Exposure, Ava Dellaira
Exposure, Ava Dellaira
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Exposure
A Novel

Author: Ava Dellaira

Narrator: Erin Ruth Walker

Unabridged: 13 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/10/2024


Synopsis

“I will be thinking about this book for a long time.”
—Sally Hepworth, author of Darling Girls

The shocking, unforgettable novel that Junot Díaz called “searingly brilliant.”

GRIEF IS LIKE THIS . . .

Falling in love with your best friend, only to lose her to a mysterious death.

Working for decades to achieve a dream, and just when it’s within reach, watching it threaten to go up in flames.

Rushing home to the city you fled years ago to witness your father’s last breaths.

Spending the first sleepless months in the throes of new motherhood alone, as your husband struggles to save his career.

Befriending the woman who should be your enemy, because you are that lonely . . .

Annie, Jesse, Noah, and Juliette are tied together by their experiences of grief; they are separated by their own versions of the truth of what happened on a single night twelve years ago, when Juliette, a college freshman grieving her mother, and Noah, a high school senior fighting for a place in a world that told him he didn’t matter, found each other. Spanning decades, this complex, captivating story pulls back the curtains of cancel culture to explore ambition, empathy, art, desire, consent, motherhood, and what it really means to lose everything.

About Ava Dellaira

Ava Dellaira is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she was a Truman Capote Fellow. She grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and received her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago. She believes this book began when she bought her second album ever—Nirvana’s In Utero—which she listened to on repeat while filling the pages of her journal. She currently lives in Santa Monica, California, where she works in the film industry and is writing her second novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jillian on November 05, 2024

Juliette and Noah meet in their late teens. They bond over their love of writing and their deep grief over the deaths of their mothers. After one drunken date, Noah never sees Juliette again. He thinks he’s been ghosted. He won’t learn until much later that she died. Fast forward about a decade, and......more

Goodreads review by Zibby on September 11, 2024

This is a powerful and provocative about the protagonists, Noah, a Black high school senior, and Juliette, a white college freshman, who go home together after a night of drinking. The two meet; they're lonely souls, they form a connection, and after a night of drinking, they go home together. The s......more

Goodreads review by Nursebookie on September 12, 2024

TITLE: EXPOSURE AUTHOR: AVA DELLAIRA NARRATOR: Erin Ruth Walker LENGTH: 13h 11m PUB DATE: 09.10.2024 I just started reading this fabulous book and alternating listening to this incredible audio book thanks to @librofm and I cannot tell you how hooked I am. For the last few days, I have done nothing b......more

Goodreads review by Linda on September 14, 2024

I did not like this book. Nothing about it was good in my opinion. It was slow. Did not hold my attention. It did not make me feel any emotion except boredom. This doesn’t happen to me often but this time it did. I read some very good reviews of others who lived the story. I just didn’t. I never con......more

Goodreads review by Salty on September 20, 2024

Ava Dellaira's Exposure is a multi-dimensional story that focuses on race, love, friendship and a terrible event that shapes all characters lives. Through a timeline of three decades, the story moves from a couple of best high school friends (Juliette and Annie) who later become lovers to Noah and J......more