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🎧 NOVELLA REVIEW 🎧 Book 88 of 2023: “The Levee” by William Kent Krueger - thank you @librofm for access to this audio. This was the first book (in this case novella) I've read by Krueger and if his other work is as layered and character driven as this book, I'm going to really enjoy reading his backlist. Make sure you read/listen to the author's note at the end of the novella. "The Levee" is inspired by William Faulkner's "The Old Man" along with the historical flood of the Mississippi River in 1927. Known as The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, it was the most destructive flood in the history of the United States. In "The Levee", chronicles an attempt to save a family trapped by the rising water, four men in a tiny rowboat battle the treacherous flow: three are convicts, on loan from the local prison; the fourth, the leader of the team, is driven by his own hidden motives. But to their surprise upon arrival at Ballymore, an ancestral home protected by a high, circular levee, not everyone in the family feels the need to be saved. Pride, greed, loyalty, and even love create their own complex currents behind the massive wall. As the threat from the flood increases and time ticks away, the crew and the family must decide on a course of action, and a desperate plan is hatched to save the weakening levee and all it was built to protect. STAR RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 💬 QOTD: Slide 2 is two of Krueger’s books I have sitting on my shelf. Based on the cover and title alone, which one should I read next? • #audiobook #audiobooks #audible #librofm #qotd #audiobookstagram #audiobooklover #audiobooklove #audiobookclub #audiobookreview #audiobookworm #bookreview #librofm #audiobookaddict #historicalfiction #thelevee #williamkentkrueger #newauthors #audiobooknarrator #bookstagram #bibliophile #igreads #3star #currentlyreading #bookreview #instaread #lovetoread #novella #readingisfundamental #whatimreading #audiblebooks #whatshouldireadnext