, and liberal with its genres. It’s a captive mystery, domestic drama, horror story, and philosophical quest. It’s a book of ideas, speculative fiction, an inquiry on the nature of the divine, a psychological thriller, the sentience of language, and a subver......more

Goodreads review by Carole on November 17, 2021

This review can also be found at [URL not allowed] I had some issues with this book. I did enjoy it enough to stick with it until the end. Of course, this book got weirder as I went along so by the time I was ready to be done with it, I was so close to finishing that I just stuck with it......more