Alison Elliot has narrated 3 audiobooks on Listento.it by 3 authors, with an average listener rating of 4★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is Into the Forest.
Into the Forest
Summary
Now a major motion picture Set in the near-future, Into the Forest is a powerfully imagined novel that focuses on the relationship between two teenage sisters living alone in their Northern California forest home. Over 30 miles from the nearest town, and several miles away from their nearest neighbor, Nell and Eva struggle to survive as society begins to decay and collapse around them. No single event precedes society's fall. There is talk of a war overseas and upheaval in Congress, but it still comes as a shock when the electricity runs out and gas is nowhere to be found. The sisters consume the resources left in the house, waiting for the power to return. Their arrival into adulthood, however, forces them to reexamine their place in the world and their relationship to the land and each other. Reminiscent of Margaret Atwood's A Handmaid's Tale, Into the Forest is a mesmerizing and thought-provoking novel of hope and despair set in a frighteningly plausible near-future America. Praise for Into the Forest “[A] beautifully written and often profoundly moving novel.” (San Francisco Chronicle) “A work of extraordinary power, insight and lyricism, Into the Forest is both an urgent warning and a passionate celebration of life and love.” (Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade) “From the first page, the sense of crisis and the lucid, honest voice of the....narrator pull the reader in....A truly admirable addition to a genre defined by the very high standards of George Orwell's 1984.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review)) “Beautifully written.” (Kirkus Reviews) “This beautifully written story captures the essential nature of the sister bond: the fierce struggle to be true to one’s own self, only to learn that true strength comes from what they are able to share together.” (Carol Saline, co-author of Sisters) “Jean Hegland’s sense of character is firm, warm, and wise...[A] fine first novel.” (John Keeble, author of Yellowfish)
©1999 Jean Hegland (P)1999 Random House, Inc., Banta Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House, Inc.
Belle Prater's Boy
Summary
When Belle Prater disappears, Belle's boy Woodrow comes to live with his grandparents in Coal Station, Virginia. Woodrow's cousin, Gypsy, is the town beauty, but she has hidden sorrows and secrets of her own. She wonders how Woodrow can accept his mother's disappearance when she's never gotten over her father's death. That's when Woodrow tells Gypsy the secret about his mother.
©1998 Ruth White (P)2008 Listening Library
O's Little Book of Happiness
Summary
Now, for the first time, the editors at O. have combed through the magazine's extensive archives to assemble O's Little Book of Happiness, a collection of the very best essays and advice they've published on the theme of finding happiness. Thoughtfully assembled, the essays and stories featured in O's Little Book of Happiness offer a sprightly dose of practical and inspirational self-help - a sprinkling of the latest science and a bounty of joyful tales by gifted and influential contributors, including Shonda Rhimes on the happiness to be had right in front of us; Jeanne Marie Laskas on a woman who found her bliss on the open road; Maile Meloy on the pleasures of going home for the holidays; Gretchen Rubin on getting around life's discouragers; and more. Timed for Mother's Day, O's Little Book of Happiness makes the perfect gift.
©2015 Hearst Communications (P)2015 Macmillan Audio