The Last Runaway Audiobook

Quotes

• “A rich, well-researched novel.”

  — NPR

• “Chevalier...has accomplished something...emotionally riveting...The protagonist’s vividly human individuality makes the author’s pitch-perfect set piece about our nation’s (ongoing) growing pains irresistible.”

  — Oprah.com

• “A powerful journey brimming with color and drama, The Last Runaway is Tracy Chevalier’s vivid engagement with an iconic part of American history.”

  — Bookreporter.com

• “Haunting...[A] thought-provoking, lyrical novel.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Chevalier’s writing continues to have that can’t-put-it-down quality, and her change in settings from Europe to ninteenth-century frontier America is a welcome one. Highly recommended.”

  — Library Journal (starred review)

• Irresistible.

  — O, The Oprah Magazine“Chevalier admirably weaves historical figures and actual events into a compelling narrative.

• Evokes entire landscapes...a master of voices.

  — New York Times Book Review (on Falling Angels)

• Chevalier's signature talent lies in bringing alive the ordinary day-to-dayness of the past...lovingly evoked.

  — Elle (on Burning Bright)

• Absorbing...[Chevalier] creates a world reminiscent of a Vermeer interior: suspended in a particular moment, it transcends its time and place.

  — The New Yorker (on Girl With a Pearl Earring)

• Chevalier's ringing prose is as radiantly efficient as well-tended silver.

  — Entertainment Weekly (on Falling Angels).

• Well-told and engrossing . . . With compelling characters and swift pacing, ¬The Last Runaway adds a worthy new chapter to a story that has consumed generations.

  — USA Today

• A rich, well-researched novel—it’s the story of one young woman becoming an American.

  — NPR, All Things Considered