Jill Rolls has narrated 5 audiobooks on Listento.it by 5 authors. The most-rated is Broken Faces.
The Forgotten Daughter
Summary
High in the Samnium Mountains of southern Italy, Chloé, daughter of a Roman patrician and his Greek wife, lives as a slave. The mysterious and tragic story of Chloé's birth is told and retold to her by her fellow-slave Melissa, who served her mother and now cares for the young Chloé. But hatred for the father who abandoned her festers in Chloé's heart as she and Melissa weave for long hours each day in the tiny mountain hut above her father's neglected villa - which he has not visited since before Chloé's birth. As she grows older, Chloé's spirit is kept alive by the poetry of Greece, stolen moments in the lovely woodland, and her covert watching of the family of the neighboring villa, whose life seems as far removed from her own as the gods and heroes of the old songs. Aulus, son of that household, wholly immersed in the exciting sports and politics of his Roman world, knows and would care nothing of the lonely watcher on the mountain - until the foundations of his own life crumble beneath his feet. This Newberry Honor book, set in the dramatic time of the Gracchi, brings the wild flavor of ancient Greece, together with the iron stamina of conquering Rome in a story of two young people whose very different lives are destined to intersect.
©1933 Doubleday (P)2020 Bethlehem Books
More Once upon a Time Saints
Summary
Here are yet more of those human and lovable people whose mysterious passion for God led them into preposterous escapades. Ethel Pochocki presents a follow-up collection of wildly distinctive saints-from Hyacinth to Zita to Longinus to Kentigern. Listeners will again be charmed by the vivid immediacy of their settings. We find out what very real people they were, these saints who lived and breathed in a world as changeful as our own. Ethel Pochocki leads us through their adventures, joys and sorrows to the truly happy ending each one gained.
©2015 Ethel Pochocki (P)2020 Bethlehem Books
Archer Otters
Summary
Archer Otters is a story about a trio of sea otters who battle against an evil fisherman in attempt to rescue their kidnapped friends.
©2020 Michael Girgenti (P)2020 Michael Girgenti
Vocabulary Builder for Kids
Summary
This book will increase your child's word power, and you may learn something, too. A love of language is such an important skill, and this book explains the importance of picking the right words and broadening your vocabulary with lots of examples. Learn the origins of the words gobbledygook and bop. Learn about compound words, metaphors, riddles, and even creating your own words. You'll also pick up some obscure words along the way from absquatulate to tintinnabulation and learn how lots of different words can describe similar activities. Language is such an important skill, and this book expands children's horizons in a way that's fun and engaging.
©2020 Donna Ryan (P)2020 Oxted Press
Broken Faces
Summary
The year 1914: Lady Alexandra Baldwyn is stifled by her claustrophobic life of privilege at Somerton Hall. She is desperate to escape the confines of her family's stately home and do her bit for the war effort like her brother, Charles, and his best friend, Freddie Chevalier. She pleads with her parents to let her become a nurse in France, but her father refuses to sign the necessary papers, and she must be content with driving ambulances in London. Freddie is secretly in love with Charles' fiancee, Meredith Sutton. When Meredith discovers that Charles has been unfaithful to her, she races to Freddie's home in Jersey for consolation. It's only when the two men are fighting for survival in the trenches of Northern France that Charles discovers their betrayal. Heartbroken, Meredith joins the Voluntary Aid Detachment and is posted to nurse at a hospital in Amiens. When one of the men suffers a life-changing injury and is admitted to her ward, she discovers that her heartache has only just begun. Meanwhile, Lexi reads a letter meant for Charles and ends up having to find a way to keep a little girl safe, unsure if she's an orphan or if the child's father is someone close to home.
©2015 Deborah Carr (P)2020 Tantor