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How Much of These Hills Is Gold
- Narrated by: Catherine Ho, Joel de la Fuente
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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How Much of These Hills Is Gold
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Publisher's Summary
Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020.
A Barack Obama book of the year 2020.
America. In the twilight of the Gold Rush, two siblings cross a landscape with a gun in their hands and the body of their father on their backs....
Ba dies in the night, Ma is already gone. Lucy and Sam, 12 and 11, are suddenly alone and on the run. With their father's body on their backs, they roam an unforgiving landscape dotted with giant buffalo bones and tiger paw prints, searching for a place to give him a proper burial.
How Much of These Hills Is Gold is a sweeping adventure tale, an unforgettable sibling story and a remarkable novel about a family bound and divided by its memories.
Critic Reviews
"A tale of two sisters during the gold rush...beautifully written." (The i, Best Books of the Year)
"A daring and haunting epic." (Sunday Times)
"A fierce, feminist Western." (Daily Mail)
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- Cath
- 29-09-2021
Beautifully written
Beautifully written but I feel left wanting… but loved the narration. Would recommend, thank you!
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 01-09-2021
I just can't get through this!
I was recommended this book but after ny 3rd attempt I just can't get through this book! the language is overly poetic and not in a clever way more in a roll my eyes at trying too hard way. I'm sure there's a good story in here somewhere but I give up. I'm bored and just can't get invested
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 29-05-2023
Hard going
Difficult story, horrible in parts, disappointing. Best bit was in the middle narrated by the father. Nearly gave up but persevered n
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- cheryle h.
- 28-12-2021
I can't finish it!
I'm loathe to give up on a book before finishing but I'm 3 hours in and it's so bleak I'll lose the will to live if I continue. The story unfolds in misery after misery and I've given up hope that the protagonist will find any hope for her future. I can't do it any more.
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