Roberts, Tara Karr

The quest for family is deep-rooted. Listeners will enjoy this tale of the search for the elusive Ishmael.

This story begins with a distaff perspective on the classic Moby-Dick but opens out to tell a wider story of gifts and curses, uses and obsessions, as generations of women pursue an elusive truth with the same single-mindedness that their father’s captain chased that whale. Recommended for readers of historical fiction, magical realism, and anyone searching for more woman-centric retellings of classic tales.