You Came Back by Christopher Coake audiobook

You Came Back

By Christopher Coake
Read by Scott Holst

Hachette Book Group

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • ISBN: 9781619690950

  • ISBN: 9781619690974

Runtime: 13.43 Hours
Category: Fiction/Literary
Audience: Adult
Language: English

Summary

Summary

Thirty-something mid-westerner Mark Fife believes he has successfully moved past the accidental death of his young son Brendan, as well as his subsequent divorce from his college sweetheart Chloe. He's successful, he's in love again, and he believes he's mastered his own memories. But then he is contacted by a strange woman who tells him not only that she owns his old house, but that she believes it to be haunted by Brendan's ghost. Will Mark—who does not believe in ghosts—come to accept the mounting evidence that Brendan's is real? Will his engagement to his new love Allison be threatened by the reappearance in Mark's life of Chloe—who does believe? If the ghost is real, what can these two wounded parents do to help their son? You Came Back examines the beauty and danger of belief in all its forms—not only belief in the supernatural, but in the love that binds parents and children, husbands, and wives.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Sometimes when you’re reading these stories, you forget to breathe...They’re beautifully written, and they have bottom, but they’re never dull and they all contain striking and dramatic narrative ideas. Nick Hornby, New York Times bestselling author
“Uncanny, clear-eyed…[Coake] is wildly engaging as he explores one theme—love in the face of harrowing death (or near-death)—from seemingly every angle.” Entertainment Weekly
“In his striking debut collection, Coake considers how character is revealed under pressure…With unadorned but dramatic, economical prose, Coake explores the human capacity for altruism and cowardice in these high-stakes tales.” Publishers Weekly
“Gripping reading from a talented newcomer.” Booklist
You Came Back will stay with me forever. What an incredible writer.” Jennifer Finney Boylan, author of I’m Looking Through You

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Reviews

Author

Author Bio: Christopher Coake

Author Bio: Christopher Coake

Christopher Coake is the author of We’re in Trouble, which was chosen for the 2005 PEN/Bingham Award. In addition, he was among Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists in 2007, and his stories have been published in several literary journals. A native Hoosier, he received his MFA in fiction from Ohio State University. He now lives in Reno, where he teaches creative writing at the University of Nevada.

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Details

Details

Available Formats : Library CD, Playaway
Category: Fiction/Literary
Runtime: 13.43
Audience: Adult
Language: English