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
Rating★★★★ 3.8 (104)
Includes Goodreads
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
2Chapter 1: Dinner
3Chapter 2: Going Home
4Chapter 3: In The Service
5Chapter 4: First Night Home
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6Chapter 5: Aunt Jessie
7Chapter 6: Road Trip
8Chapter 7: On the Road
9Chapter 8: Rainbow Joan's
10Chapter 9: Memory Lane
11Chapter 10: In the Car
12Chapter 11: Behind the Wheel
13Chapter 12: Getting There
14Chapter 13: A Room of Our Own
15Chapter 14: Alone
16Chapter 15: Interruptions
17Chapter 16: By the Creek
18Chapter 17: Among Adults
19Chapter 18: End of a Long Day
20Chapter 19: Wake Up Call
21Chapter 20: Getting on My Nerves
22Chapter 21: Change of Plans
23Chapter 22: A Visitor
24Chapter 23: Stephen Robichaud
25Chapter 24: Alone Again
26Chapter 25: It's All Been Done Before
27Chapter 26: Just Trying to Help
28Chapter 27: Never Go to Bed Angry
29Chapter 28: Promise of a New Day
30Chapter 29: Grosso's Market
31Chapter 30: Aunt Jessie, In the Flesh
32Chapter 31: Forgiveness
33Chapter 32: We Need to Talk
34Chapter 33: Making It Right
35Chapter 34: What's Really Wrong
36Chapter 35: The Way Home
37Chapter 36: Interrupted
38Chapter 37: In the Kitchen
39Chapter 38: My Dad
40Chapter 39: Just One of the Guys
41Chapter 40: Sibling Rivalry
42Chapter 41: Dan On Alert
43Chapter 42: Good Clean Fun
44Chapter 43: Penny's Pills
45Chapter 44: Dan's Little Talk with Ray
46Chapter 45: Seeing Things
47Chapter 46: The Morning of the Funeral
48Chapter 47: Comfortable Together
49Chapter 48: My Mom
50Chapter 49: My Sister
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