Acclaimed author Shelby Hearon is winner of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Literature Award and two Texas Institute of Letters fiction awards. Taking place during the 1960s' rebirth of feminism, The Second Dune is an insightful and emotional tale revealing one woman's search for independence. Narrator Carol Monda gracefully lends her voice to this honest exploration of the intimate realms of marriage and motherhood. Recorded Books also offers Ella in Bloom by Shelby Hearon.