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Child of my Heart - a novel by Alice McDermott (CD Unabridged)
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Child of my Heart - a novel by Alice McDermott
CDROM AUDIO BOOK, 7 CDs UNABRIDGED,
Run Time: ~8.5 hours
Read by Sherry Bernstein
A young girl's astonishing, poignant first look into the turbulent heart of things — "I had in my care that summer four dogs, three cats, the Moran kids, Daisy, my eight-year-old cousin, and Flora, the toddler child of a local artist. There was also, for a while, a litter of wild rabbits, three of them, that had been left under our back steps.... "
Alice McDermott's haunting and enchanting new work of fiction -- her first since the bestselling Charming Billy, winner of the 1998 National Book Award -- is narrated by a woman who was born beautiful. Her parents decided that her best chance in life was to marry a wealthy man, so she was raised on the east end of Long Island, among the country houses of the rich. On the cusp of fifteen, she is the town's most sought-after babysitter -- cheerful, beloved, a wonder with children and animals, but also a solitary soul with an already complex understanding of human nature -- when her favorite cousin, Daisy, comes to spend the summer.
The narrator's witty, piquant, deeply etched evocation of all that was really transpiring under the surface during that seemingly idyllic season gives her wry tale -- infused with suppressed passion, disappointment, and enduring hope -- its remarkable vividness and impact. Once again, Alice McDermott explores the mysterious depths of what seems like everyday life with unforgettable insight and resonant emotional power.
About the Author
Alice McDermott (born June 27, 1953) is an American writer and university professor. At the time of writing this novel, she was the author of four other novels: At Weddings and Wakes, a New York Times bestseller, That Night, and A Bigamist's Daughter. For her 1998 novel Charming Billy she won an American Book Award and the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. McDermott is Johns Hopkins University's Richard A. Macksey Professor of the Humanities..|
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- Author
- Alice Mcdermott
- Book Title
- Child of My Heart
- Format
- Compact Disc
- Genre
- Fiction
- Intended Audience
- Adults
Young Adults - Language
- English
- Narrator
- Sherry Bernstein
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Publisher
- Macmillan Audio
- Run Time
- Approx. 8.5 hours
- Topic
- General
Literary - Type
- Audiobook
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