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From Dust, a Flame audiobook

  • By: Rebecca Podos
  • Narrator: Hope Newhouse
  • Length: 11 hours 7 minutes
  • Publisher: Balzer + Bray
  • Publish date: March 08, 2022
  • Language: English
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From Dust, a Flame Audiobook Summary

Rebecca Podos, Lambda Award-winning author of Like Water, returns with a contemporary Jewish fantasy of enduring love, unfathomable loss, and the power of stories to hold us together when it seems that nothing else can.

Hannah’s whole life has been spent in motion. Her mother has kept her and her brother, Gabe, on the road for as long as she can remember, leaving a trail of rental homes and faded relationships behind them. No roots, no family but one another, and no explanations.

All that changes on Hannah’s seventeenth birthday when she wakes up transformed, a pair of golden eyes with knife-slit pupils blinking back at her from the mirror–the first of many such impossible mutations. Promising that she knows someone who can help, her mother leaves Hannah and Gabe behind to find a cure. But as the days turn to weeks and their mother doesn’t return, they realize it’s up to them to find the truth.

What they discover is a family they never knew and a history more tragic and fantastical than Hannah could have dreamed–one that stretches back to her grandmother’s childhood in Prague under the Nazi occupation, and beyond, into the realm of Jewish mysticism and legend. As the past comes crashing into the present, Hannah must hurry to unearth their family’s secrets in order to break the curse and save the people she loves most, as well as herself.

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From Dust, a Flame Audiobook Narrator

Hope Newhouse is the narrator of From Dust, a Flame audiobook that was written by Rebecca Podos

Rebecca Podos is the Lambda Literary Award-winning author of YA novels, including The Mystery of Hollow Places, Like Water, and The Wise and the Wicked, and co-editor of the YA anthology Fools in Love. Find her online at www.rebeccapodos.com.

About the Author(s) of From Dust, a Flame

Rebecca Podos is the author of From Dust, a Flame

From Dust, a Flame Full Details

Narrator Hope Newhouse
Length 11 hours 7 minutes
Author Rebecca Podos
Publisher Balzer + Bray
Release date March 08, 2022
ISBN 9780063220737

Additional info

The publisher of the From Dust, a Flame is Balzer + Bray. The imprint is Balzer + Bray. It is supplied by Balzer + Bray. The ISBN-13 is 9780063220737.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Vee_Bookish

April 23, 2022

Despite the quite frankly terrible cover, this love letter to the weight of Jewish history was so much better than I anticipated. Although Hannah wakes up with different coloured eyes, then spines, then a tail, the story was less about that and more about her and her brother Gabe finding their family and discovering their mother's secrets. This was such a comforting story.

Chloe

July 07, 2021

*Spoiler free, 4.5 stars*I'm not sure what drew me to this book. It might have been the title, it might have been the cover, both of which are amazing. And it sounded really, really good. A girl who has spent her entire life moving wakes up one day to find herself with eyes with knife slit pupils, and through this, discovers a history she didn't even know she had. It sounded really, really good, and I was very intrigued.This book is so, so good. There are so many wows about it.The writing is one of the things I loved most about it. It's hard to describe, but it's just GOOD. It feels comforting in way, and I know that's weird, but it's true. It took hurt and pain and so much emotion and wrapped it up in love.This is a book about stories, stories within stories within stories. It's a tale that travels through generations, three stories unfolding at once, and the pain that ripples across them, but also the love that is cemented into every action. The way that this book three generations, three people, and wove their stories together into one, highlighted their connection, was truly wonderful. The parallels and how it was crafted was truly top notch. Hannah is the main character, but the others still felt like fully fleshed out, real people. I felt like they got their own stories, even as they were being told within the overarching plot. And for me, that's a big thing! I'm usually not a fan of these types of interwoven plots. And this one was one of my favorite things about the book!The familial love was another thing I loved. It's not an easy familial love. There is so much deep rooted pain, and it's a lot to grapple with. The relationships aren't always steady, but that's part of the beauty of it. The messy, complicated relationships, and the messy, complicated feelings. And the love that runs underneath everything, because they truly do love each other. It's a book with that kind of love at it's heart, and the hard decisions that sometimes comes with it, but how they love is still there regardless.And the sibling relationship, oh my gosh. I love Gabe so much. He is amazing, and I want a Gabe book.This book is also super queer! There is a f/f relationship and I love it a whole lot! It discussed sexuality subtly, which I thought was amazing. It's not the biggest thing going on, but it's still there.This book is also extremely Jewish. It discusses faith, belief, and Jewish myths. Hannah grapples with her faith and the identity that she didn't even know she had. I can't comment on it other than it was there, but I did want to mention it because it's what this book is all about.

Hannah

February 05, 2023

So many things to love about this book. As a huge YA fantasy fan, to have a book with such beautiful Jewish representation is huge.

