Bayou: A Novel of the Deep Delta

Pamela Jekel

Sep 2023 · Pro Audio Voices · Narrated by Mary Sarah

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Bayou is Pamela Jekel’s masterpiece of the deep Southern delta country, hailed as “Best Historic Fiction” by Library Journal, a New York Times bestseller, and a Waldenbooks bestseller. From the Cajun swamp cabins to the great river plantations of the Mississippi and the glittering night spots of Jazz Age New Orleans, Bayou sweeps readers into the mysterious and fascinating Louisiana delta and into the hearts and lives of four indomitable women: Olivia, a headstrong Cajun beauty, Celisma, a fiercely loyal mulatto slave, Manon, the toast of New Orleans, and Zoe, a convent-bred Creole who seeks and finds her destiny on her own terms. Jekel brings the sultry delta alive with rich historical detail, a glittering mirage of Louisiana cockfights and duels, Mardi Gras, opulent plantations and sleazy “Big Easy” bordellos, jazz clubs and steamboats and voodoo queens in this lushly fertile Eden. Spanning a hundred and fifty years of a land under ten different flags. Bayou is cotton and the War of 1812, sugar cane and the Civil War, and moonshine and World War I. Bayou is four generations of cultural clashes in a violent and seductive world, at once exotic and uniquely American, a way of life that will never be seen again.

About the author

Pamela Jekel is a nationally-known novelist, well regarded for her historical sagas, four of which have been New York Times bestsellers. Her thirteen books were published in both hardcover and paperback, translated into sixteen foreign languages, and also published in Braille and Large Print Editions. Jekel grew up in California, inspired by her father, William Jekel, who was a successful Western watercolorist and muralist. Working at his feet as a child, she was encouraged by his belief that "Art is the only way to reinvent life according to our own specifications." Jekel received her formal training at UCLA, Old Dominion University, and the University of Virginia, obtained a Ph.D. in English, and has both written and painted all her life. Her works have received Best Historic Fiction awards by the National Booksellers Association and the Western Booksellers Association. Also an artist in oils and watercolors, her paintings can be seen at www.pamelajekel.com. Jekel has lived in many different locales and states, and she currently lives in Georgia. Voice Arts Award Nominee, Mary Sarah has garnered attention for her powerfully evocative, multi-character work which spans time and place.With a penchant for dialects and love of culture, Sarah has spanned the globe working with rich characters set across genres of the classics, historical fiction, medieval romance, poetry, fantasy, non-fiction and children's literature. Relz Reviewz states in reference to Tamara Leigh's 'The Unveiling," her mellifluous tones, superb voicing of emotions in dialogue and varied and accurate accents of both male and female make her a pure joy to listen to," while her narration of "A Lady in the Smoke," was cited as, "masterly!"Classically trained at The Riverside Shakespeare Academy and The Royal Shakespeare Company, Sarah loves to get to the heart of words in order to release their power and finds great comfort in the beauty of stories to transform and speak to us.! Sarah loves the power of story telling to awaken our hearts.Says author Claudy Conn (Lady X), "Her acting is simply sublime."

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