The Jewel of the Blues Audiobook
The Jewel of the Blues is Monica Chenault-Kilgore’s unabridged historical audiobook, set in the 1920s jazz and vaudeville world. It follows blues singer Lucille Love as she pursues a performing career while confronting family secrets and dangers from her father’s past.
At a glance
- A 1920s jazz-era story centred on blues singer Lucille Arnetta Love and her rise through gospel and vaudeville performance.
- The plot combines backstage ambition with family secrets, romance, racial tensions and threats connected to a suspicious death.
- Unabridged narration by Bahni Turpin, with a stated listening length of 11 hours and 59 minutes.
Pros and cons
Pros
- The unabridged format and stated running time make the listening commitment clear before purchase.
- Its combination of music-era setting, show-business competition and family mystery gives the story several intertwined plot threads.
Technical specifications
8 specifications| Author | Monica Chenault-Kilgore |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Bahni Turpin |
| Listening length | 11 hours and 59 minutes |
| Version | Unabridged |
| Programme type | Audiobook |
| Language | English |
| Publication date | 19 Nov. 2024 |
| Publisher | Harlequin Special Releases |
Who is it for?
A good fit for
- Listeners looking for historical fiction set in the 1920s jazz and vaudeville scene.
- Fans of stories about a performer’s ambitions entangled with family secrets and romantic complications.
- Listeners seeking an English-language unabridged audiobook narrated by Bahni Turpin.
Less suited to
- Buyers seeking a short listen, as the stated duration is nearly 12 hours.
- Readers looking for a light plot, as the synopsis includes family secrets, drinking, gambling, racial tensions and threats of violence.
Customer reviews on Amazon
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Aggregate ratings are broadly favourable but include a substantial middle-rating share, so the overall response is not uniformly enthusiastic. With no customer comments supplied, those figures do not establish what listeners liked or disliked. They offer limited guidance on reception, while the listed genre, narration and nearly 12-hour length are more concrete factors for deciding whether the audiobook suits you.
Frequently asked questions
Who wrote and narrates The Jewel of the Blues?
The author is Monica Chenault-Kilgore and the narrator is Bahni Turpin.
How long is this audiobook?
The listed listening length is 11 hours and 59 minutes.
Is the audiobook abridged?
The listing identifies it as unabridged.
What is the story about?
It follows blues singer Lucille Love’s pursuit of a performing career in the 1920s, alongside family secrets and danger linked to her father’s past.
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