Range of Motion

Name: Range of Motion
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Elizabeth Berg
ISBN: 9781480501386

Author: Elizabeth Berg

Narrator: Tanya Eby

Unabridged: 5 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 10/01/2013

Categories: Fiction, Women

Synopsis

“A simple but intensely moving story about the redemptive power of love…. [Elizabeth Berg is] a writer whose luminous prose is likely to stay with you a long, long time.” —Chicago TribuneIn this exquisite, emotionally rich novel, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg offers a deeply satisfying story about the bonds of love and the balm of friendship. A young man named Jay lies in a coma after suffering a freak accident, and his wife, Lainey, is the only one who believes he will recover. She sits at his bedside, bringing him reminders of the ordinary life they shared: fragrant flowers, his children’s drawings, his own softly textured shirt. When Lainey’s faith in his recovery falters, she is sustained by two women, Alice and Evie, who teach her about the endurance of friendship—and the genuine power of hope. Filled with beautiful writing and truths about life, Range of Motion is hard to put down and impossible to forget.“A stunning, believable, funny novel that celebrates the unassuming invincibility of the human spirit.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune“A luminous, bittersweet, almost mystical meditation on the unexpected, often hidden, joys found in the least likely of places.” —San Francisco Chronicle“The terrifically talented Berg at her best.” —People

About Elizabeth Berg

Elizabeth Berg is the New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including The Year of Pleasures, The Art of Mending, Say When, True to Form, Never Change, and Open House, which was an Oprah’s Book Club selection in 2000. Durable Goods and Joy School were selected as ALA Best Books of the Year, and Talk Before Sleep was short-listed for the ABBY award in 1996. The winner of the 1997 New England Booksellers Award for her body of work, Berg is also the author of a nonfiction work, Escaping Into the Open: The Art of Writing True. She lives in Chicago.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tanya on May 25, 2013

I'm so lucky that I get to narrate. I've always loved acting and writing, and this is the best of both worlds. And every once in a while, I get a chance to narrate a book that resonates in me, like a plucked string. This is one of those books. When I was sixteen, I tried to read "As I Lay Dying" by......more

Goodreads review by Carole on December 17, 2017

This is a book about hope. I love Elizabeth Berg. It's like she climbs into people's homes and captures a slice of their life. She is able to write in such a way that you know these people and they remain in your life long after you close the book. Range of Motion is a book about hope. In a freak ac......more

Goodreads review by Antof9 on February 17, 2011

I loved this book! It was just beautiful. I cried so hard, almost from the beginning, but oh, what a lovely love story this was. It's really interesting to think about how a huge accident or death affects everything, and our lives are divided by before the Event and after the event. I know I feel th......more

Goodreads review by Chana on April 27, 2015

I very rarely "cheat" by looking ahead in a book, but I did with this one. I was only about an eighth through the story when I realized that the writing was too powerful and I was in the grip of a terrible grief. I needed to know what happened. Once I knew then I could adjust my reality to match the......more

Goodreads review by Cathryn on November 30, 2024

For me, Elizabeth Berg's novels are typically literary comfort food. Not this one! While it's a good, tender story, it is shrouded in sadness—a deep, abiding kind of melancholy and desolation that just hangs over the novel and the reader. Read with caution depending on your mood! Elaine Berman, known......more