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Podcast: Behind the Mic With Kirkus Reviews
Episode: BLACK WOODS, BLUE SKY by Eowyn Ivey, read by Rebecca Lowman
Description: Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Kendra Winchester discuss Rebecca Lowman’s evocative performance of this atmospheric novel—with a large dash of fabulism—set in the Alaskan wilderness. Birdie is a single mom who is waitressing at a lodge when a man walks in and changes her life. Arthur is an outdoorsman, a man of few words, but it’s love at first sight. Birdie and her daughter, Emaleen, go to live with Arthur in his remote cabin, spending the summer days basking in the beautiful Alaskan mountains. It’s all idyllic—until a dark element enters the story. ...