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Title: Anais Butt and the Hairy-Handed Gent
Author: Kate Welshman
Narrator: Federay Holmes
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-22-14
Publisher: Audible Studios
Genres: Teens, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Publisher's Summary:
When 17-year-old Anais Butt is expelled from her fifth boarding school in three years, she expects her parents to slap her on the wrist and send her to another expensive school. However, her fed-up parents have other ideas. They decide to exile her to the isolated mountain town of Glenorie to labour for her child-hating maternal grandmother, Nanny Pam, and her hostile cousin, Josephine, who operate a riding school on her 3,000-acre ranch on the Turon River. However, before leaving for Glenorie, Anais spends a few days with her paternal grandmother, Nanny Bette, who has a handsome, mysterious guest staying with her in her flat. Shannon Ferguson has told Nanny Bette that hes an out-of-work actor, but Anais, who finds herself strongly attracted to him, suspects that hes lying. Shannon seems to be on the run from the police.
When Shannon follows Anais to Glenorie, shes scared of him and drawn to him in equal measure. He reveals that hes being pursued by the police over a crime he did not commit. Anais wants to believe the man shes in love with, but when a German backpacker goes missing and another is horribly injured near Glenorie, Anais cant help but suspect Shannon.
Finding herself more and more allied with her serious, goody-two-shoes cousin Josephine, Anais sets out to investigate the disappearances herself. Through a series of thrilling but dangerous events, the girls discover that the prime suspect is not Shannon, but the towns well-respected pastor, Reverend Hobhouse and his band of foster sons.
After an incident in the bush where Shannon is almost killed, hes forced to face the prospect of leaving Glenorie, and Anais, forever. And Anais must make her own decisions and discoveries about her past, present, and future. She may just have to grow up.
Members Reviews:
A Nice Book And No Buts About it
I read this book after enjoying Miss Welshman's first book titled Posse.
Having taught English to High School Girls for the best part of thirty years I
am pleased to say that Australia now has its own version of Stephanie Meyer, J K Rowling and other writers with direct appeal to
younger readers. Anais is everything I observe in young teenage girls: she is mouthy, saccastic and inquisitive and all too realistically willing to take people at face value.
Miss Welshman has become more adroit with both character and dialogue since her first book and Anais Butt
has the versimilitude necessary to reach out to its target audience.
While there is more than enough to keep the male of the species interested in the story , Anais is a character which will resonate
with young female readers.There is a delightful sense of restraint employed by the author to keep her central figure , Anais, enough of a rebel to like, without her appearing too self-obsessed, yet charming enough that the reader will be with her for the whole journey.
If your teenager is looking for a good read then, if I might extend the pun, Anais Butt and the hairy handed gent should engage them in a nice read.
I can't wait for the next instalment!
I had been eagerly awaiting the next release by Kate Welshman after reading and loving her debut novel "Posse".