The Book of Lost Names Free Audiobook Download by Kristin Harmel


The Book of Lost Names is a story about an orphan named Lily who lives in an orphanage where she does not know her parents. She believes her parents abandoned her there and she has been told that it was because she was born with a heart that doesn't beat. One day, Lily meets the kind woman Lena and eventually, they start to work together to find out some information about Lily's parents.

In an effort to save her, he's willing to do anything--even master a half-forgotten set of magic words.

The Book of Lost Names is a novel by Irish author John McGahern, which tells the story of an unnamed protagonist living in rural Ireland. The narrator is older and has few friends except for his brother, whose name is never revealed throughout the book. The narrator's father had also been killed when he was young and this—along with the death of their mother, from whom he was estranged—left him with a deep sense of loss and a feeling that life doesn't always have meaning.

The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel is a fantasy novel about a girl who unexpectedly becomes the caretaker for an Oracle - someone who can speak to the dead. She travels around world and learns about different cultures and their ways of death. The novel was written in a way that made it easy to see how much these beliefs shape society, how these people view death, and what they value memories of their deceased loved ones. Each culture has its own unique language which made the book even more interesting to listen to.

In a world where the remaining humans have lost the ability to speak, unable to communicate, one boy remains. In this alternate reality, names no longer exist to be spoken aloud for fear of losing them forever. But, who is that boy? What does he look like? Can it be done? This audiobook is written from the point-of-view of a boy who doesn't know his name and must find out what it means before he can finally reclaim it and move on with his life.

The Book of Lost Names is a short novel about the disappearance of language from the world. The story's protagonist, Adam, is an author who has been locked away in a study for years due to some "illness" that prevented him from writing. One day, his wife comes home with a new baby and they realize they need to name it. With no name left on the planet, they take to stealing names from other languages as well as naming their own daughter after her mother's maiden name. They are fascinated by how these languages are in turn stolen and used by others which leads them on a journey through history where names are lost and found anew.

Published Date 2020-07-21
Duration 10 hours 50 minutes
Author Kristin Harmel
Narrated Madeleine Maby
Reviews
(94 Reviews)
Abridged No
Is It Free? 30-days Free
Category Fiction & Literature
Parent Category War & Military, Contemporary Women, Historical Fiction

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