E-audiobook
The shepherd's voice a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780310416982 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 0310416981 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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Physical Description:
electronic
electronic resource
remote - Publisher: Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 2011.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 8:27:51. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Pam Ward. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 121644 KB; MP3 file size: 238157 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Ex-convicts -- Fiction Sheep ranchers -- Fiction Fathers and sons -- Fiction Idaho -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Christian fiction. Audiobooks. |
Electronic resources
- Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2000 May #4
Gabe Talmadge is on his way home to Depression-era Ransom, Idaho, after a long spell in jail for a crime he did not commit. Hungry and exhausted, he collapses just 15 miles from his father's mansion. Beautiful, devout Akira Macauley takes him in, giving him a home-cooked meal and a clean bed for the night. The next day she drives him to town, where he asks his wealthy but cruel father, Hudson Talmadge, for a job. After Hudson turns him out, Akira rescues Gabe once again, offering him a job on her sheep farm. Akira's friends worry about her safety, but Akira believes God has sent Gabe to her farm so that he can recuperate, body and soul. Indeed, Gabe gains back his physical strength and rededicates his life to the Lord. Not surprisingly, he and Akira fall in love. Hatcher eschews subtlety here: Akira the Shepherdess recalls Psalm 23, and Gabe is part prodigal son, part heralding angel. And if readers do not figure out that Ransom is more than just the name of a town it is also Jesus' role veteran romance novelist Hatcher liberally sprinkles clues in the form of biblical quotations . Still, the predictable plot is entertaining, and Gabe and Akira are appealing, albeit somewhat one-dimensional, characters. (June) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
