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Title: Shadow of Ashland
Author: Terence M. Green
Narrator: Chris Sorensen
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-19-15
Publisher: Audible Studios
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Things have to be settled, or they never go away. "Only weeks before she dies in March, 1984, Leo Nolans mother shows her son a rose she says was just given to her by her brother, Jack, who disappeared 50 years earlier. After her death, letters from Jack begin to arrive at the family home. They are postmarked 1934. The final one is from Ashland, Kentucky.
Leo heads to Ashland, to track down the source of the letters. And to find out why they are arriving now, after 50 years.
Time shifts. Time runs underground, then surfaces. It is 1934, and Leo experiences the Great Depression and the ghosts of the past as no one has in 50 years, in Ashland, where dreams die and are born again.
Critic Reviews:
"The book you have to read." (Entertainment Weekly)
"A love story, time travel epic, ghost story, labor history, road novel and a bank heist, all with the added touch of Steinbeckian metaphysics. For me it was the surprise of the year, a rich evocation of 1934 small-town Kentucky that winds up completely unpredictable." (The Edmonton Journal)
"Top Fiction Pick of the Year - Green has devised a truly mysterious mystery, he writes with a real and rare sympathy for his characters." (The Atlanta Constitution)
"A jewel of a novel" (Booklist)
"A deceptive novel, one that begins and ends simply yet is filled with extraordinary events. Shadow of Ashland succeeds." (The New York Times)
Members Reviews:
Touching story, wonderfully told!
Well written tale of a man's journey into the past, searching for answers to a mystery to fulfill his dying mother's wish, who seems to find so much more than he expected. Great read!
The seller was very nice, and charged much less than I expected
I read this about 15 years ago, and the friend who loaned it to me had been looking for a new copy. It seems to be out-of-print, but thanks to Amazon, I was able to locate a store that had one copy left. The seller was very nice, and charged much less than I expected. My friend is delighted!
If you have a hankering to relive the 1930s and a low-tolerance for magical time-travel, this may be your book
This is a well-written and well-plotted book. I liked the main character and I remained curious throughout the story in finding out how it would end.
Nonetheless, the book didn't impress me and I doubt that it will stay with me.
The story begins with Leo Nolan's mother dying. It is 1984 and Leo's mother's last wish is to see her brother, Jack, who disappeared fifty years before. Leo starts on this project, but his mother dies before he can get anywhere. Suddenly, though, his father receives a letter from Jack, which is postmarked fifty years before. Leo decides to follow the postmark trail on Jack's belatedly delivered letters to Ashland, Kentucky. In Ashland, Leo stays at the hotel where Jack stayed, and he develops a love affair with a waitress at the Woolworth.
Then, for no explained reason, and without causing Leo any concern, Leo begins to see Jack. Then he starts to follow Jack. Then, he speaks to Jack and, for no particular reason, and without any particular reaction of surprise on the part of Leo, he ends up fifty years in the past where he can unravel some mysteries, including unknown relatives and Jack's fate.
The tone of the book is melancholy. Memory is the theme of the book.
