THE UNTOLD

Courtney Collins scores a double win with her stellar narration of her outstanding debut novel—ideally suited for audio. The novel is a retelling of the Australian bush legend of Jessie Hickman, a woman notorious in the 1920s as a murderess and horse thief. Collins paints a much more nuanced and sympathetic portrait of Jessie as a resilient and sensitive survivor of abuse and oppression. The story is told from the point of view of Jessie’s buried infant, and Collins’s whispery, lightly accented voice lends it an intimate, haunting tone. The gripping narrative moves dreamily through time, smoothly weaving past and present, dreams with reality. This is a book that can't be set aside. Listeners are in for a truly exceptional audio experience. M.O.B. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 2014]