The Drowning Season

by Alice Hoffman Narrated by Bernadette Dunne

Overview

The matriarch of a Long Island clan with a stubbornly suicidal son and a defiant, restless granddaughter, Esther has hired a Russian landscaper to watch over the family as well as the grounds of their secluded waterfront estate. But he has been watching Esther, too. And his love for her is growing wild enough to uproot them all.

The author of Here on Earth and The River King presents a "stunning and hypnotic" novel that "interweaves past and present with piercing images and unfailing energy" (Publishers Weekly).

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Praise for The Drowning Season

“A triumph.”—Los Angeles Times

“Absolutely magical...one of the best books I have ever read.”—Chicago Sun-Times

“A superb novel.”—John Irving

“A touching and startling novel.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Awesome and funny...Hoffman is operating in Kafka's realm, in the territory of I. B. Singer, and of Tolstoy's folk tales...[S]he has tapped some timeless quality of human experience.”—Newsday

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169604917
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	09/15/2014
Edition description:	Unabridged

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