
The Long Delirious Burning Blue
Sharon Blackie
THE FIRST NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE WORD-OF-MOUTH BESTSELLER IF WOMEN ROSE ROOTED
'You and me against the world, you used to sing. In the days before it became you and me against each other.'
Cat Munro - who has never taken a day off in her working life - quits her corporate job and starts flying lessons in a small plane over the Arizona desert, confronting her fear not only of death, but of life. Her mother, Laura, moves back to the Scottish village where she spent the first years of her marriage to Cat's abusive father. Though they are apart, the past connects mother and daughter, haunts them, binds them.
From the excoriating heat of the Arizona desert to the misty flow of a Highland sea-loch, Sharon Blackie's soaring first novel presents us with the transformative power of landscape, and of storytelling, in women's lives. Above all, The Long Delirious Burning Blue is a story of courage, endurance and redemption.
'It is that rarity, a first novel that smacks of not merely confidence, but authority... powerful, filmic, and achieving the kind of symmetry that novels often aspire to, but rarely reach' Scotsman
Duration - 17h 30m.
Author - Sharon Blackie.
Narrator - Kristin Atherton.
Published Date - Tuesday, 14 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2008 Sharon Blackie ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
THE FIRST NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE WORD-OF-MOUTH BESTSELLER IF WOMEN ROSE ROOTED 'You and me against the world, you used to sing. In the days before it became you and me against each other.' Cat Munro - who has never taken a day off in her working life - quits her corporate job and starts flying lessons in a small plane over the Arizona desert, confronting her fear not only of death, but of life. Her mother, Laura, moves back to the Scottish village where she spent the first years of her marriage to Cat's abusive father. Though they are apart, the past connects mother and daughter, haunts them, binds them. From the excoriating heat of the Arizona desert to the misty flow of a Highland sea-loch, Sharon Blackie's soaring first novel presents us with the transformative power of landscape, and of storytelling, in women's lives. Above all, The Long Delirious Burning Blue is a story of courage, endurance and redemption. 'It is that rarity, a first novel that smacks of not merely confidence, but authority... powerful, filmic, and achieving the kind of symmetry that novels often aspire to, but rarely reach' Scotsman Duration - 17h 30m. Author - Sharon Blackie. Narrator - Kristin Atherton. Published Date - Tuesday, 14 January 2025. Copyright - © 2008 Sharon Blackie ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:11
Prologue
Duration:00:11:23
Chapter 1: Cat
Duration:00:59:32
Chapter 2: Laura
Duration:00:45:01
Chapter 3: Cat
Duration:01:45:50
Chapter 4: Laura
Duration:00:36:21
Chapter 5: Cat
Duration:01:27:35
Chapter 6: Laura
Duration:00:48:54
Chapter 7a: Cat
Duration:01:08:20
Chapter 7b: Cat (cont.)
Duration:00:54:38
Chapter 8: Laura
Duration:01:00:54
Chapter 9: Cat
Duration:01:25:05
Chapter 10: Laura
Duration:00:38:09
Chapter 11: Cat
Duration:01:05:05
Chapter 12: Laura
Duration:00:29:19
Chapter 13: Cat
Duration:00:37:00
Chapter 14: Laura
Duration:00:48:27
Chapter 15: Cat
Duration:00:38:23
Chapter 16: Laura
Duration:00:26:19
Chapter 17: Cat
Duration:00:52:46
Chapter 18: Laura
Duration:00:19:34
Chapter 19: Cat
Duration:00:17:03
Chapter 20: Laura
Duration:00:04:05
Chapter 21: Cat
Duration:00:09:42
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:29