Valley of the Moon, Ryan W. Bradley
Valley of the Moon, Ryan W. Bradley
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Valley of the Moon

Author: Ryan W. Bradley

Narrator: Elijah Alexander

Unabridged: 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/02/2015

Synopsis

Ryan W. Bradley takes listeners into the world of blue-collar Alaska, reflecting on all that is unique about the rough and untamed state while touching on the basic truths about what it means to be human. In “Valley of the Moon,” an absentee father meets his son for the first time and comes to grips with the life he’s missed.

About Ryan W. Bradley

Ryan W. Bradley has pumped gas, changed oil, painted houses, swept the floor of a mechanic’s shop, worked on a construction crew in the Arctic Circle, fronted a punk band, and managed an independent children’s bookstore. He now spends part of his time designing book covers. He is the author of several collections of poetry, a story collection, and the novel Code for Failure. He lives in Oregon with his wife and two sons.

About Elijah Alexander

Elijah Alexander has worked professionally as an actor for over fifteen years. He has worked and lived in New York, where he performed in numerous productions, including the Tony Award–winning play Metamorphoses. He worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company for two years and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for two seasons, as well as regionally at various other theaters. In Los Angeles, he has worked on critically acclaimed productions of Sleuth, produced by Garry Marshall, and other works. His film and television credits include Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Emily’s Reasons Why Not, JAG, Summerland, So NoTORIous, and Guiding Light. He was the voice of Vayne Solidor in Final Fantasy XII and has done several commercial voiceovers. He is currently the voice of Kenmore and has narrated more than ten audiobooks, including James Jones’ acclaimed novel From Here to Eternity.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amber on August 09, 2007

If you were to read any book by Jack London, this is the one. Especially if you are twenty something and live in the San Francisco East Bay Area. The book may have been written almost one hundred years ago, but all the issues are still very real and very applicable. It is a moving story and very ref......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on May 21, 2020

While relying on fiction for historical information is a risky business, good contemporaneous fiction can preserve the substance of its characters at the time of their existence. I would consider The Valley of the Moon to be such a book in that the nature of its two main characters, Saxon and Billy,......more

Goodreads review by Tittirossa on December 22, 2017

E' una rilettura, forse la settima. La prima volta avevo 15 anni, un'edizione di La Valle della Luna del 1930, traduzione Ettore Benzi datata ma buona, qua e là sforbiciata soprattutto nei dialoghi (in effetti un po' prolissi in originale). Fu amore a prima lettura. Di Jack avevo letto diversi libri......more

Goodreads review by Lorraine on March 23, 2015

So many people associate Jack London with Call of the Wild, The Sea Wolf, White Fang, and of course the short story “To Build a Fire.” Most do not realize that he wrote some 50 books and hundreds of short stories and essays. The Valley of the Moon was written in 1913, three years before he died at t......more

Goodreads review by Chris on March 26, 2013

Jack London never fired blanks. There isn’t a book of his that I’ve read where he isn’t trying to mortally wound a lazy convention, a notion taken for granted, or what often passes for common sense. London’s exhortation is always, in my words, “Think! Act! Live to the fullest!” He believes in the po......more

Quotes

“Ryan W. Bradley’s stories grab you by the balls and don’t let go.” Bonnie Jo Campbell, National Book Award–nominated author

“Just like the state of Alaska itself, in which they’re set, the stories in Ryan Bradley’s Nothing But the Dead and Dying are beautiful, dangerous, hardcore, and strong enough to break your ice-brittled bones. Here are the losers and the strivers, the broken and the just-fixed, the down-but-not-out and the ones crawling back for forgiveness on hands and knees. These are the people of Alaska, yes, but they are also all the citizens of the world. They are you and me in our best and worst hours. Ryan W. Bradley goes full throttle down an icy road with these stories. GodDAMN, can he ever drive a story!” David Abrams, author of Fobbit

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