The Caged Bird Sings
James Channing Shaw
1940, in the Nazi-occupied city of Rouen, France: Despite Germany’s stranglehold on the French, Benjamin Cohen, an introverted but musically talented adolescent, alters the course of his life when he defies his father to study the fifty-five bell carillon in the Catholic cathedral. A coming-of-age epistolary novel, this story explores wartime dynamics between Catholic and Jewish, boy and girl, father and son, and two estranged brothers on their journeys through love, tragedy and war. Can Benjamin’s budding mastery of the carillon and his love affair with the troubled novitiate nun, Marie-Noëlle, give him le courage he needs to perform the one act that can save his people from Nazi arrest and earn back the respect from his father he craves? Or will it doom them all? Adventurous and unforgettable, filled with charm and unsettling alarm, this novel will leave its impact on readers of all ages.
Duration - 8h 28m.
Author - James Channing Shaw.
Narrator - Joey Shaw.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2021 James Channing Shaw ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
1940, in the Nazi-occupied city of Rouen, France: Despite Germany’s stranglehold on the French, Benjamin Cohen, an introverted but musically talented adolescent, alters the course of his life when he defies his father to study the fifty-five bell carillon in the Catholic cathedral. A coming-of-age epistolary novel, this story explores wartime dynamics between Catholic and Jewish, boy and girl, father and son, and two estranged brothers on their journeys through love, tragedy and war. Can Benjamin’s budding mastery of the carillon and his love affair with the troubled novitiate nun, Marie-Noëlle, give him le courage he needs to perform the one act that can save his people from Nazi arrest and earn back the respect from his father he craves? Or will it doom them all? Adventurous and unforgettable, filled with charm and unsettling alarm, this novel will leave its impact on readers of all ages. Duration - 8h 28m. Author - James Channing Shaw. Narrator - Joey Shaw. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2021 James Channing Shaw ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:14
Dedication
Duration:00:00:35
Prologue: To Flee or Die
Duration:00:05:33
Part I: Dear Diary, Chapter 1: Call of the Bells
Duration:00:27:39
Chapter 2: Proposal
Duration:00:05:49
Chapter 3: M. deTarot, Carillonneur
Duration:00:18:15
Chapter 4: Benjamin Simone
Duration:00:15:19
Chapter 5: Jacques-Milan
Duration:00:13:10
Chapter 6: Marie-Noelle
Duration:00:11:01
Chapter 7: King of his Castle
Duration:00:11:01
Part II: More Journal Entries, Chapter 8: Emile
Duration:00:11:03
Chapter 9: Emile, part 2
Duration:00:07:21
Chapter 10: Miriam
Duration:00:16:37
Chapter 11: Disappearance
Duration:00:08:13
Chapter 12: Resistance
Duration:00:10:57
Chapter 13: Resistance, part 2
Duration:00:14:22
Chapter 14: Doctor Decree
Duration:00:05:07
Chapter 15: M. deTarot's Diagnosis
Duration:00:10:47
Chapter 16: Monsieur's Journey
Duration:00:15:06
Chapter 17: A Leather Coat with a Title
Duration:00:13:34
Chapter 18: Shiva
Duration:00:18:26
Chapter 19: First Concert
Duration:00:12:52
Part III: Secret Sessions, Chapter 20: Resistance, part 3
Duration:00:19:42
Chapter 21: Emile visits Benjamin
Duration:00:12:37
Chapter 22: Do You Have Jewish Friends?
Duration:00:07:35
Chapter 23: Bombs Over Rouen
Duration:00:13:08
Chapter 24: Assault on Benjamin
Duration:00:18:17
Chapter 25: Safe House
Duration:00:08:11
Chapter 26: Resistance, part 4
Duration:00:14:01
Part IV: To Final Notes, Chapter 27: The Unraveling
Duration:00:23:05
Chapter 28: Love and Farewell
Duration:00:23:28
Chapter 29: Inspired
Duration:00:43:23
Chapter 30: Endings...and Beginnings
Duration:01:08:14
Afterword
Duration:00:02:55
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:42