03798cam a2200517 4500 236718421 TxAuBib 20140807120000.0 080307s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781415946183 sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book 1415946183 sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book 8e8f1659-ad4c-4e40-9eea-0644212a10ab OverDrive (Reserve ID) 146531 OverDrive (Product ID) (OCoLC)213071231 TEFOD eng TEFOD OCLCQ JIC TxAuBib Schwartz, John Burnham. The commoner [Bridges Audiobook] : a novel / John Burnham Schwartz. New York : Books on Tape, 2008. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 248MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 248MB. Title from: Title details screen. Downloadable audio file. Duration: 9:01:15. Unabridged. Read by Janet Song. It is 1959 when Haruko, a young woman of good family, marries the Crown Prince of Japan, the heir to the Chrysanthemum Throne. She is the first nonaristocratic woman to enter the mysterious, almost hermetically sealed, and longest-running monarchy in the world. Met with cruelty and suspicion by the Empress and her minions, Haruko is controlled at every turn. The only interest the court has in Haruko is her ability to produce an heir. After finally giving birth to a son, she suffers a nervous breakdown and loses her voice. However, determined not to be crushed by the imperial bureaucrats, Haruko perseveres. Thirty years later, now Empress herself, she plays a crucial role in persuading another young woman--a rising star in the foreign ministry--to accept the marriage proposal of her son, the Crown Prince. The consequences are tragic and dramatic. Told from Haruko's perspective, meticulously researched, and superbly imagined, The commoner is the mesmerizing, moving, and surprising story of a brutally rarefied and controlled existence at once hidden and exposed, and of a complex relationship between two isolated women who, despite being visible to all, are truly understood only by each other.". Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 129637 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-03-03 20:00:02. Imported from MARC file. Nobility Japan Fiction. Women Japan Fiction. Japan History 1945- Fiction. Historical fiction. Audiobooks. Song, Janet. Books on Tape, Inc. http://bridges.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=8E8F1659-AD4C-4E40-9EEA-0644212A10AB http://excerpts.contentreserve.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/146531-TheCommoner.wma Excerpt https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/146531-TheCommoner.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/146531-TheCommoner.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=8E8F1659-AD4C-4E40-9EEA-0644212A10AB&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/146531-TheCommoner.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/146531-TheCommoner.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=8E8F1659-AD4C-4E40-9EEA-0644212A10AB&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)