Varina: A Novel Free Audiobook Download by Charles Frazier

In his compelling, beautifully written new novel, Charles Frazier tells the story of Varina from the time she is briefly kidnapped as a child by her father and taken to the mountains of North Carolina to be raised by Native Americans. Varina has always been haunted by things she can't say--especially about those who took her in during that terrifying moment when she was abandoned by her own parents.

The story of the fictional Varina, a woman born on the frontier in 1819, who becomes a vital part of the abolitionist movement.

Varina is the first novel by Charles Frazier, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who was born in 1933. His novel tells the story of Varina, who lives in Louisville during World War II and struggles to come to terms with her African-American identity. Varina becomes pregnant and has to decide whether or not to keep the baby.

In the novel, Varina is a young woman who has lived with her family since she was four years old. She is sick of the small-mindedness in the town and eventually decides to escape by joining the Union army that is fighting against her home state, Tennessee. However, Varina's life takes a tragic turn while living in camps that are filled with soldiers and other women.