The Light in the Piazza by Elizabeth Spencer audiobook

The Light in the Piazza

By Elizabeth Spencer
Read by Hillary Huber

Blackstone Publishing

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 4 Formats: CD
  • 4 Formats: Library CD
  • 4 Formats: MP3 CD
  • 4 Formats: Playaway

  • ISBN: 9780786176373

  • ISBN: 9780786177967

  • ISBN: 9780786180127

  • ISBN: 9781441716255

Runtime: 2.53 Hours
Category: Fiction
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

The Light in the Piazza takes place in Italy in the summer of 1953. Margaret Johnson and her beautiful, twenty-six-year-old daughter, Clara, are touring the Tuscan countryside. While sightseeing, Clara meets a good-looking young Italian man, Fabrizio, and quickly embarks on a whirlwind romance with him, despite her mother’s stern disapproval.

Margaret, extremely protective of her daughter, attempts to keep Clara and Fabrizio apart, not only because of the cultural differences between the young lovers but also because of a family secret that would be revealed: Clara is not quite all that she appears. Considering whether to inform Fabrizio and his family of the truth about Clara, Margaret realizes that it could possibly spoil her daughter’s one true chance for happiness.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Hilary Huber peoples the story with a sympathetic international cast of characters and keeps the morally murky proceedings somehow as light as the title…This production is a delight.” —AudioFile
“It was more than Italy’s light which affected Spencer’s work; the focus of her writing changed while she was there…In writing about Italy, Spencer began to place female protagonists at the forefront. Italy also challenged her to rethink what it meant to be ‘southern.’” —Robert Phillips, author and critic
“Margaret’s poignant attachment to Clara…is symptomatic of the gaps in her own romantic life, as her marriage to a cigarette company executive has grown as stale to her as Italy comes to seem throbbingly alive.” —Washington Post
“Spencer understood that American innocence can be every bit as morally dubious as European sophistication, and a melodrama of black and white is avoided by the grayness of both sides.” —Los Angeles Times
“Perhaps [Spencer’s] most triumphantly Jamesian contrast of American and European manners and morals.” —Kirkus Reviews

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Author

Author Bio: Elizabeth Spencer

Author Bio: Elizabeth Spencer

Elizabeth Spencer was born in Mississippi in 1921. Her first book, Fire in the Morning, was published in 1948, but it was the publication of The Light in the Piazza in 1960 that brought her widespread acclaim, becoming a New York Times bestseller and the basis of a major motion picture. Her writing is distinguished by fine craftsmanship and intense plotting that reveals the essential nature of the characters. She is a five-time recipient of the O. Henry Award for short fiction. She lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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Details

Available Formats : CD, Library CD, MP3 CD, Playaway
Category: Fiction
Runtime: 2.53
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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