Someone Not Really Her Mother by Harriet Scott Chessman audiobook

Someone Not Really Her Mother

By Harriet Scott Chessman
Read by Myra Platt

Blackstone Publishing, Blackstone Publishing

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 1 Format: Library CD

  • ISBN: 9780792733461

Runtime: 4.63 Hours
Category: Fiction
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

As Hannah Pearl's memories of her 1940 escape to England from war-torn France come to the foreground of her consciousness, her memory of her more recent American life, including her relationships with her daughter and granddaughters, is almost erased. Her daughter, Miranda, attempts to bring her mother into the present and the daily activities of family life, yet finds herself instead pulled into Hannah's unresolved past. Miranda's daughters confront the shadows of history in their own ways. Fiona, content with her life as a new mother, tries to ignore the ghostly presence of Hannah's family who perished in the war, while Ida clings to Hannah's revelations as if they form a lifeline. Facing the mystery of Hannah's unspoken memories, each woman must ask how well anyone can know the inner life of another person.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“A lovely, moving book—elegant in its economy, delicately powerful. Chessman beautifully captures the rich relationship between model and painter.” —Tracy Chevalier, New York Times bestselling author
“For me, it achieves the sublime.” —Susan Vreeland, New York Times bestselling author
“Chessman moves deftly between simple language and lyrical passages…A pleasure to remember.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“Finely crafted…Chessman creates a lovely if precious world filled with snapshots, letters, and internal dialogue.” —Publishers Weekly
“Chessman writes with understanding about the painful changes of advanced age. She evokes strong emotions, capturing the anguish and loss of those aware of the present and the confusion and disorientation of those who live in the present but exist in the past. Well read by Myra Platt, this story is exquisite.” —Library Journal
“Told through the voices of these four women, the novel intricately reveals the fleetingness of memory and the delicate lacework of love between mothers and daughters. This is a lovely and poignant story to savor.” —Booklist

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Author

Author Bio: Harriet Scott Chessman

Author Bio: Harriet Scott Chessman

Harriet Scott Chessman is happy to announce her newest novel, The Lost Sketchbook of Edgar Degas, published by Outpost 19 in March 2017. She is the author of the earlier novels The Beauty of Ordinary Things, Someone Not Really Her Mother, Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper, and Ohio Angels. In addition, Harriet wrote the opera libretto for MY LAI, commissioned by the Kronos Performing Arts Association. Her fiction has been translated into eight languages, and featured in The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, NPR’s All Things Considered, Good Morning America, The Christian Science Monitor, and more. She has taught English and creative writing at Yale University, Bread Loaf School of English, and Stanford University’s Continuing Studies Program. After twelve years in the San Francisco Bay Area, she lives now in Connecticut.

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Available Formats : Library CD
Category: Fiction
Runtime: 4.63
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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