ARE YOU LISTENING? FIERCE KINGDOM: A REVIEW

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AUDIO BOOK CHOICE.....
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FIERCE KINGDOM
READ BY CASSANDRA CAMPBELL
BY GIN PHILLIPS

ABOUT THE AUDIO BOOK:
An electrifying novel about the primal and unyielding bond between a mother and her son, and the lengths she’ll go to protect him.

The zoo is nearly empty as Joan and her four-year-old son soak up the last few moments of playtime. They are happy, and the day has been close to perfect. But what Joan sees as she hustles her son toward the exit gate minutes before closing time sends her sprinting back into the zoo, her child in her arms. And for the next three hours—the entire scope of the novel—she keeps on running.

Joan’s intimate knowledge of her son and of the zoo itself—the hidden pathways and under-renovation exhibits, the best spots on the carousel and overstocked snack machines—is all that keeps them a step ahead of danger.

A masterful thrill ride and an exploration of motherhood itself—from its tender moments of grace to its savage power—Fierce Kingdom asks where the boundary is between our animal instinct to survive and our human duty to protect one another. For whom should a mother risk her life? 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Gin Phillips is the author of The Well and the Mine, winner of the 2009 Barnes and Noble Discover Prize in Fiction, and Come In and Cover Me. She recently wrote her debut children’s book, The Hidden Summer.  She lives in Birmingham, Alabama, with her husband, children, and dog.
Photo: © Ryane Rice


SOME OTHER BOOKS BY GIN PHILLIPS:

              

            

PRAISE FOR GIN PHILLIPS:
“A heart-thumping thriller . . . The story flies by like a gazelle being chased by a lion and is easily consumed in a single sitting.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Heart-stopping . . . A stunning novel you’ll be talking about all summer long.”—Bustle

“A shot of pure adrenaline. But it’s not just the action that will keep you turning pages: Fierce Kingdom is a moving story too.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Gin Phillips’s heart pounding novel will have readers questioning what lengths a mother would go to in order to save her child . . . or someone else’s.”—Real Simple 

“A page-turning, adrenaline-soaked read.”—The Guardian
“Extreme heart-pounding adventure, right this way. Fierce Kingdom is the perfect summer thriller.”—HelloGiggles

“The premise of this novel will send chills down the spine of any parent—and keep them turning pages into the wee hours.”—Newsday
 
“Because we make fun of helicopter parents for the lengths they go to to keep perfectly safe children even safer, we can can forget that, for children, safety is a kind of love—and that makes Fierce Kingdom a terrifying book, but more importantly, a beautiful one.”—NPR


“By introducing the threat of violence, the book amplifies everyday domestic concerns, producing a kind of crystallization of the experience of parenthood.”—The New Yorker

“Fierce Kingdom unfolds at a rapid-fire pace with each chapter upping the tension and danger.” —BookPage

“This is an elegant, taut, and tense survival story that explores the boundaries of parental love. By pitting love against fear, Gin Phillips questions the opposing forces of family bonds and shows how fierce one mother’s love can be.”—Claire Cameron, author of The Last Neanderthal and The Bear

“I loved this book not only as a mother, but as a woman—and a feminist—living in a world teeming with pressing domestic details along with unpredictable, casual violence.”—Susanna Daniel, award-winning author of Sea Creatures

“Phillips’ characters are exquisitely rendered, her prose is artful and evocative . . . Poignant and profound, this adrenaline-fueled thriller will shatter readers like a bullet through bone.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“A searing exploration of motherhood at its most basic.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Phillips manages to combine beautiful imagery with heart-pounding, nerve-fraying intensity. . . . Fans of literary page-turners, like Sunil Yapa’s Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist, won’t want to miss this.”—Booklist (starred review)

“Fierce Kingdom is stunning and extraordinary; keep the defibrillator handy.”—Shelf Awareness (starred review)

MY PERSONAL COMMENT/REVIEW: 
I listened to the audiobook about a month ago as I had read about it and requested it. It did not disappoint me. I enjoyed the characters as the mother and son were believable and I found myself talking to them to warn them of danger. I found it hard to put it aside so must say it didn't take me long to get through FIERCE KINGDOM. I hope you get a chance to listen or read this one and find it as compelling as I did.