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Bo-Tree House is happy to participate with Audible.com in Audio Book production with narration by virtual voice. The following audio books are available through Amazon.com and Audible.com:
Night Jasmine Tree Audio Book
Bittersweet Stories of an Indian Youth
Click and listen to the sample here https://tinyurl.com/27u94yuh
A Somerset award-winning contemporary novel, Night Jasmine Tree, describes the hidden backstory of an Indian man’s immigration to the U.S. The high caste protagonist fell in love with a lower caste girl in college, but she was rejected by his very conservative family. They married, but deep emotional wounds continued to torment him even after they were well settled in the U.S. The past cannot be willed away. Later, the arresting stories of his childhood and youth he innocently tells his American grandchildren, reveal the silent torment and struggles that originated in India. These poignant and heartwarming stories, touching and sublime by themselves, provide the backbone of this novel—the author captures those breathless, quiet moments that make life worth living.
One cannot put down this story of rebellion against conservative caste barriers. Romance, inter-caste marriage, family conflict, sacrifice, loss, and inner suffering in the end lead to the ultimate rise of the innate human heart to overcome all obstacles of familial rejection to love and peace—family love so purely described, it will remind the reader of their own family. A cathartic novel of triumph of the human spirit—moving, realistic, and uplifting.
Sacred River: A Himalayan Journey Audio Book
A Gold Heist Mystery
Click and listen to the sample here https://tinyurl.com/3jnzk983
The novel describes man’s search for meaning disguised as a mystery novel. This is a book to read and listen to if you are ready for a journey to India’s ancient wisdom.
Three stories flow independently in this novel, initially disconnected, they converge at Gangotri temple, ten thousand feet high in the Himalayas. An illiterate farmer goes on a long-desired pilgrimage; a socio-political organization emerges in India to uplift the poor; and an Indian American journeys home in search of the meaning of his life. As they proceed, the protagonists meet many detours, but their journeys through crowded cities, mountain passes, and intriguing mysteries become more than mere physical travel.
On the surface, the actions center on the treasure heist, but underneath, this is a story of a quest for peace in life nurtured by Indian mythological and folk tales, unconditional spiritual devotion, and intercultural romance. They weave a colorful tapestry of overlapping stories. As little tributaries flow together to make a mighty river, each thread in the tapestry is woven to make a beautiful picture with an uplifting conclusion. A Himalayan journey that will touch your soul.
In the words of Barbara Hall, Nibley Green, Gloucestershire, U.K. It is “a brilliant novel, which gives a wonderfully vivid flavour of India with all its idiosyncrasies and contradictions.”
Viku and the Elephant Audio Book
Click and listen to the sample here https://tinyurl.com/y8mhcwpz
The intimacy of reading a book to a child has achieved its milestone in this Audio Book of Viku and the Elephant, an adventure story from the jungle of India.
In this story a boy, Viku, becomes a friend of a young elephant named Haatee when he saves it from a snake. Their many adventures unfold quickly. In one story, ivory poachers take Viku hostage and ask him to show them where elephant tusks are hidden in the jungle. Although frightened, Viku and Haatee manage to outsmart the ivory poachers with an ingenious plan. Can you imagine how they did that?
Now you can hear the story by just clicking on the Audio Book. And surely a child will quickly lose in the forests and cultures of India, the book coming so vivid to him or her.
In the words of Librarian Susan Seefeldt, “Whereas Horton, Dumbo, and Babar (lovable as they may be) are elephants one might want to befriend, one does not encounter them in their natural habitats. This heightens the vicarious experience of the reader.”
