Another Kind of Madness, Ed Pavlic
Another Kind of Madness, Ed Pavlic
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Another Kind of Madness
A Novel

Author: Ed Pavlic

Narrator: Ron Butler

Unabridged: 14 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/26/2019


Synopsis

Ndiya Grayson returns to her childhood home of Chicago as a young professional, but even her high-end job in a law office can't protect her from half-repressed memories of childhood trauma. One evening, vulnerable and emotionally disarrayed, she goes out and meets her equal and opposite:

Shame Luther, a no-nonsense construction worker by day and a self-taught piano player by night. The love story that ensues propels them on an unforgettable journey from Chicago's South Side to the coast of Kenya as they navigate the turbulence of long-buried pasts and an uncertain future.

A stirring novel tuned to the clash between soul music's vision of our essential responsibility to each other and a world that breaks us down and tears us apart, Another Kind of Madness is an indelible tale of human connection.

About Ed Pavlic

Ed Pavlić is the author of eight collections of poems, including Visiting Hours at the Coloring Line and Let's Let That Are Not Yet: Inferno, both of which were winners of the National Poetry Series. He has published essays, poems, fiction, and dramatic pieces with dozens of outlets.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Craig on May 27, 2019

Strange, lyrical, powerful, elusive. Another Kind of Madness revolves around the connection between Shame Luther--pianist, laborer, street intellectual--and Ndaiya Grayson, Chicagoan returned to her native city years after a traumatic event that shadows the novel. Both Shame and Ndiya live in the de......more

Goodreads review by Jill on October 06, 2019

Found it hard to follow the story as it was not in chronological order and the gaps in the story were hard to fill.......more