Night Songs

Night Songs

Author: Alli Dyer Listening Length: 13h 8m

In this haunting family saga, a young woman must delve into her country star mother’s music to break a curse that has plagued the women in her family for generations—before her time runs out. On the morning of Rhea’s eighteenth birthday, she makes a shocking discovery—her mother was the famed singer of some of coun...

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We started the southbound trail in mid-August in windblown, craggy Maine. I’d never been that far north before, and it had a crisp, head-clearing quality perfect for the beginning of our great trek.

On day one, we scrambled up a rocky mountain with full packs weighing heavily on our shoulders and black flies swarming our sweat-coated faces. With each trudge, I thought, I have made a terrible mistake, but I was too afraid to say it out loud. I didn’t want Micah to think I was soft.

By day three, I had decided to quit. We hadn’t even made it off the first mountain yet.

My feet were like raw meat from my new hiking boots, and my soul ached for a hot shower.