AUGUST 2020 - AudioFile
Narrator Jane Oppenheimer affects an authentic L.A. vibe when voicing this audiobook’s many Hollywood elites. Maura Fielder’s internal whirlwind begins when she finds her husband viewing a decades-old video of himself sleeping with another woman. Determined to investigate the woman in the video, Maura descends into a Google-frenzied madness that the author crafts into a digital-age exploration of the timeless themes of betrayal, identity, and self-sabotage. Malden, a screenwriter, knows how to set a memorable scene. The majority of the novel, however, transpires inside Maura’s head, and Oppenheimer works the text for maximum psychological drama. Listeners can instantly relate to Oppenheimer’s raw portrayal of Maura as she experiences how much even virtual infidelity can hurt. J.T. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
From the Publisher
"Search Heartache is a gripping first-person story that does an outstanding job of probing the evolution of love, change, and choice. It reveals many mercurial points of view before coming full circle in an unexpected and satisfying way, and will delight fans of women's fiction and literature who will find in Maura a powerful character whose dilemmas are at once challenging and, in an ironic manner, fun. Whether Search Heartache is chosen as a beach read or a more thought-provoking work of literature, it's a tale that will linger in the mind long after its final revelations."
—Midwest Book Review
Praise for Carla Malden
“I've spent my professional life telling stories. AfterImage does exactly that and touches us where we live. It is compelling, moving, raw—with moments of surprising humor. I try to leave my audiences with meaningful and enduring images from my movies. That's exactly what Carla Malden achieves with her newest book.”
—Michael Douglas, actor The Kominsky Method and Romancing the Stone
“Carla Malden traces the awful journey of her young husband’s illness and death with such precision and care, expressing the emotion between the exhilaration of hope and the darkness of reality so powerfully, that her eloquence turns grief into poetry and enlightenment.”
—Blythe Danner, actress Will & Grace and Meet the Parents
“Carla Malden’s memoir about her husband and screenwriting partner Laurence Starkman is a haunting story of love and loss, and a demonstration of the courage required to put a broken life together again.”
—Susan Cooper, author of The Dark is Rising
“All I can say is WOW! I read for a living [and] never has one made me cry until I read this manuscript. Although this is a book that will tug at your heart, it is like the tug on a fishing line when you know you’ve got a big one. I can’t wait to share it with others. This is more than a book, it’s a blessing for anyone who reads it.”
—Barry Kibrick, producer and host, Between the Lines
"Emotionally raw from start to finish, the story . . . also celebrates a rare and profound love that transcended death. A brutally candid memoir of the ‘all-consuming and profoundly uncomplicated’ power of grief."
—Kirkus Reviews
