EPISODE · Sep 3, 2013 · 7H 38M
Never Change : Elizabeth Berg
from Access Premium Digital Audiobooks with Easy Access · host Elizabeth Berg
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/194419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Change Author: Elizabeth Berg Narrator: Elizabeth Berg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: September 3, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: You know people like me. I'm the one who sat in a folding chair out in the hall selling tickets to the prom but never going, the one everybody liked but no one wanted to be with. A self-anointed spinster at fifty-one, Myra Lipinsky has endured the isolation of her middle life by doting on her dog, Frank, and immersing herself in her career as a visiting nurse. Myra considers herself reasonably content, telling herself, It's enough, work and Frank. And it has been enough -- until Chip Reardon, the too-good-to-be-true golden boy she adored from afar, is assigned to be her patient. Choosing to forgo invasive treatment for an incurable illness, Chip has returned from Manhattan to the New England home of his childhood to spend what time he has left. Now, Myra and Chip find themselves engaged in a poingnant redefinition of roles, and a complicated dance of memory, ambivalence, and longing. From the author whose work The New Yorker calls 'strong' and 'timeless' comes a wry and beautifully distilled portrait of one woman's resilience in the face of loneliness, and of a union that transcends life's most unexpected and challenging circumstances. With effortless warmth, and loving respect for characters that defies easy sentiment, Never Change melds the emotional depth and gentle intensity of poetry with the rich satisfactions of finely wrought fiction.
What this episode covers
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/194419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Change Author: Elizabeth Berg Narrator: Elizabeth Berg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: September 3, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: You know people like me. I'm the one who sat in a folding chair out in the hall selling tickets to the prom but never going, the one everybody liked but no one wanted to be with. A self-anointed spinster at fifty-one, Myra Lipinsky has endured the isolation of her middle life by doting on her dog, Frank, and immersing herself in her career as a visiting nurse. Myra considers herself reasonably content, telling herself, It's enough, work and Frank. And it has been enough -- until Chip Reardon, the too-good-to-be-true golden boy she adored from afar, is assigned to be her patient. Choosing to forgo invasive treatment for an incurable illness, Chip has returned from Manhattan to the New England home of his childhood to spend what time he has left. Now, Myra and Chip find themselves engaged in a poingnant redefinition of roles, and a complicated dance of memory, ambivalence, and longing. From the author whose work The New Yorker calls 'strong' and 'timeless' comes a wry and beautifully distilled portrait of one woman's resilience in the face of loneliness, and of a union that transcends life's most unexpected and challenging circumstances. With effortless warmth, and loving respect for characters that defies easy sentiment, Never Change melds the emotional depth and gentle intensity of poetry with the rich satisfactions of finely wrought fiction.
NOW PLAYING
Never Change : Elizabeth Berg
No transcript for this episode yet
Similar Episodes
Mar 26, 2026 ·1m
Jan 2, 2026 ·47m
Dec 21, 2025 ·46m