Laddie

Written by Gene Stratton-Porter

Narrated by Laurie Klein

LADDIE, is a captivating, good-humored look at family life in the early 1900’s in a small farming community in Indiana. The story is told in the first person narrative by the youngest in a family of twelve children, known only as “Little Sister”. Through her eyes the listener experiences the lives, loves, and tribulations of her family. But it is Laddie, her eighteen-year-old brother, whom she is the most proud. Life becomes complicated when Laddie falls in love with a British girl. A clash of cultures and values has both Laddie’s parents, and those of his sweethearts at odds, forcing the young couple to find a way to make their budding romance work.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Books in Motion
• Release date: Mar 15, 2004
• ISBN: 9781596070288

Gene Stratton-Porter

Gene Stratton-Porter (1863-1924) was an American author, photographer, and naturalist. Born in Indiana, she was raised in a family of eleven children. In 1874, she moved with her parents to Wabash, Indiana, where her mother would die in 1875. When she wasn’t studying literature, music, and art at school and with tutors, Stratton-Porter developed her interest in nature by spending much of her time outdoors. In 1885, after a year-long courtship, she became engaged to druggist Charles Dorwin Porter, with whom she would have a daughter. She soon grew tired of traditional family life, however, and dedicated herself to writing by 1895. At their cabin in Indiana, she conducted lengthy studies of the natural world, focusing on birds and ecology. She published her stories, essays, and photographs in Outing, Metropolitan, and Good Housekeeping before embarking on a career as a novelist. Freckles (1904) and A Girl of the Limberlost (1909) were both immediate bestsellers, entertaining countless readers with their stories of youth, romance, and survival. Much of her works, fiction and nonfiction, are set in Indiana’s Limberlost Swamp, a vital wetland connected to the Wabash River. As the twentieth century progressed, the swamp was drained and cultivated as farmland, making Stratton-Porter’s depictions a vital resource for remembering and celebrating the region. Over the past several decades, however, thousands of acres of the wetland have been restored, marking the return of countless species to the Limberlost, which for Stratton-Porter was always “a word with which to conjure; a spot wherein to revel.”

Reviews for Laddie

[Yvonne Hawkins Bent · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great narration and better the second time around. Glad I did it

[Donna Larson Christian · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

What a wonderful story. So VERY well read. I hated to have the story end. Thank you for all the work you have done to write this book.

[Victoire · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Best book I've listened to. Thanks for writing this book

[don milne · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Such a powerful inspiring story of family and the power of faith

[Natasha · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The best reader I've ever heard!!! And such a fabulous story!

[Lynn Gatlin · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Loved this book when I was 8, loved it again at 67