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Start giftingOf Bees and Mist
A Novel
Narrator
Marguerite Gavin
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Length
13 hours 21 minutes
Language
English
Setiawan’s richly atmospheric debut chronicles the passions, betrayals, and complex domestic politics of three generations of women whose emotional lives manifest as supernatural phenomena.
In a nameless town in a timeless era, where spirits and spells are an everyday reality, sixteen-year-old Meridia has grown up lonely and neglected in a house literally haunted by the demons of her parents’ soured love. When she falls for the charming and boyish Daniel, she sees her first real chance for love and happiness. She moves in with his family, unaware that they are harboring dark secrets of their own. There is a grave hidden in the garden. There are two sisters groomed from birth to despise each other. And there is Eva, the formidable matriarch whose grievances swarm the air in an army of bees.
Erick Setiawan was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, to Chinese parents and moved to the United States in 1991. He is a graduate of Stanford University and currently lives in San Francisco.
Marguerite Gavin has recorded over three hundred audiobooks in numerous genres. Her work has won AudioFile Earphones and Publishers Weekly Listen-Up awards as well as a nomination for the prestigious Audie award. AudioFile magazine says "Marguerite Gavin is an accomplished storyteller . . . with a sonorous voice, rich and full of emotion, she easily delivers wry humor and moves smoothly from accent to accent, recalling multiple characters perfectly." Gavin divides her time as an actress between the sound studio and classical theater. She lives in the Washington, DC area.
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“[Setiawan’s] stately, elegant writing freely mixes fantasy with reality in a way that doesn’t alienate those of us who haven’t yet run across a mystical tale that we truly enjoy.”
“Part love story, part family saga, and part fantasy, this story is rooted in the author’s childhood in Jakarta surrounded by storytellers and folklore.”
“Marguerite Gavin’s riveting performance brings light and clarity to Setiawan’s provocative fantasy. Particularly creative and affecting are her renderings of the bees and Meridia’s empathetic voice. Her characterizations are on target, and her tone is tone is as intense as the unfolding drama, and her characterizations are on target.”
“[A] heartfelt magical-realist story of two rival families living in a mystical world that transcends both time and place…While filled with fortune-tellers, ghosts and unexplained phenomena, the relationships between the various characters are true to life so that fans of fantasy and fiction lovers alike are sure to enjoy this magical tale.”
“Gavin’s performance amplifies the mysterious and ironic undertones of the story.”
“Writing with a fairy-tale sensibility, Setiawan cloaks every aspect of the novel in magic, spells, and ghosts both actual and imaginary. For readers who like their novels steeped in the fantastic, this is a marvel.”
“Experienced stage and screen actress Marguerite Gavin narrates and captures each character perfectly. She enhances the author’s brilliant character development and draws listeners in. She connects the readers with the characters in a deeper way than most might find in the simply reading the book.”
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