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Sarah Bird authors brilliant, captivating novels such as The Yokota Officer's Club. Virgin of the Rodeo takes listeners on a riotous journey across the wide open spaces of Texas with a truly unique character named Sonja Getz. Sonja is seen as a curiosity in the minuscule Texas town of Dorfburg. Twenty-nine-years-old, and big-boned, she is purported to be the daughter of a famous Native American trick-roper. Her mother, Tinka, a transplanted German who despises Americans, has never understood book-crazed, dark-skinned Sonja. Now that her mother is marrying a fang-toothed linoleum salesman, Sonja may finally get the chance to move out of the stifling burg and begin a search for the father she has never known. With an unforgettable cast of characters, Bird's enjoyable novel never fails to intrigue. Cynthia Darlow's animated narration perfectly suits Bird's richly descriptive prose.
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"must read for anyone from texas who felt like an outsider/went to the rodeo/identifies with texans at all. "
— Brea (5 out of 5 stars)
Virgin of the Rodeo Listener Reviews
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" must read for anyone from texas who felt like an outsider/went to the rodeo/identifies with texans at all. "
— Brea, 1/31/2013 -
" This is a book I wish I hadn't read so I could read it and enjoy it the way I did the first time. "
— Vanessa, 9/25/2012 -
" This book was a little funny, but not very engaging. An a-typical story of a girl looking for her father, but I couldn't relate to it, even though I live in Texas. "
— Ramona, 5/20/2010 -
" Got better as it went. "
— Dawn, 3/10/2010 -
" This book was a little funny, but not very engaging. An a-typical story of a girl looking for her father, but I couldn't relate to it, even though I live in Texas. "
— Ramona, 8/24/2008 -
" This is a book I wish I hadn't read so I could read it and enjoy it the way I did the first time. "
— Vanessa, 10/21/2007
About Sarah Bird
Sarah Bird is the author of several novels. She is a columnist for Texas Monthly and has written for the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Glamour, and Mademoiselle, among other publications. Her novel Above the East China Sea was long-listed for the Dublin International Literary Award.
About Cynthia Darlow
Cynthia Darlow’s unusual voice makes her devotion to the spoken arts a natural fit. As a narrator and veteran of Broadway, off-Broadway, regional theater, film, and television, her characterizations and facility with dialects are unforgettable. Her audiobook narrations have earned her seven AudioFile Earphones Awards. She is a member of The Actors Company Theatre (TACT), whose mission it is to present concert performances of long-neglected, language-driven plays.