Announcing Fairy Gold

Fairy Gold is now available on Audible. The novel was originally published in 1897 by Christian Reid, a pseudonym for Christine Fisher Tierman from Salisbury, North Carolina. Although her writing style resembles many of the 19th-century classical writers, such as Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, and Grace Livingston Hill, Reid's novels have a charm all their own. This is a revised edition to make it easier to read or listen to.

In the book, Marion and her two friends graduate and get ready to leave their private school to begin new lives. Clara wants to succeed in art, Helen just wants to be happy, and  Marion is determined to become wealthy. Clara learns there are more important callings than her art, Helen's fiance betrays her but she learns where real happiness lies, and Marion eventually sees what she had to give up to win her goal. When compared to what's really important, material wealth can end up being just fading "fairy gold." If you like rich characters that learn and change throughout a novel, you'll love Fairy Gold.

Maya Berry, the narrator and producer, has experience in  Shakespearean theater and does an excellent job reading this classical 19th-century language and making it come alive for the listener. She is a New York-based actress with a BFA in acting from the California Institute of the Arts. She contacted me and did a cold audition for Fairy Gold. Listen to her sample, and I think you will be as impressed as I was.

 

Link: https://www.audible.com/pd/Fairy-Gold-Audiobook/B09D5FVV7Z

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