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Kate’s 2¢: “Everyone Here Is Lying” by Shari Lapena
“Everyone Here Is Lying” by Shari Lapena
January LaVoy did a good job of reading this remarkable story. I suspect many of us know of children like Avery.
A few take-aways:
–Noone ever tells you how complicated it is being a parent. How much energy is sucked out of you. The toll it takes on a marriage.
–Even if you’ve done everything to keep them safe, it’s never enough. Kids turn out the way they’re going to turn out despite their parent’s best efforts and intentions.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shari Lapena (born 1960) is a Canadian novelist.[1] She is best known for her 2016 thriller novel The Couple Next Door, which was a bestseller both in Canada and internationally.[2]
Lapena, a lawyer and English teacher before beginning her writing career,[3] published her debut novel Things Go Flying in 2008. That novel was a shortlisted Sunburst Award finalist in 2009.[4] Her second novel, Happiness Economics, was a shortlisted Stephen Leacock Award finalist in 2012.[5]
Her fourth novel, A Stranger in the House, was published in 2017.[1]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Everyone here is lying: a novel DB115978
Lapena, Shari. Reading time: 9 hours, 31 minutes.
Read by January LaVoy.
Suspense Fiction
Mystery and Detective Stories
Psychological Fiction
“Welcome to Stanhope. A safe neighborhood. A place for families. William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he’s been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-year-old daughter, Avery, unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper. Hours later, Avery’s family declares her missing. Suddenly Stanhope doesn’t feel so safe. And William isn’t the only one on his street who’s hiding a lie. As witnesses come forward with information that may or may not be true, Avery’s neighbors become increasingly unhinged. Who took Avery Wooler? Nothing will prepare you for the truth.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Enduring Love” by Ian McEwan
“Enduring Love” by Ian McEwan
I’d never heard of this particular mental illness. It is scary, that’s for sure. I enjoyed listening to James DeLotel reading this story.
A few take-aways:
–This is our mammalian conflict: What to give to the other and what to keep for ourself…keeping that in-check is what we call morality.
–Behind the games we play, lies a purpose that is neither your nor mine to question.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
www.ianmcewan.com
Ian Russell McEwan (born 21 June 1948) is a British novelist and screenwriter. In 2008, The Times featured him on its list of “The 50 greatest British writers since 1945” and The Daily Telegraph ranked him number 19 in its list of the “100 most powerful people in British culture”.[1]
McEwan began his career writing sparse, Gothic short stories. His first two novels, The Cement Garden (1978) and The Comfort of Strangers (1981), earned him the nickname “Ian Macabre”. These were followed by three novels of some success in the 1980s and early 1990s. His novel Enduring Love was adapted into a film of the same name. He won the Booker Prize with Amsterdam (1998). His next novel, Atonement, garnered acclaim and was adapted into an Oscar-winning film featuring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. His later novels have included The Children Act, Nutshell, and Machines Like Me. He was awarded the 1999 Shakespeare Prize, and the 2011 Jerusalem Prize.
Early life[edit]
McEwan was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, on 21 June 1948, the son of David McEwan and Rose Lilian Violet (née Moore).[2] His father was a working-class Scotsman who had worked his way up through the army to the rank of major.[3]
McEwan spent much of his childhood in East Asia (including Singapore), Germany, and North Africa (including Libya), where his father was posted. His family returned to England when he was 12 years old. He was educated at Woolverstone Hall School in Suffolk; the University of Sussex, where he received a degree in English literature in 1970; and the University of East Anglia, where he undertook a master’s degree in literature (with the option to submit creative writing instead of a critical dissertation).[4]
From NLS/BARD/LOC”
Enduring love: a novel DB45887
McEwan, Ian. Reading time: 8 hours, 43 minutes.
Read by James DeLotel.
Bestsellers
Psychological Fiction
Several men try to rescue a small boy in an escaping helium-filled balloon. The boy lands safely, but the aftermath of the event, in which one man dies, will haunt Joe Rose the rest of his life. For fellow rescuer Jed Parry makes eye contact with Joe and immediately becomes obsessed with love for him, leading Jed to haunt Joe night and day. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller.
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