Meggan

September 20, 2022

I thought this was really interesting take on Jewish Folklore. I loved how it was told by different generations of women. Once you find out the story of Malka’s Grandmother, you can kind of predict how it was going to end. I still stayed up late reading it though.

Madison

November 17, 2021

From Dust, A Flame is Jewish-legend inspired paranormal, historical, mystery YA fiction genre-mash-up that is as entrancing as it is unique. A slow and confusing beginning had me questioning why I had picked this book up and checking the synopsis to make sure I had the right book. But by a quarter of the way in I was hooked. It’s a great book, strong characters, a strong sense of identity and unique. It’s also rooted in legends and mythology that is not often brought to the page - and it’s about time it was. When Hannah wakes up one morning to discover that her eyes have changed shape and colour, it’s just the beginning of a living nightmare. Every night she falls asleep and every morning she awakes with a new and strange physical transformation. Her mother promises answers, but when she leaves and is not heard from again, Hannah and her bother know they must find their own solution. They journey to their mother’s home to meet the family they had never even heard of before. There, they discover a tale from history that would be hard to believe if they had not seen the strange changes that are taking over Hannah’s body. If they can piece together the clues they might be able to save their family. From Dust, A Flame is a genre mash-up, part historical fiction, part mystery and part paranormal. Diverse characters, unique fantasy. There is a lot to enjoy about this book. Once I got my head around the plot and we got through the setting up of the story, it was compelling reading. Gender identity, belonging, family, mother-daughter relationships, history, trauma from the Holocaust - there are so many themes woven seamlessly into this story. You could easily have an entire story on just one and yet they all fit so well into this complex story and none of them detract, only add to, the mystery and magic of the plot. I particularly enjoyed Hannah’s relationship with her brother, who is her support. They make a great team. And when Ari joins them in their quest, she brings an insider’s knowledge to this world that Hannah and Gabe have stumbled into, as well as a love interest for Hannah. A perfect addition to any library shelf or TBR pile - just good luck trying to figure out what genre to put in under.The publishers provided an advanced readers copy of this book for reviewing purposes. All opinions are my own.Find more reviews, reading age guides, content advisory, and recommendations on my blog Madison's Library

Starr

January 03, 2022

I received an ARC from Edelweiss3.8Hannah's mother has never been the most forthright person- she moves them as often as she can, she never talks about her family, and there's not much anyone can do to change that. But she's never disappeared before. Though, Hannah's never woken up a monster before either. After Hannah's 17th birthday, her body starts transforming, and her mother runs off to find a mysterious healer. There's nothing for Hannah and her brother to do but wait- until an obituary for a grandmother they didn't even know about arrives in the mail. Could their mother be with this newfound family? And, if not, could there at least be answers there?This story plays with some classic YA tropes while also feeling very unique.I love the family dynamics in this story. Finding hidden/secret family isn't a new concept, but I love the way it's done here, particularly taking in the Jewish faith. I also really, really adored the sibling dynamic between Hannah and Gabe, which was cute and realistic.This book takes place at two different times, with an extra story weaving through the past as well, and it hits each other those settings with care and bring light to them. The historical moments feel so emotional and honest, and they carry over into both of the other stories as well, bringing understanding upon understanding like a matryoshka doll. There is a softness as well as a twistiness, keeping things falling together in a way that makes the picture slowly clearer.The romance in this was also surprisingly sweet. I loved the two different points of self exploration/discovery for Hannah, and the cute moments she's given in between the drama and mystery of it all.I will say, I expected more of the golem. I enjoyed them- and their neutral pronoun- and I can see the metaphorical importance, but I wanted more plot importance as well.I was also disappointed in the standard, flat Big Bad Guy feeling of the antagonist. I wanted more depth, and instead he wound up feeling cartoonish to me.Over all, this is a fun Jewish fantasy! The characters are great, and Podos nails the atmosphere.

Rachael

March 21, 2022

This was a little slow for me to get into, but I really got into it in the second half. The teen characters felt very realistic.

Bridget

February 09, 2022

This one is amazing. It hits all my favorite YA notes: family entanglement, mystery, history, Jewishness and a rich swirl of magic. A deeply felt story for fans of SPINNING SILVER.

Clara

December 03, 2021

I don't even know how to put into words how absolutely wonderful this was. I was absolutely sold on this book as soon as I heard "sapphic Jewish contemporary fantasy," and it lived up to all of my expectations and more. As a queer Jewish person, it means so much to me to see stories and characters at the intersection of those identities, and this book is both extremely Jewish and extremely queer. I absolutely loved the sibling relationship between Hannah and Gabe. This story is incredibly family-driven, and while it's various mother-daughter relationships that generally impact the plot the most, Gabe and Hannah were the absolute highlight for me.I read this as part of the Hanukkah readathon I'm hosting - it fits the intersectional, new-to-me author, and

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