The Bride's Farewell.

The Bride's Farewell

Meg Rosoff, author

Susan Duerden, narrator

Penguin Audio

c/o The Penguin Publishing Group

375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014

9780143144632 $29.95 http://us.penguingroup.com 1-800-847-5515

The Bride's Farewell is an unabridged audiobook presentation of award-winning author Meg Rosoff's stirring novel, chronicling the story of a young woman who runs away from home on the day she is slated to marry her childhood sweetheart. Having grown up watching her mother struggle to provide for too many children with too little money and even less help from her preacher father, Pell Ridley has determined to escape the same fate. She takes her only possession, a majestic white horse, as she heads for Salisbury Fair in search of work and a new destiny. Yet her emotional ties to her family, her childhood, and her abandoned lover remain, forcing her to rethink her options during the course of her journey, in which she encounters gypsies, lost things, and romance in the unlikeliest of places. A emotionally moving saga, skillfully told by award-winning theater actress Susan Duerden. 5 CDs, 6 hours.