Ordinary Hazards, Anna Bruno
Ordinary Hazards, Anna Bruno
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Ordinary Hazards

Author: Anna Bruno

Narrator: Amanda Dolan

Unabridged: 9 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/18/2020


Synopsis

For fans of Celeste Ng and Mary Beth Keane comes an impeccably paced and transfixing debut novel that “vividly renders the messiness of a single human life in all its joy and heartbreak” (Claire Lombardo, New York Times bestselling author).

It’s 5 p.m. on a Wednesday when Emma settles into her hometown bar with a motley crew of locals, all unaware that a series of decisions over the course of a single night is about to change their lives forever. As the evening unfolds, key details about Emma’s history emerge, and the past comes bearing down on her like a freight train.

Why has Emma, a powerhouse in the business world, ended up here? What is she running away from? And what is she willing to give up to recapture the love she once cherished?

A “crisp, haunting, and intelligent” (Stephen Markley, author of Ohio) exploration of modern love, guilt, and the place we call home, Ordinary Hazards follows one woman’s epic journey back to a life worth living.

About Anna Bruno

Anna Bruno is a writer and teacher at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business. Previously, Anna managed public relations and marketing for technology and financial services companies in Silicon Valley. She holds an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, an MBA from Cornell University, and a BA from Stanford University. She lives in Iowa City with her husband, two sons, and blue heeler. Ordinary Hazards is her first novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on July 31, 2020

This is intense, heartbreaking, emotional but also realistic story about grief, long time friendships, broken families, life choices people made, a person’s ambitions, regrets and resentments. And the remarkable thing about the story-telling: all of the characters are so real, make you feel like the......more

Goodreads review by Angela M on August 20, 2020

I did not at first connect with Emma, the narrator of this debut novel, but yet, I can’t give this any less than 5 stars. The story unfolds in one night, as she sits in a local bar drinking with the regulars. She’s sad, depressed really, and her grief and guilt over a yet untold loss is palatable. T......more

Goodreads review by JanB on September 10, 2020

4.5 stars Taking place over the course of a single night, Emma is at the neighborhood bar, The Final Final, where she spends most nights with the locals. All except one: her ex-husband Lucas. It’s a small town, yet they have managed to avoid each other since their divorce was finalized over a year ag......more