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Listen by Sheldon Russell is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Listen about?
Stripped of opportunity by the Great Depression, educated and ambitious Liam takes a low-paying job with the Federal Writers Project, assigned to collect stories of rural life for the Library of Congress in a hot, poverty-stricken Dust Bowl town in Oklahoma. Hell take his government check, write the stories, and wait for better times. Then Liam meets a woman who upends all his plans. Eden Sawyer may be poor, but shes hardworking and determined. She has dreams; more than that, she has talent. As Liam interviews her, he discovers that Eden longs to be an artist, and has the skill to do it, if only she can break the cycle of poverty that traps her. Eden leads Liam to an unexpected, unimagined love. But as he interviews more townspeople, Liams probing questions steer him into danger, threatening to reveal untold secrets, unsolved mysteries, and unfulfilled passions. Will one mans simmering jealousy and thwarted ambition bring Liam and Edens story to an abrupt and deadly end? Reviews Reminiscent of Sara Gruens Water for Elephants, Sheldon Russells Listen paints a picture of the resilience of people during the Great Depression. Jobs were hard to come by when Liam Walker stepped off the t
Who reads Listen?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Sheldon Russell
- Publisher
- Cennan Books of Cynren Press
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781947976375
- Category
- children's
- Subjects
- Children'S, Fiction, Juvenile
- Rating
- 3.44 / 5 (2,452 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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