The Coast of Akron, Adrienne Miller
The Coast of Akron, Adrienne Miller
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The Coast of Akron
A Novel

Author: Adrienne Miller

Narrator: Carol Monda, Norm Lee, Jennifer Ikeda

Unabridged: 19 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/09/2008

Synopsis

Adrienne Miller has been hailed as "one of the wittiest and most humane writers we have" by critically acclaimed author Dave Eggers. She makes a splash with this ambitious debut novel, a humorous tale of a dysfunctional family of eccentrics. It has been five years since famed artist Lowell Haven painted one of his gloriously narcissistic selfportraits. The estrangement of his daughter Merit is the main reason why. Now Lowell's partner Fergus hopes to lure Merit home by throwing an extravagant gala at the family's 65-room estate in Ohio.

About Adrienne Miller

Adrienne Miller was the literary and fiction editor of Esquire from 1997-2006. She is the author of the novel The Coast of Akron (FSG), and has taught writing at the University of Pennsylvania, Haverford College, and Bryn Mawr. She lives in New York City with her husband, son, and Italian Greyhound.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel

I added this book because I read it probably 5 years ago and still think about it regularly. I have read a lot of mixed reviews of this book, and I just don't see how anyone could fail to love it. The characters and images from Adrienne Miller's debut novel have never left me. I remember entire pass......more

Goodreads review by Jennie

Good thing I listened to this book on audio or I'm not sure I would have finished reading it. The 1st hour was extremely boring. The book was extremely long and the ending was confusing. Glad it's over!......more

Goodreads review by Melissa

I had a hard time finishing this. There were parts that I really liked but it was too long and the plot ultimately went nowhere.......more

Goodreads review by Laura

\this is what I'm reading now. So far it's tedious and precious, but I keep hoping--it's for book club, And now it's finished. The last 150 pages give a pretty fair comic pay-off, but she could have used a good editor (where are all the great ones at FS& these days?) to cut about 150 to 200 pages. Th......more

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