The Tigers Back, David Elliott
The Tigers Back, David Elliott
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The Tiger's Back
Digitally narrated using a synthesized voice

Author: David Elliott

Narrator: Synthesized Voice, Todd Robertson

Unabridged: 1 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/15/2011

Categories: Fiction, Psychological


Synopsis

This recording has been digitally produced by DeepZen Limited, using a synthesized version of an audiobook narrator’s voice under license. DeepZen uses Emotive Speech Technology to create digital narrations that offer a similar listening experience to human narration.
What do you do when Fate shows up in your rose bed with three-inch canines and retractable claws? Robert―not Bob!―Stevenson wakes up one morning in his Vermont home to find a Bengal tiger sitting in his rose garden. Is the tiger real? Or has the illness that has invaded every other part of Robert’s body finally and quite literally gone to his head?

About David Elliott

David Elliott is the award-winning author of more than twenty-five books for young people, including the picture books On the Farm and the New York Times bestselling And Here’s to You! He is the author of the critically acclaimed verse novels Bull, which received six starred reviews, and Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc, which was shortlisted for the American Library in Paris Book Award and is the recipient of the Claudia Lewis Award for poetry. A native of Ohio, David now lives (and writes) in New Hampshire with his wife and their Dandie Dinmont terrier, Quiggy. Learn more about David by visiting davidelliottbooks.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Alyse

WARNING! This book is very sad (emotionally). Holy cow! How can one tiny book pack one powerful punch?! --Well the subject is that of a touchy subject pertaining to anyone in this day and age. The book revolves around an older gentleman who is passing his day thinking about his deceased wife, Claire......more

It was a pleasure to read a book that I could finish in one day. This book was a Mother's Day present to myself. Full of symbolism and beautiful writing, I will enjoy talking about this book in book club this week. What does the tiger represent? That is the question. I don't think the tiger was real......more

Me and my friend are reading a book from each genre and this was our Fiction choice. Such a cute short story from a local author. A good little read for anyone going through a situation with death or losing a loved one.......more