The Outside Lands, Hannah Kohler
The Outside Lands, Hannah Kohler
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The Outside Lands
A Novel

Author: Hannah Kohler

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert, Michael Crouch

Unabridged: 10 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/23/2016

Synopsis

San Francisco, 1968: Jeannie and Kip are lost and half-orphaned, their mother dead under mysterious circumstances, and their father - a decorated WWII veteran - consumed by guilt and losing sight of his teenage children. Kip, a dreamer and swaggerer prone to small-time trouble, enlists to fight in Vietnam; Jeannie finds a seemingly safe haven in early marriage and motherhood. But when Kip is accused of a terrible military crime, Jeannie is seduced - sexually, emotionally, politically - into joining an ambiguous anti-war organization. As Jeannie attempts to save her brother, her search for the truth leads her into two dangerous relationships, with a troubled young woman, and a grievously-wounded veteran, that might threaten her marriage, her child, and perhaps her life.

About Hannah Kohler

Hannah Kohler was raised on the south coast of England. She studied English and American Literature at Cambridge University and Business Administration at Oxford University. A passionate writer since childhood, Kohler quit her job to enroll in graduate school for creative writing, where she wrote The Outside Lands. She lives in London with her husband and two children.

About Tavia Gilbert

Tavia Gilbert has recorded hundreds of titles across a wide span of genres, including Erica Spindler romantic thrillers, John Scalzi science fiction, Jeaniene Frost fantasy.  She received four Audies nominations and won three Audiofile Earphones Awards for titles The Obituary Writer, Sing Them Home and The Day of the Pelican.  In addition to voice acting, Gilbert is an accomplished producer, singer and theater actor.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on May 16, 2016

This is such an impressive novel, it is difficult to believe that The Outside Lands is a debut, and also that it is written by a young English woman who was born and brought up here and was born after the Vietnam war ended. This author catapults the reader bang into the heart of 60s California, her......more

Goodreads review by Anne on May 03, 2016

The Outside Lands is a powerful debut about the human fallout of misguided meddling in faraway lands. It’s about loss and betrayal and attempts at reparation Full review [URL not allowed]......more

Goodreads review by Jordan (Forever Lost in Literature) on July 04, 2016

Find this review at Forever Lost in Literature! **I received a copy of The Outside Lands courtesy of St. Martin's Press in exchange for an honest review.** The Outside Lands was wholly unexpected and entirely satisfying in a dark, realistic way. Based upon the brief blurbs I read about The Outside La......more

Goodreads review by Anne on May 16, 2016

This is such an impressive novel, it is difficult to believe that The Outside Lands is a debut, and also that it is written by a young English woman who was born and brought up here and was born after the Vietnam war ended. This author catapults the reader bang into the heart of 60s California, her......more

Goodreads review by Latkins on February 04, 2016

This is a wonderfully engaging novel about the diverse lives of a brother and sister during the Vietnam War, set in America and Vietnam. After their mother dies, when Jeannie is 17 and Kip 14, Jeannie gets pregnant and married to doctor Billy and settles into suburbia, whereas Kip goes off the rails......more

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