| The Bottom of the Sky Contributor(s): Pack, William C. (Author), Brick, Scott (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1441727558 ISBN-13: 9781441727558 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 5.8" (0.22 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Two abused children cling like paper in the rain, bleeding saneness and self. One lets go, only to discover the abuse Wall Street deals its Main Street clients is more cunning, if not more brutal, than that doled out at the end of a dirt road. One is stranded at the end of that road. This is the three-decade saga of Levi and Lam Monroe. The Bottom of the Sky is an aching rags-to-riches family saga that surges from rural squalor to the opulent power chambers of Wall Street and Silicon Valley. The story contrasts the thirty-year struggles of an abused sister and brother who seek to reclaim themselves from their abhorrent past. One is abandoned to a life of sexual desecration and addiction. The other escapes with his demons and wields his uncanny genius and unrelenting ambition to amass staggering wealth. Greed and betrayal drive a tense plot involving the FBI, the SEC, and billions of dollars fleeced from brokerage customers and shareholders, while isolation and envy lead to deadly confrontations back home. It is a riveting tale of two disparate worlds joined by one desperate man and his ultimate redemption. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pack, William C.: - William C. Pack, born in Montana, worked variously as a truck driver, bartender, fry cook, dock worker, broadcast ad man, and broker before entering Stanford University at age forty-three and graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He lives in Montana and California. Brick, Scott: - Scott Brick, actor, narrator, and writer, attended UCLA and spent ten years in a traveling Shakespeare company. Passionate about the spoken word, he has narrated a wide variety of audiobooks, from thrillers and science fiction to classics and nonfiction. He has recorded more than eight hundred audiobooks and won over fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards and several of the prestigious Audie Awards. He was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine and the Voice of Choice for 2016 by Booklist magazine. |