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Tell Me Who We Were
StoriesBy Kate McQuadeNarrated by Sarah Naughton, Sophie Amoss, Allyson Ryan, Amy Landon, Gabra Zackman, Caitlin Davies, Hillary HuberLength7h 14m
About this audiobook
Infused with the keen insight of Joyce Carol Oates and haunting power of Kelly Link, a radiant collection of linked stories that explore the vulnerability, resilience, and hidden desires of women, following six girls over the course of sixty years, from their first semester at boarding school to the twilight of their lives.
It begins with a drowning. One day Mr. Arcilla, the romance language teacher at Briarfield, an all-girls boarding school, is found dead at the bottom of Reed Pond. Young and handsome, the object of much fantasy and fascination, he was adored by his students. For Lilith and Romy, Evie and Claire, Nellie and Grace, he was their first love, and their first true loss.
In this extraordinary collection, Kate McQuade explores the ripple effect of one transformative moment on six lives, witnessed at a different point in each girl’s future. Throughout these stories, these bright, imaginative, and ambitious girls mature into women, lose touch and call in favors, achieve success and endure betrayal, marry and divorce, have children and struggle with infertility, abandon husbands and remain loyal to the end.
Lyrical, intimate, and incisive, Tell Me Who We Were explores the inner worlds of girls and women, the relationships we cherish and betray, and the transformations we undergo in the simple act of living.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★ 3.4 (531)
Includes Goodreads, StoryGraph, Amazon, LibraryThing
GenreGeneral Fiction, Fantasy
Length7 hrs 14 mins
Narrated bySarah Naughton, Sophie Amoss, Allyson Ryan, Amy Landon, Gabra Zackman, Caitlin Davies, Hillary Huber
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJul 2, 2019
LanguageEnglish
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