outside swimming unabridged ballantine

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8 reviews
Joanna Hershon

Thorndike Press, 2003

A deftly recorded, technically flawless audiobook
The Outside Of August by Joanna Hershon is the story of Alice Green, a girl whose mother is rarely home and a workaholic father who keeps her at an emotional distance. Alice's brother is of little help in her struggle to come to terms with her absentee mother, the discovery of her family's dark secret, and her aspirations to make her family's fractured structure whole again. Kate Reading gives an ...

Swimming (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

33 reviews
Joanna Hershon

Ballantine Books, 2002

Not a classic "page turner", but emotionally moving
Perhaps I define "page turner" differently than other readers. I chose to read this book based on the glowing reviews, each of which referred to it in one way or another as a "page turner." I disagree, but I still found this book to be well worth reading. It was not until the last 1/3 of the book that I was hooked into sitting down for a good long uninterrupted read. The first 2/3 of the ...

The German Bride: A Novel

14 reviews
Joanna Hershon

Ballantine Books, 2008

Great read!
A beautifully written historical tale of strength and suffering in the American West. Lush and evocative, The German Bride is at once romantic and tough--full of desperation and regret, passion and resolve, yearning and redemption. I couldn't put it down.

The Outside of August {Unabridged Audio}
Joanna Hershon

Books onTape, Inc., 2003

A mother who is scarcely home at all, inexplicably disappearing over and over again, leaves a house full of travel souvenirs and a daughter searching for answers. Alice Green is that daughter, and she feels increasingly hollow as her mother's relentless peregrinations combine with the cool distance of her workaholic father to create a family environment that really is not family at all. Only her brother is proof against this subtle alienation, ...