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May We Be Forgiven by A. M. Homes audiobook

May We Be Forgiven

By A. M. Homes
Read by Andy Paris

Recorded Books, Recorded Books, Inc. 9780670025480
20.73 Hours • Unabridged
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A.M. Homes is acclaimed for her unnerving looks at suburban life in such searing works as The Safety of Objects, Jack, and Music for Torching. May We Be Forgiven stars Harold Silver, a historian who's always been jealous of his successful brother, George. But when the hot-tempered George is institutionalized for committing a violent act, Harold finds himself comforting his brother's wife and children. What follows is a scathing examination of a family so fractured it may never be whole again.

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Winner of the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction

A 2012 Kansas City Star Top 100 Book for Fiction

A 2012 BookPage Best Book for Fiction

Selected for the October 2012 Indie Next List

A 2012 Amazon Top 100 Book

A.M. Homes is acclaimed for her unnerving looks at suburban life in such searing works as The Safety of Objects, Jack, and Music for Torching. May We Be Forgiven stars Harold Silver, a historian who's always been jealous of his successful brother, George. But when the hot-tempered George is institutionalized for committing a violent act, Harold finds himself comforting his brother's wife and children. What follows is a scathing examination of a family so fractured it may never be whole again.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“I can’t remember when I last read a novel of such narrative intensity; an unflinching account of a catastrophic, violent, black-comic, transformative year in the history of one broken American family. Flat-out amazing.”  —Salman Rushdie 
“Although Homes weaves in piercing satire on subjects like healthcare, education, and the prison system, her tone never veers into the overly arch, mostly thanks to Harold—a loveably earnest guy who creates his own kind of oddball, 21st century family.” —O, The Oprah Magazine
“Darkly funny…the moments shared between this ad hoc family are the novel’s most endearing.” —Time
“Cheever country with a black comedy upgrade…Homes crams a tremendous amount of ambition into May We Be Forgiven, with its dark humor, its careening plot, its sex-strewn suburb and a massive cast of memorable characters…its riskiest content, however, is something different: sentiment. This is a Tin Man story, in which the zoned-out Harry slowly grows a heart.” —Los Angeles Times

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Author Bio: A. M. Homes

Author Bio: A. M. Homes

A. M. Homes is the author of the memoir The Mistress’s Daughter and the novels This Book Will Save Your Life, Music for Torching, The End of Alice, In a Country of Mothers, and Jack, as well as the story collections The Safety of Objects and Things You Should Know. She lives in New York City.

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Available Formats : CD, MP3 CD
Runtime: 20.73
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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