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In the Land of Armadillos Audiobook, by Helen Maryles Shankman Play Audiobook Sample

In the Land of Armadillos Audiobook

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Read By: Elizabeth Wiley Publisher: Tantor Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 6.33 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: March 2016 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781515972228

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

13

Longest Chapter Length:

56:27 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

14:25 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

43:42 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

1942. With the Nazi Party at the height of its power, the occupying army empties Poland's towns and cities of their Jewish populations. As neighbor turns on neighbor and survival often demands unthinkable choices, Poland has become a moral quagmire—a place of shifting truths and blinding ambiguities.

Blending folklore and fact, Helen Maryles Shankman shows us the people of Wlodawa, a remote Polish town. We meet a cold-blooded SS officer dedicated to rescuing the Jewish creator of his son's favorite picture book; a Messiah who appears in a little boy's bedroom to announce that he is quitting; a young Jewish girl who is hidden by the town's most outspoken anti-Semite—and his talking dog. And walking among these tales are two unforgettable figures: the enigmatic and silver-tongued Willy Reinhart, commandant of the forced labor camp who has grand schemes to protect "his" Jews, and Soroka, the Jewish saddlemaker and his family, struggling to survive.

Channeling the mythic magic of classic storytellers and the psychological acuity of modern-day masters, In the Land of Armadillos is a testament to the persistence of humanity in the most inhuman conditions.

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"Blending the horrors of war with the supernatural, [Shankman] creates a literary landscape that is strangely mythical and distinctively her own."

— Sarai Walker, author of Dietland

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About Helen Maryles Shankman

Helen Maryles Shankman was a finalist in Narrative Magazine’s story contest and earned an honorable mention in Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Writers competition. Helen is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Color of Light.

About Elizabeth Wiley

Elizabeth Wiley, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, is a seasoned actor, dialect coach, and theater professor. In addition to her growing portfolio of audiobooks, her voice can be heard in The Idea of America, Colonial Williamsburg’s virtual learning curriculum; in Paul Meier’s e-textbook Speaking Shakespeare; and modeling US-English on one of the world’s top language-learning products.