The Unwitting

Name: The Unwitting
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Ellen Feldman
ISBN: 9781490618807

Author: Ellen Feldman

Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan

Unabridged: 9 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/06/2014

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Family Life, Political

Synopsis

Betrayal comes in many forms ...At the height of the Cold War, words are weapons and secrecy reigns. These are challenging times to be a writer and a wife, as Nell Benjamin knows only too well. One bright November day in 1963, the dazzling young president arrives in Texas and Nell receives a phonecall that overturns the world as she knows it. In the shocking aftermath, whilst America mourns, Nell must come to terms with both a tragedy and a betrayal that shatters every illusion of the man she thought she knew better than anyone else. Resonant, illuminating and utterly absorbing, The Unwitting is about the lies we tell, the secrets we keep and the power of both truth and love.

About Ellen Feldman

Ellen Feldman is the acclaimed author of Scottsboro, which was shortlisted for the prestigious Orange Prize, The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank, which was translated into nine languages, Next to Love, Terrible Virtue, The Unwitting and Lucy. A former Guggenheim Fellow in fiction, she has a BA and MA in modern history from Bryn Mawr College and after graduate studies at Columbia University, she worked for a New York publishing house, like Charlotte in Paris Never Leaves You. She has lectured around the US, Germany and the UK. She lives in New York and Amagansett with her husband and rescue terrier Charlie.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephanie

(Almost) spoiler-free summary: I had a really hard time summarizing this one on my own. Perhaps it is because it's impossible to talk about without revealing some spoilers - it is so simple on the surface. My original summary began something like this: Nell Benjamin is a forward-thinking writer strugg......more

Goodreads review by Cynthia

This book grew on me as I was reading. I found it a bit slow going at first, but that might have been because I had other things on my mind when I began. My original attraction to the book was the time period-mainly the 1950s and 60s, as well as its location-the publishing world of New York. It deli......more

Goodreads review by Julie

I got this book as an. ARC from net galley for a honest review. Loved this book an intents subject but this book I was unable to put down and keeper reading until it was finished. Not going to give the plot away all I will say is read it you will not be disappointed......more