The audiobook version of award-winning
Listen for the Mourning Dove
is now available!
Listen for the Mourning Dove
By F.C. Pearce
Narrated by Sean Pratt
SEAN PRATT, a working actor for more than 30 years, is a veteran audiobook narrator who has recorded over 1,000 titles in almost every genre—and now Listen for the Mourning Dove has its place in Sean’s repertoire of literary fiction! He has received 8 AudioFile Earphones Awards and 5 Audie nominations from the Audio Publishers Association. Sean also conducts workshops across America offering his wide-range of experience to others who want to learn the ropes in the narrating world or to sharpen their own narrating skills.
Have a Listen:
Listen for the Mourning Dove
By F.C. Pearce
A poignant and compelling tale of family intrigue, love, and loss.
In the fall of 1953, during the surface calm and prosperity of post-World War II America, the privileged West Texas Randolph family suffers a terrible blow. As a result, a disparate group of strangers become inextricably linked to the family, and to each other, for the four decades to follow.
In the aftermath of their life-altering event, the deep-rooted Randolph clan is left vulnerable not only to threats from the outside, but to more sinister ones from within its own ranks.
Counting on the aid of those she trusts, the youngest member of the clan, Cady Frances Randolph, from the tender age of six, must rise to a level of maturity far beyond her years, a maturity that she maintains, at all costs, into womanhood.
Shining a light on some of the best and worst of human behavior, F.C. Pearce crafts timeless and universal themes deftly and beautifully into a mosaic of rich characterization and backdrop, sparking the imagination and the emotions.
Book Cover Art from an original watercolor
by Susan Mansell
New novel in progress, a companion piece:
Remember the Mourning Dove
“With a sense of immediacy and descriptive prowess, first-time novelist F.C. Pearce keeps the reader turning pages as she explores the nature and the various meanings of ‘family.’ Lies and deceit battle loyalty and love as the heroine, first a child, then a young woman, struggles to find stability and truth in her own life. Filled with all too human characters, Listen for the Mourning Dove is a tale well told that should please those searching for a good read. It’s an impressive debut.”
— Lane T. Crockett, former critic and entertainment writer for the Shreveport Times and the Gannet News Service
"I finished reading Listen for the Mourning Dove on a recent flight home. Set right in my era, but in a different region and culture... I loved it!"
—Dick Fosbury, Sun Valley, Idaho
"This fine book gives us great insight into human nature and family relationships. When the author tells us how one family deals with tragedy in dusty, small-town Texas, U.S.A., the universality of her moving and bittersweet narrative will not only capture the hearts of readers here in Australia, but of readers worldwide."
— Pamela (Elle) Boers, Sydney, Australia
"I felt it was a combination of Harper Lee, Ellen Gilchrist, and Helen Hooven Santmyer...all mighty writers...now to be known as the F.C. Pearce style."
— Polly Summar, Santa Fe, New Mexico
"I loved this book. At first, I thought: This is very good writing, but where's this going? Then I was blasted out of my chair and felt from then on inside the heart and mind of every character, good and bad. A beautiful read."
— Karl Kruse, Columbia, Missouri