Maggie Brown & Others: Stories by Peter Orner

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maggie Brown & Others: Stories Author: Peter Orner Narrator: Peter Orner, Brittany Pressley, Ari Fliakos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 58 minutes Release date: July 28, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this powerful and virtuosic collection of interlocking stories, each one 'a marvel of concision and compassion' (Washington Post), Peter Orner, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and 'master of his form' (New York Times), takes the short story to new heights.   Through forty-four compressed gems, Peter Orner, a writer who 'doesn't simply bring his characters to life, he gives them souls' (NYT Book Review), chronicles people whose lives are at inflection points, gripping us with a series of defining moments. Whether it's a first date that turns into a late-night road trip to a séance in an abandoned airplane hangar, or a family's memories of the painful mystery surrounding a forgotten uncle's demise, Orner reveals how our fleeting decisions between kindness and abandonment chase us across time. These stories are anchored by a poignant novella that delivers not only the joys and travails of a forty-year marriage, but an entire era in a working-class New England city. Bristling with the crackling energy of life itself, Maggie Brown & Others marks the most sustained achievement to date for 'a master of his form' (New York Times). - A New York Times Notable Book - Longlisted for the Simpson/Joyce Carol Oates Prize - An Oprah Magazine Best Book of 2019 - Kirkus 'Best Short Fiction of 2019'