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Gilded Mountain: A Novel Audiobook
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“Immersive…awe-inspiring.” —The New York Times “An epic story of love, hope, and perseverance.” — #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline
This “stellar read” (Los Angeles Times) is an exhilarating tale of an unforgettable young woman who bravely exposes the corruption that enriched her father’s employers in early 1900s Colorado.
In a voice infused with sly humor, Sylvie Pelletier recounts leaving her family’s snowbound mountain cabin to work in a manor house for the Padgetts, owners of the marble-mining company that employs her father and dominates the town. Sharp-eyed Sylvie is awed by the luxury around her; fascinated by her employer, the charming “Countess” Inge, and confused by the erratic affections of Jasper, the bookish heir to the family fortune. Her fairy-tale ideas take a dark turn when she realizes the Padgetts’ lofty philosophical talk is at odds with the unfair labor practices that have enriched them. Their servants, the Gradys, formerly enslaved people, have long known this to be true and are making plans to form a utopian community on the Colorado prairie.
Outside the manor walls, the town of Moonstone is roiling with discontent. A handsome union organizer, along with labor leader Mary Harris “Mother” Jones, is stirring up the quarry workers. The editor of the local newspaper—a bold woman who takes Sylvie on as an apprentice—is publishing unflattering accounts of the Padgett Company. Sylvie navigates vastly different worlds and struggles to find her way amid conflicting loyalties. When the harsh winter brings tragedy, Sylvie decides to act.
Drawn from true stories of Colorado history, Gilded Mountain is a tale of a bygone American West seized by robber barons and settled by immigrants, and is a story imbued with longing—for self-expression and equality, freedom and adventure.
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“An expansive novel of passions: love, beauty, suffering; struggles for labor rights, women’s equality, and the rights of formerly enslaved people…the natural world…[and] an admirable and unforgettable heroine.”
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“A rousing yarn about family, feminism, and loyalty, it’s also a crash course in the history of labor relations.”
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“A big historical novel to read by the fire…A stellar read from an acclaimed author.”
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“Manning shines at giving the era’s class, racial, and economic tensions a human face. This is one to savor.”
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'“The social issues of the novel’s time period, including the wealth gap, women’s rights and freedom of the press, artfully mirror those in 21st-century America.”
— Washington Post
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A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice of the Week
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An Amazon Best Books of the Year Selection
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Longlisted for the Reading the West Book Award for Fiction
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About Kate Manning
Kate Manning is the author of the critically acclaimed novels My Notorious Life and Whitegirl. A former documentary television producer and winner of two Emmy Awards, she has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times Book Review, Time, Glamour, and the London Guardian, among other publications. She has taught creative writing at Bard High School Early College in New York City.
About Dawn Harvey
Dawn Harvey has been performing for as long as she has been able to walk and talk and sing. She was already a stage and film actress when she began her voice-over career and now is an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator.