Nadya

The Wolf Chronicles

By: Pat Murphy

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

The daughter of Polish immigrants growing up in the 1830s on the Missouri frontier, Nadya knew she was not like other girls. But when she became a woman and the Change came, she discovered just how different she was. For Nadya was a shape changer, a werewolf like her Polish immigrant mother and father before her.

After coming through a great personal tragedy brought about by her trusting nature and burgeoning sexuality, Nadya heads west to California, seeking a place to be wild and free. Nadya befriends the more cultured Elizabeth and the prepubescent Jenny, and together, the three young women fight their way across the vast American frontier. En route, they encounter rattlesnakes, Indians, the remains of the cannibalistic Donner party, and Elizabeth's repressed sexuality, which leads to an affair between her and Nadya.

©1996 Pat Murphy (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

“With its strong heroines and passionate storyline filled with romance, adventure and dangers both physical and moral, this novel will appeal to a wide array of readers….” ( Publishers Weekly)

“…Based on thorough research, featuring convincing characterizations, and sparked by a page-turning pace (despite the fact it is so richly detailed that you want to slow down now and then), this is a comprehensively excellent yarn.” ( Booklist)

Nadya Review

I enjoyed this book but be forewarned it is not for young adults or others offended by lesbian or mature scenes. (There are not very many). The pace is slower and I enjoyed the narrator. It was an interesting approach to the werewolf legends. I will read more of Pat Murphy's works.