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Neverhome
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Mary Stuart Masterson
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
She calls herself Ash, but that's not her real name. She is a farmer's faithful wife, but she has left her husband to don the uniform of a Union soldier in the Civil War. Neverhome tells the harrowing story of Ash Thompson during the battle for the South. Through bloodshed and hysteria and heartbreak, she becomes a hero, a folk legend, a madwoman and a traitor to the American cause.
Laird Hunt's dazzling new novel throws a light on the adventurous women who chose to fight instead of stay behind. It is also a mystery story: Why did Ash leave and her husband stay? Why can she not return? What will she have to go through to make it back home?
In gorgeous prose, Hunt's rebellious young heroine fights her way through history, and back home to her husband, and finally into our hearts.
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- Cariola
- 12-16-15
Good but Not Flawless
There is much to admire about Neverhome: the lyrical prose, the sensitivity to women's issues, the message of war's dehumanizing influence, etc. The basic premise is that the young Thompsons feel an obligation to fight for the Union, but since Bartholomew is "too soft" and would likely end up killed, Constance dresses as a man, takes the name of Ash, and signs up. It's a situation not unheard of, though most women disguised as male to accompany their husbands into battle. "Gallant Ash" is an expert rifleman and soon learns to kill with no remorse. There's a horrific scene in which she "disguises" as a woman and enters a cabin to bash in one man's head with a jug and shoot his companions in the head--and this is the first of many such incidents. In letters home to Bartholomew, we learn how they fell in love; and we suspect that her inability to give birth to a child caused an estrangement--a sense of personal failure--that hastened her march to war. In time, Ash's true gender is discovered, and she is confined to a mental asylum. By then, this reader had begun to wonder if there was more than the "craziness" of a woman going to war that put here there: Ash has come across as a disturbed person through a series of surrealistic dreams and conversations with her dead mother, not to mention some questionable decisions and actions. As others have mentioned, the novel's conclusion isn't the happy, expected one, but its disturbing nature is a fitting end to the bitter cruelty that Constance/Ash has suffered and caused.
What I found somewhat annoying was that I never got a clear sense of exactly WHY Constance felt the need to go to war, and it didn't make a lot of sense when I started asking myself questions, like how did Bartholomew get out of being conscripted, and how he managed the farm on his own if he was such a weakling, and why his neighbors didn't question where his wife had gone. So for me, this book ended up as an interesting psychological study of one character and a devastating look at the effects of war.
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- RueRue
- 11-14-14
Unique Female Character
An interesting and well written story about "Ash" Thompson, a female who fights (disguised as a man) in the Civil War. The prose is lyrical without being overly descriptive, and the narration is spot-on.
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- Rachael
- 02-24-17
Disappointing let down. Where is the emotion?!
Would you try another book from Laird Hunt and/or Mary Stuart Masterson?
Mary Stuart Masterson did a good job as narrator. But the actual storyline left alot to be wanted. I never got a feel for ash/constance in the entire book, I never felt like I could relate to her or for that matter that there was a character to relate to. The storyline bobbed so frequently from past to present that there were times I had absolutely no idea what was going on. I was pretty turned off and probably wont read another book by Laird Hunt.
Has Neverhome turned you off from other books in this genre?
No. The civil war and historical fiction are still very interesting genres and I will continue to read books of this genre
Have you listened to any of Mary Stuart Masterson’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No i have not
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Neverhome?
I would actually ADD to Neverhome. I would like a real backstory on Ash/Constance instead of this mumble jumbled here and there story about her. What really drove her to fight in the war? what emotions she was feeling during things that happened? We all know the history, what about the emotions of a woman out there!
Any additional comments?
I read this book for a book club I was in and that was the only reason I did not return it straight-away. I skipped an entire hour (which I have never done before) to get to the end and while the ending was o.k. it did not make up for the fact that the rest of the book lacked so much emotion. I had high hopes for this book because of the civil war history and because it was a WOMAN fighting which I had not heard of before this book. Was disappointment overrall
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- Caleb H
- 12-09-16
Forgettable.
Thought it would be like Mulan in Civil War. So much possibility, but failed to deliver.
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- Edward S Bancroft
- 07-03-16
A female Red Badge of Courage
Narrated in the manner of the times, this story is a dark rendering of the life of a very brave and damaged female soldier.
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- Syd Young
- 02-29-16
Interesting Odyssey Switch Up
Alright, when you get a true American Story that is an Odyssey journey, you must know that the story is in the journey. This book had a powerful premise but in the end it was just interesting and leaves me unsure. I didn't love it like I did Cold Mountain. Now, I know that many people hated Cold Mountain, but again, its an Odyssey. I think the love story and growth of both characters in Cold Mountain captured me there, but they fall short for me in this book. I have a feeling that I was supposed to get something else out of this book, but it has alluded me. Still, it was well written, just not a home run.
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- Laura V.
- 06-21-15
Very interesting story about the Civil war.
Listened to the audio book and it was a very intertwining "read". My interest was held through out and the narrative was outstanding. The story gives me pause to imagine how it was for the brave shoulders of that war and the loss that was endured. Well worth my time.