By Joan SilberNarrated by Cassandra Campbell, Adenrele Ojo, Hillary Huber, R. C. Bray, Ramiz Monsef, Kate Reading, various narrators
Length6h 2m
About this audiobook
One of our most gifted writers of fiction returns with a bold and piercing novel about a young single mother living in New York, her eccentric aunt, and the decisions they make that have unexpected implications for the world around them.
Reyna knows her relationship with Boyd isn’t perfect; yet she sees him through a three-month stint at Riker’s Island, their bond growing tighter. Kiki, now settled in the East Village after a youth that took her to Turkey and other far-off places—and loves—around the world, admires her niece’s spirit but worries that motherhood to four-year-old Oliver might complicate a difficult situation. Little does she know that Boyd is pulling Reyna into a smuggling scheme across state lines, violating his probation. When Reyna takes a step back, her small act of resistance sets into motion a tapestry of events that affect the lives of loved ones and strangers around them.
A novel that examines conviction, connection, repayment, and the possibility of generosity in the face of loss, Improvement is as intricately woven together as Kiki’s beloved Turkish rugs, as colorful as the tattoos decorating Reyna’s body, with narrative twists and turns as surprising and unexpected as the lives all around us.
Narrated byCassandra Campbell, Adenrele Ojo, Hillary Huber, R. C. Bray, Ramiz Monsef, Kate Reading, various narrators
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateNov 14, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
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About the author
Joan Silber
Joan Silber is the author of ten books of fiction, including Improvement, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award. Secrets of Happiness was named a best book of the year by the Washington Post and Kirkus Reviews. Other of her works have been finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award, PEN/Faulkner Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, the National Book Award, and The Story Prize. She lives in New York and has taught at Sarah Lawrence College and in the Warren Wilson MFA degree program.View all by Joan Silber
