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Title: The Green Age of Asher Witherow

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: M. Allen Cunningham

Narrator: Alex Bloch

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 01-03-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Supplying a quarter of San Franciscos coal, Nortonville of the 1860s-70s is a flourishing empire in small, seeming to promise unending prosperity and a better future. But beneath the vibrant work ethic of its Welch citizens lies an insidious network of superstitions.

A missing boy first brings these dark undercurrents to light. Then young Asher Witherow falls under the spell of an unorthodox apprentice minister, stirring a whirlpool of suspicion and outrage. Soon Asher finds himself trapped in a nightmarish crucible, all the more excruciating because he himself could end it if he could only find the strength of will. This is a lesson the missing boy has taught him, and what he understands instinctively from the alluring Anna Flood, new to Nortonville, who with her raw sensuality and independence seems to offer some hope of redemption or even escape.

In this powerful debut from a young writer of stunning talent, M. Allen Cunningham takes us into a time and place at once gritty and magical, when the future seems filled with promise but where the days labor is bone breaking, numbing and always dangerous.

Gorgeously written, historically authentic, The Green Age of Asher Witherow is a novel of tested loyalties, of condemnation and redemption. The characters deep emotional lives are complex and vivid, fluctuating from the doomed to the transcendent. As he unpacks his heart, Asher comes to realize that all his early traumas have somehow bonded him to the land surrounding Mount Diablo and infused his life with an inward wealth - a treasure at which we can only wonder.

Members Reviews:

From the eyes of innocence

I learned so much about the history of coal mining and the Welsh immigrant experience. The perspective of a young boy brought an objective innocence free of analysis or judgement. The story was compelling and the theme of death as a natural part of life and how we relate to that was interesting to consider along with the superstition versus rational knowledge of science theme.

By many means a good book.

I would like to let everyone reading know that I have no intention of putting down this book or the author in a negative way. My intention is to simply communicate to people about how I, one individual of many who have bought and read this book, feel about it--in hopes that it will help them decide whether or not they want to purchase it.

This book is without a doubt very intriguing. From the start it presents to you a view of a world that very little people reading it would have known. Early on it establishes strong roots and a solid foundation. It's also quite a page-turner. The writing is fluid, and the story is strong.

Despite being overall a good book, the basic structure of the story did seem awfully tried and tested. It didn't feel like anything especially unique or new. Which is not necessarily a bad thing--the author used a structure that has been tried and tested throughout the years to make many classic novels, and though sometimes it can seem a bit too familiar, it does very well work with the story.

Climbing into the mind of the character, throughout different ages is definitely fun and interesting--but it seemed like the general atmosphere of the book was a bit dry, and lacking a good bed of water. I always felt like a needed a hardy meal after reading a book bit of it.

Overall, this was a very good and satisfying read.