EPISODE · Sep 10, 2024 · 10 MIN
Bright I Burn: A novel by Molly Aitken
from Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary Women · host louispowell
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/734257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bright I Burn: A novel Author: Molly Aitken Narrator: Avena Mansergh-Wallace Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes Release date: September 10, 2024 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK • IRISH BESTSELLER • A fierce, electrifying novel inspired by the true story of the first woman to be condemned as a witch in Ireland In thirteenth-century Ireland, a woman with power is a woman to be feared. Alice, the daughter of a wealthy innkeeper in Kilkenny, grows up watching her mother wither under the constraints of family responsibilities—and she vows that she will never suffer the same fate. In time, she discovers she has a flair for making money, and takes her father's flourishing business to new heights. But as her riches and stature grow, so too do rumors about her private life. By the time she marries her fourth husband—the three earlier are dead—a storm of local gossip and resentment culminates in a life-threatening accusation . . . A breathtaking act of imagination, Bright I Burn gives voice to a woman lost to history, who dared to carve a space of her own in a man’s world.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/734257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bright I Burn: A novel Author: Molly Aitken Narrator: Avena Mansergh-Wallace Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes Release date: September 10, 2024 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK • IRISH BESTSELLER • A fierce, electrifying novel inspired by the true story of the first woman to be condemned as a witch in Ireland In thirteenth-century Ireland, a woman with power is a woman to be feared. Alice, the daughter of a wealthy innkeeper in Kilkenny, grows up watching her mother wither under the constraints of family responsibilities—and she vows that she will never suffer the same fate. In time, she discovers she has a flair for making money, and takes her father's flourishing business to new heights. But as her riches and stature grow, so too do rumors about her private life. By the time she marries her fourth husband—the three earlier are dead—a storm of local gossip and resentment culminates in a life-threatening accusation . . . A breathtaking act of imagination, Bright I Burn gives voice to a woman lost to history, who dared to carve a space of her own in a man’s world.
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