Elphie [sound recording] : a wicked childhood / Gregory Maguire.
Young Elphie is shaped and molded by the behaviors of her promiscuous mother, Melena, and her pious father, Frex. She suffers ordinary childhood jealousies when her sister, saintly Nessarose, and brother, junior felon Shell, arrive. She first encounters the mistreatment of the Animal populations of Oz, which live adjacent to but not intertwined with human settlements, haunted by a Monkey and receiving aid from Dwarf Bears. She thrashes through her first bruising attempts at friendship, a possible lifeline from her tricky family life. And she gleans the benefits of an education, haphazard though it must be, until she arrives at the doors of Shiz University, about to meet the radiant creature that is Galinda. Elphie is destined to be a witch; she bears the markings from childhood, most evidently in her green skin but more obscurely and profoundly in her cunning and perhaps amoral behaviors, as she seeks to make do, to slip by, to sneak out, to endure, and to aspire.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063377059
- ISBN: 9798874800307
- Physical Description: 6 audio discs (approximtely 7 hours, 45 minutes) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [New York] : Harpercollins Publishers, 2025.
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Read by Edoardo Ballerini.
- System Details Note:
- Compact disc.
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- Fantasy fiction.
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Available copies
- 11 of 13 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | CD FIC MAGUIRE (Text) | 36015000503025 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
