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    The Novelist
    The Novelist
    The Novelist
    Audiobook14 hours

    The Novelist

    Written by Angela Hunt

    Narrated by Ruth Ann Phimister

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    When a best-selling novelist begins writing an allegory of her troubled son's life, she soon wonders how much control she has over her creation. Angela Hunt, best-selling, Christy Award-winning author of more than 70 books, fills The Novelist with suspense and spiritual dilemmas. Through alternating narratives, it achieves additional drama. "... this novel ... shows poignancy and imagination." -Publishers Weekly
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMar 10, 2008
    ISBN9781440795701
    The Novelist
    Author

    Angela Hunt

    Angela Hunt is the bestselling author of more than 100 books, including The Tale of Three Trees, Don’t Bet Against Me, The Note, and The Nativity Story. Her nonfiction book Don’t Bet Against Me, written with Deanna Favre, spent several weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Angela and her husband make their home in Florida with their dogs.

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    • 5/5
      Angela Hunt attempted a delicate tightrope between two stories that looked like it shouldn't work at first. I was amazed that it did. I was enthralled by the allegory in a way I didn't expect to be. The world building of Paradise was a bit quirky--and I desperately want to see a picture of a ditten. The characters were predictable since it was an allegory. I wasn't as emotionally connected to the characters, but I suppose that was because of the allegory dynamics as well.

      Jordan couldn't quite wrap her head around her inability to make things better for her son. She was a fixer, and I loved that she worked through what was necessary to help Zack in the words, world, and structure of the allegory of Paradise.
    • 4/5
      Well written and pertinent to today's issues. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
    • 4/5
      I love books about books so I picked this up. It’s for the same reason I love movies about movies or shows about shows. It makes me feel like I am in on the art-making process. This book ended up being a lot darker than I expected. And more about God. It is about a famous writer who is teaching a class in creative writing at the local community college. As a project, she is writing a new short story, very much unlike those she is famous for, so they can see the process. So the book we are reading flashes back and forth between the story of her life and that of the character she is creating. Her character also mirrors her son in many ways. He is an alcoholic so she is also dealing with that. And she turns to God to help her out. The book was interesting and I enjoyed reading it, but it wasn’t something I would run out and buy or recommend strongly for someone else to read.