Length18h 7m
About this audiobook
When Michael Knapp brings his lover Dan Biggs home to meet his parents, he doesn't expect things to go smoothly. His mother's been trying to marry him off for years, and sometimes he isn't even sure his father knows he exists. He has always felt like the shadow son, competing with his terminally stupid older brother and smart-mouthed little sister for his parents' attention. Coming out to them over dinner seemed like the perfect opportunity to finally get noticed.
But an unexpected phone call interrupts his announcement -- Aunt Evie, the family matriarch, is dead. With Dan in tow, Michael follows his family to Sugar Creek, where he spent his summers growing up, to prepare for the funeral.
Amid an overabundance of memories and relatives, Michael's world begins to slip. His dysfunctional family, Evie's death, and an old friend's confession all threaten to smother him. Worse, in his grief and confusion he seems determined to inadvertently push everyone away, including his lover. Can he and Dan move beyond his family and his past to a new life together, before Michael's insecurities tear them apart?
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Romance
Length18 hrs 7 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 11, 2012
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Author's Note
29Chapter 28: Promise of a New Day
2Chapter 1: Dinner
30Chapter 29: Grosso's Market
3Chapter 2: Going Home
31Chapter 30: Aunt Jessie, In the Flesh
4Chapter 3: In The Service
32Chapter 31: Forgiveness
5Chapter 4: First Night Home
33Chapter 32: We Need to Talk
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6Chapter 5: Aunt Jessie
34Chapter 33: Making It Right
7Chapter 6: Road Trip
35Chapter 34: What's Really Wrong
8Chapter 7: On the Road
36Chapter 35: The Way Home
9Chapter 8: Rainbow Joan's
37Chapter 36: Interrupted
10Chapter 9: Memory Lane
38Chapter 37: In the Kitchen
11Chapter 10: In the Car
39Chapter 38: My Dad
12Chapter 11: Behind the Wheel
40Chapter 39: Just One of the Guys
13Chapter 12: Getting There
41Chapter 40: Sibling Rivalry
14Chapter 13: A Room of Our Own
42Chapter 41: Dan On Alert
15Chapter 14: Alone
43Chapter 42: Good Clean Fun
16Chapter 15: Interruptions
44Chapter 43: Penny's Pills
17Chapter 16: By the Creek
45Chapter 44: Dan's Little Talk with Ray
18Chapter 17: Among Adults
46Chapter 45: Seeing Things
19Chapter 18: End of a Long Day
47Chapter 46: The Morning of the Funeral
20Chapter 19: Wake Up Call
48Chapter 47: Comfortable Together
21Chapter 20: Getting on My Nerves
49Chapter 48: My Mom
22Chapter 21: Change of Plans
50Chapter 49: My Sister
23Chapter 22: A Visitor
51Chapter 50: Getting Ready to Go
24Chapter 23: Stephen Robichaud
52Chapter 51: My Brother
25Chapter 24: Alone Again
53Chapter 52: The Funeral Procession
26Chapter 25: It's All Been Done Before
54Chapter 53: Morrison's Funeral Home
27Chapter 26: Just Trying to Help
55Chapter 54: Saying Goodbye
28Chapter 27: Never Go to Bed Angry
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