Juliette, Rising, Fabienne Marsh
Juliette, Rising, Fabienne Marsh
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Juliette, Rising

Author: Fabienne Marsh

Narrator: Hope Newhouse

Unabridged: 6 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Windtree Press

Published: 01/18/2021


Synopsis

Juliette, a New Yorker transplanted to Portland, Oregon for a teaching job, journeys through single parenthood, orphanhood, widowhood, new love, neurotic parents, beloved students, and a life-altering bereavement group. Along the way, Juliette blends her acerbic wit with an admirable willingness to sit in her sadness and we gain entrance to what the other side of grief looks like. Set over the course of several months, and alternating between Juliette’s narration, a plot filled with surprises, and letters written to her deceased loved ones, Fabienne Marsh rips open Juliette’s heart so we readers might feel less alone. There might not be a cure for sorrow, but there is a salve, and it’s JULIETTE, RISING.Fabienne Marsh is the author of Single, White Caveman and the critically-acclaimed bestselling novels, The Moralist of the Alphabet Streets and Long Distances. Her non-fiction writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, The Economist, the International Herald Tribune and Poetry Review (London). She has taught writing at Johns Hopkins University, Loyola Maryland, the University of Minnesota, the Chadwick School in California, and spent several years with ABC working on their feature documentaries.

Reviews

2.5 stars? Rounding up for some reasonable insight into grief. Otherwise a bit trite and predictable and just not that well done. This book was a little confusing.......more

Goodreads review by Shirlee

If you are looking for a captivating book to kick off the new year, Juliette, Rising is a perfect choice. Not only is it beautifully written, but it tells a beautiful story as well, page after page. It is filled with humor, grief, joy and sadness as Juliette explores a new life after the death of he......more

Goodreads review by Maggie

First, I have to admit I don't read many literary novels--even ones with a lot of awards--because I'm usually disappointed in the naval-gazing of obviously upper-class characters with a life that is far too easy. However, Juliette, Rising is completely different from that type of novel. Juliette is a......more

Goodreads review by Mary

It's strange to call a book about such dark and troubling events charming--but that's exactly what this is. I admired the author's skillful use of different forms (poems, journal entries, straight narration and more) and her light touch and humor. As I told her, I did have some quibbles. Coming from......more

Goodreads review by Lisa

2 1/2 stars. I'm not sure where I heard about this book - another author? a magazine article? Juliette moves from NY to Portland, Oregon to take a teaching job, and this story takes place over several months. It alternates between descriptions of what's happening at the moment and letters to her de......more