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Red Hook Road [electronic resource] / Ayelet Waldman.

Waldman, Ayelet, (author.). Farr, Kimberly, (reader.). hoopla digital. (Added Author). Read by Kimberly Farr. (Cast).

Summary:

As lyrical as a sonata, Ayelet Waldman's follow-up novel to Love and Other Impossible Pursuits explores the aftermath of a family tragedy. Set on the coast of Maine over the course of four summers, Red Hook Road tells the story of two families, the Tetherlys and the Copakens, and of the ways in which their lives are unraveled and stitched together by misfortune, by good intentions and failure, and by love and calamity. A marriage collapses under the strain of a daughter's death; two bereaved siblings find comfort in one another; and an adopted young girl breathes new life into her family with her prodigious talent for the violin. As she writes with obvious affection for these unforgettable characters, Ayelet Waldman skillfully interweaves life's finer pleasures-music and literature-with the more mundane joys of living. Within these resonant pages, a vase filled with wildflowers or a cold beer on a hot summer day serve as constant reminders that it's often the little things that make life so precious.

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Record details

  • ISBN: 9780307735423
  • ISBN: 0307735427
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (14hr., 22 min.)) : digital.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: [United States] : Books on Tape, 2010.
  • Distributor: Made available through hoopla

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:
Flex title available through hoopla.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Kimberly Farr.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject:
Families > Fiction.
Sagas > Fiction.
Women > Fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.