6 unabridged cds (7.5 hrs.)
rating: interesting story, holds attention, depressing and clever
272 pgs.
2007 Hachette Audio
Alice Hoffman's 19th novel
Setting: Contemporary small-town Connecticut with bits of NYC
OSS: Arlyn (Arly) Singer, at 17, enters a more-or-less loveless marriage with John Moody thinking he's her destiny.....dying a few short years later after both partners have dabbled in infidelity, leaving a disturbed son, Sam, and baby daughter, Blanca.
The story begins with Arly, switching to Blanca and then to the governess that raises Sam, Blana, and John & his new wife's child. Secrets are uncovered, ghosts are watched, lives unfold through the years. It's sad, filled with heartache, and pretty much a downer to listen to, although I was quite mesmerized (beautiful reading by Mare Winningham) by the writing.
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