The mothers : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780735288263
- ISBN: 0735288267
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (1 sound file (9 hr., 55 min., 36 sec.)) - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Audio, 2016.
Content descriptions
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Adenrele Ojo. |
Source of Description Note: | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
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Electronic resources
- AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 2016 November
Do the decisions we made in our youth shape the rest of our lives? Brit Bennett's absorbing debut novel, set in Southern California's black community, gets a sensitive narration by Adenrele Ojo. The lives of three damaged teens intertwine and reconnect when they meet again as adults. Nadia, Aubrey, and Luke have a secret. "All good secrets have a taste before you tell them, and if we'd taken a moment to swish this one around our mouths, we might have noticed the sourness of an unripe secret, plucked too soon, stolen and passed around before its season." Ojo's voice is smooth as honey and prickly as thistles when portraying the gossipy mothers who relentlessly poke at the secret until nothing remains hidden. S.J.H. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2017 January #5
In a black Southern California community, 17-year-old Nadia deals with the grief of her mother's suicide by throwing herself into a relationship with Luke, the pastor's son. The resulting pregnancy and abortion are hastily covered up, and Nadia and Luke go their separate ways. Yet years later, the secret causes ripples that deeply affect their adult lives. Meanwhile, the elderly women of the churchâ"the mothers," as they are calledâact as a kind of Greek chorus, having their say in alternating chapters, gossip mixed with wisdom. Reader Ojo creates believable voices for all the charactersâthe church women and Nadia, Luke, and Nadia's friend Aubrey both as teens and as adults. She ably brings out all the characters' conflicting emotions and their complicated relationships. A Riverhead hardcover. (Oct.)
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