Night Swim

Name: Night Swim
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Jessica Keener
ISBN: 9781464045158

Author: Jessica Keener

Narrator: Rachel Botchan

Unabridged: 7 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/27/2012

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Night Swim, the gripping debut novel from Jessica Keener, was heralded as the "arrival of a strong, distinct and fully evolved new voice" by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan. In 1970s Boston, the glossy veneer of 16-year-old Sarah Kunitz's wealthy family is starting to show cracks. Her parents' constant fighting and her mother's prescription pill abuse drive Sarah into two romantic relationships with unforeseen consequences. With grief fresh in her heart, Sarah wonders if she or her family will ever love again.

About Jessica Keener

Jessica Keener is the author of the nationally bestselling novel Night Swim and a collection of award-winning short stories, Women in Bed. Her work has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, Redbook, the Boston Globe, Agni, and other publications, and she has taught English literature and writing at Brown University, Boston University, the University of Miami, and GrubStreet. She lives in the Boston area. Learn more at www.jessicakeener.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lydia

Original review posted here This book surprised the heck out of me. I don’t know what I loved more – Jessica Keener’s descriptions of the world contained within the book, or her ability to really capture the voice of each and every individual character. When I picked up Night Swim and started to read......more

Goodreads review by Leora

This is a deeply moving novel about a family falling slowly into a tragic paralysis together. Wrought with a clear narrative eye, in neither melodramatic nor false tones, it confronts the questions essential to all families, when and how does instability take hold,and become visible and what far-rea......more