Try now

Listen and read

Step into an infinite world of stories

  • Read and listen as much as you want
  • Over 950 000 titles
  • Exclusive titles + Storytel Originals
  • Easy to cancel anytime
Try now
image.devices-Singapore 2x
Try now

Barn Blind

Try now
7 Ratings

3.1

Duration
7H 37min
Language
English
Format
Category

Fiction

Best-selling author and Pulitzer-Prize winner Jane Smiley crafts compelling novels filled with quiet strength and emotion. In Barn Blind she portrays a middle-aged woman so galvanized with success that she drives a wedge between herself and those who love her most. Kate Karlson's only focus in life is her Midwestern horse farm. Ignoring her husband, she spends long days giving riding lessons and training horses. To showcase her teaching ability, she enters her three sons and daughter in all the equestrian shows. But when her family dares to thwart her interests, the results bring tragedy and devastation. In this spellbinding tale of love, work, and duty, Jane Smiley examines the excesses we sometimes commit in the name of ambition. Narrator Suzanne Toren's dramatic performance highlights the daily rigors and joys of the equestrian life.

© 2008 Recorded Books (Audiobook): 9781436100595

Release date

Audiobook: 2 May 2008

Others also enjoyed ...

  1. Moo Jane Smiley
  2. A Week in December Sebastian Faulks
  3. All the Little Live Things Wallace Stegner
  4. Engleby Sebastian Faulks
  5. Between Tides Angel Khoury
  6. The Book of Ruth Jane Hamilton
  7. America Was Hard to Find: A Novel Kathleen Alcott
  8. Alentejo Blue Monica Ali
  9. The Uses of Enchantment: A Novel Heidi Julavits
  10. Recapitulation Wallace Stegner
  11. Le Divorce Diane Johnson
  12. Night at the Fiestas Kirstin Valdez Quade
  13. With Shuddering Fall: A Novel Joyce Carol Oates
  14. A Tall History of Sugar: A Novel Curdella Forbes
  15. Duplicate Keys Jane Smiley
  16. Parrot and Olivier in America Peter Carey
  17. A Blessing on the Moon Joseph Skibell
  18. Five Short Stories by Women Joyce Carol Oates
  19. The Old Maid Edith Wharton
  20. The Orphaned Swimming Pool: A Selection from the John Updike Audio Collection John Updike
  21. A Curable Romantic Joseph Skibell
  22. Mourning Ruby Helen Dunmore
  23. The Forgetting Tree Tatjana Soli
  24. Border Songs Jim Lynch
  25. The Spectator Bird Wallace Stegner
  26. Good Faith Jane Smiley
  27. Goldengrove: A Novel Francine Prose
  28. Season of Crimson Blossoms Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
  29. Heathcliff Redux: A Novella and Stories Lily Tuck
  30. Prairie Ostrich Tamai Kobayashi
  31. Rabbit Foot Bill Helen Humphreys
  32. Will You Always Love Me? Joyce Carol Oates
  33. Cygnet: A Novel Season Butler
  34. Dance of the Jakaranda Peter Kimani
  35. The Innocents Michael Crummey
  36. My Revolutions Hari Kunzru
  37. Gone So Long Andre Dubus, III
  38. The War In The Air H. G. Wells
  39. The Lost Girl D. H. Lawrence
  40. Ace in the Hole: A Selection from the John Updike Audio Collection John Updike
  41. My Ántonia Willa Cather
  42. The Lifted Veil George Eliot
  43. The Lifted Veil George Eliot
  44. The Female of the Species Lionel Shriver
  45. The Painter's Friend Howard Cunnell

Start with these

View all titles
  1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone J.K. Rowling
    4.7
  2. Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros
    4.6
  3. The Tenant Freida McFadden
    3.9
  4. A Court of Thorns and Roses (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 1 Sarah J. Maas
    4.3
  5. From Blood and Ash (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Blood and Ash 1 Jennifer L. Armentrout
    4.3
  6. HOW TO WIN FRIENDS & INFLUENCE PEOPLE Dale Carnegie
    4.3
  7. 弟弟不要怕 小邝
    5
  8. From Blood and Ash (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: Blood and Ash 1 Jennifer L. Armentrout
    4.4
  9. The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
    4.7
  10. Eat That Frog! Third Edition: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time Brian Tracy
    4.4
  11. Summary of Atomic Habits by James Clear Best Self Audio
    4.3
  12. My Weird School Special: I’m a Poet and I Know It! Dan Gutman
    4.9
  13. Hate Mail Donna Marchetti
    4.2
  14. The Doll's House: A BRAND NEW gripping psychological thriller from Natasha Boydell for 2025 Natasha Boydell
    3.9
  15. Quicksilver: The Fae & Alchemy Series, Book 1 Callie Hart
    4.4

Features:

  • Over 950 000 titles

  • Kids Mode (child safe environment)

  • Download books for offline access

  • Cancel anytime

Most popular

Unlimited

For those who want to listen and read without limits.

S$12.98 /month
3 days for free

  • 1 account

  • Unlimited Access

  • Unlimited listening

  • Cancel anytime

Try now

Unlimited Bi-yearly

For those who want to listen and read without limits.

S$69 /6 months
14 days for free
Save 11%

  • 1 account

  • Unlimited Access

  • Unlimited listening

  • Cancel anytime

Try now

Unlimited Yearly

For those who want to listen and read without limits.

S$119 /year
14 days for free
Save 24%

  • 1 account

  • Unlimited Access

  • Unlimited listening

  • Cancel anytime

Try now

Family

For those who want to share stories with family and friends.

From S$14.90/month

  • 2-3 accounts

  • Unlimited Access

  • Unlimited listening

  • Cancel anytime

2 accounts

S$14.90 /month
Try now
Company
Explore
Useful links
Language and region

  • English

  • Singapore

  • App Store
  • Google Play
Follow us