The Gloaming, Melanie Finn
The Gloaming, Melanie Finn
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The Gloaming

Author: Melanie Finn

Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella

Unabridged: 9 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/16/2017


Synopsis

Pilgrim's husband left her for another woman, stranding her in a Swiss town where she is involved in an accident that leaves three children dead. Cleared of responsibility though overcome with guilt, she absconds to Africa, befriending a series of locals, each with their own tragic past.

Mysteriously, the remains of an albino appear, spooking everyone—sign of a curse placed by a witch doctor—though its intended recipient is uncertain. Pilgrim volunteers to rid the town of the box and its contents, though wherever she goes, she can't shake the feeling that she's being followed.

About Melanie Finn

Melanie Finn was born and raised in Kenya until age eleven, when she moved with her family to Connecticut. She is the author of the novel Away from You and wrote Disneynature's beautiful, haunting flamingo epic The Crimson Wing, which was directed by her husband, filmmaker Matt Aeberhard. During the filming, Melanie established The Natron Healthcare Project, and now lives in Vermont with Matt and their twin daughters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lark

This novel gripped me, as in, by the throat. I'm not sure that it works entirely as a coherent story--the author seems to want happy endings all around but a few of the characters definitely get the short end--but I'm just going to let it go, dears, because the writing is brilliant. Finn's eye for s......more