Thrust

A Novel

By: Lidia Yuknavitch

Narrated by: Natasha Soudek, Ron Butler, Cassandra Campbell, Robbie Daymond, Darrell Dennis, Dominique Franceschi, Kathleen Gati, Graham Halstead, Austin Ku, Omar Leyva, Karen Murray, TL Thompson

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER

THRUST IS:
“Epic.” –The New York Times
“A triumph.” —Elle
“Stunningly beautiful.” —The Daily Beast
“Both of the moment and utterly timeless.” —Chicago Review of Books
“A book to take in wide-eyed.” —Rebecca Makkai

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST

As rising waters—and an encroaching police state—endanger her life and family, a girl with the gifts of a "carrier" travels through water and time to rescue vulnerable figures from the margins of history

Lidia Yuknavitch has an unmatched gift for capturing stories of people on the margins—vulnerable humans leading lives of challenge and transcendence. Now, Yuknavitch offers an imaginative masterpiece: the story of Laisvė, a motherless girl from the late 21st century who is learning her power as a carrier, a person who can harness the power of meaningful objects to carry her through time. Sifting through the detritus of a fallen city known as the Brook, she discovers a talisman that will mysteriously connect her with a series of characters from the past two centuries: a French sculptor; a woman of the American underworld; a dictator's daughter; an accused murderer; and a squad of laborers at work on a national monument. Through intricately braided storylines, Laisvė must dodge enforcement raids and find her way to the present day, and then, finally, to the early days of her imperfect country, to forge a connection that might save their lives—and their shared dream of freedom.

A dazzling novel of body, spirit, and survival, Thrust will leave no reader unchanged.

Phenomenal

An amazing fluid story with all that is to be human: fear, longing, sex, absolution, redemption and more. The cast here is overwhelmingly good, bringing each different aspect of the story to shimmering life.

A fabulous tale that took me for a ride

I'll never hear the word "object" the same again. This story is magical, beautiful, sad, and informational. I love the monologs about Earth's history, or detailed information about the makeup of an earthworm. There are some very graphic sex scenes, but they fit this tale so perfectly. I am so pleased to have listened to this book.

The narrations were all amazing. Each narrator fit their role so well, especially the "main" narrator. I drank in her every word.

Original engaging story.

I loved it. I listen to it often. Its not a story you have heard anywhere else-

Extraordinary. A masterpiece.

This audiobook and story is absolutely phenomenal… a total masterpiece! I binged it in one day! And I found my new favorite writer and new favorite narrator, yay! All the narrators did an extraordinary job, but it was the woman who was the primary narrator (Natasha Soudek) and voiced Liceveh the time traveler (and other characters too) who left me absolutely breathless. Her voice had me utterly spellbound, brimming with magic, and hanging on every word. Hoping she will be narrating more books in the future by this remarkable and unique author. Can’t wait!!!! Also, the author’s writing style is like listening to a timeless song, or the best music in the world, or like listening to a master play the cello in English. Brilliant, unique, inter-dimensional, and better than kundalini or drugs. I’m totally serious. So, thank you for this audiobook!!!

Interesting…

Interesting listen. I love Lidia’s writing. The imagery in this book is magical. It kept me hanging on. However, the story was just too quirky for me.