Length9h 22m
About this audiobook
Single, unfulfilled and well into middle age, long-troubled Charlotte Lansing desperately reaches for love and acceptance.
When she announces her engagement to an unemployed morphine addict, her family falls into a tailspin. Her mother is determined to prevent disaster, her father seeks to mend the growing chasm, and her sister stubbornly hopes that their sibling bonds can keep Charlotte safe. But Charlotte resists all this because she thinks she is finally happy. Ultimately, all her loved ones can do is watch as Charlotte disappears, slowly and inevitably, into her new husband’s illness.
In this bittersweet novel of determination, love, and familial bonds, Lisa Friedman takes listeners into the insidious world of prescription drug abuse, showing the havoc opioids can wreak in our lives, and revealing the grace and care given to us at our lowest moments.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.1 (41)
Includes Goodreads
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length9 hrs 22 mins
Narrated byRebecca Gibel
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateNov 29, 2025
LanguageEnglish
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