A VOICE FOR INDEPENDENT AUTHORS

THE WHIP BY KAREN KONDAZIAN – NARRATION BY ROBIN WEIGERT

Amazing how visually stimulating the audible presentation of a book can be, especially a book as evocative and superbly written as The Whip by Karen Kondazian when professionally narrated by the skillful and impressive Robin Weigert. Of course, the story carries most of the weight, and this story, based on a true historical figure of immense interest – Charley Parkhurst, a strong, enduring, Western woman of the 1800’s, who took on the look and persona of a man in order to survive and utilize her impressive horse-handling skills as a stagecoach driver – fulfills beyond measure the storyteller’s challenging task of handling and maintaining an avid reader’s interest. And rest assured, both Ms. Kondazian and Ms. Weigert succeed terrifically in presenting Ms. Parkhurst’s compelling tale.

At heart, The Whip by Karen Kondazian is a deeply engaging, fully authentic rendering of the Old West as experienced first by one young, naive orphaned girl, Charlotte Parkhurst, then by herself as a young maturing woman, and finally as a battle-scarred widow and surviving mother of a truly hard-scrabble life, one eventually lived by necessity and temperament as an independent, solitary man in a world dictated by such men’s rather boorish ways and wants. She masters the man’s world well, but at an extraordinary cost. It is Charley Parkhurst’s payment of this cost that makes for such compelling reading, and for listening in this special audio-book edition. Both Ms. Kondazian and Ms. Weigert excel magnificently at bringing into vivid presence the historical reality of a truly amazing woman. Bravo to them all!

VISIT MY INDIE BOOK SHOP

_______________________________________________________________________

Joel R. Dennstedt – Top Reviewer for Readers’ Favorite

ATTENTION ALL AUTHORS! BE SURE TO ENTER READERS’ FAVORITE BOOK CONTEST