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Coltswood

By: Jules Revel
Narrated by: Abby Craden
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When academician and artist Belinda Coltswood comes face-to-face with a colleague from her younger years, old feelings and painful memories resurface in uncomfortable and potentially transformative ways.

Professor Belinda Coltswood has made a name for herself. As the recent winner of a prestigious art prize, and the object of lingering rumors that nearly ended her career, Coltswood walks a fine line between celebrity and outcast. Though seemingly immune to both censure and accolades, Coltswood's capacity for cool indifference dissolves in a rip tide of memory when she finds herself face-to-face with a woman from her past. A woman she knew only as Wolf. While the Wolf in her office is hardly the same fierce young AIDS activist Coltswood remembers, this meeting has the potential to alter their lives in radical ways.

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This journey is like no other and one you don’t want to miss. A combination of incredible storytelling that brings you back in time and one portrayed so beautifully by the magnificent Abby Craden. I cried multiple times throughout and it was worth every tear.

So profoundly captivating.

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Abby Craden delivers one of her finest readings of this twisting tale of remembrance, shame and love. The story is far from perfect. The switching time frames often confuse rather than drive the narrative. But on a visceral level it works, at least for me.

It vividly calls up some the starkly differing realities of what it was like for those with wealth and privilege and those with none during the early days of the AIDS pandemic. Cotswold is from a life of privilege and Wolf is from the streets. It tells of the demons each had to grapple with as they came together both as lovers and as contributors, each in their own ways, to the fight against AIDS.

I’m not sure if you didn’t live through it you would really understand the level of fear, helplessness and confusion that many in the gay community experienced at that time and the utter obliviousness and ignorance the rest of the world seemed to have.
Like I said, the story is not perfect but it’s worth a listen.

A complex story of love shame and redemption

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Amazing sapphic love story of two New York women from vastly different classes connecting during the AIDS crisis, falling in love, being torn apart, and finding one another again despite it all. Beautifully, cinematically rendered, I can feel the grit of the city, the polish of the mahogany sailboat boards beneath my feet, savor the contrast of the berry tart and black coffee in the cafe.

A sapphic love story for Gen X

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The time jumps made it very difficult to keep track of what was going on in addition to a ton of characters to keep track of it was unpleasant. Abbey Craden did a wonderful job and is probably the only reason I finished it. The story itself was great. I just didn’t like the way it was presented so I only docked one star.

Non-linear narrative

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I really enjoyed the depth of the storyline and characters. The story highlights a topic that is not often talked about. I appreciate the author reflecting on the history of the fight. I also really liked that it wasn’t your typical love story.

Depth

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