| The Long Walk Home Library Edition Contributor(s): North, Will (Author), Reading, Kate (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1482929953 ISBN-13: 9781482929959 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $62.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: December 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.5" W x 6.1" (0.65 lbs) |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Fiona Edwards first sees the lanky backpacker striding up the lane toward her award-winning farmhouse bed-and-breakfast in the remote mountains of North Wales, she's puzzled. She's used to unexpected strangers, but few arrive on foot. The man to whom she opens her door is middle-aged, unshaven, sweat-soaked ... and arrestingly handsome. What neither of them knows at that moment is that their lives are about to change forever. American Alec Hudson has carried the ashes-and the memory-of his late ex-wife, Gwynne, all the way from London's Heathrow Airport, honoring her request that he scatter them atop a mountain they had climbed together years before, the same brooding peak whose jagged cliffs rise to the sky from the back pastures of Fiona's farm. But the weather doesn't cooperate, and as Fiona and Alec wait for it to clear, they are drawn together by mutual loss, longing, and the miracle of love at midlife. On the day he finally reaches the summit, Alec is caught in a vicious hailstorm. As he struggles to descend, he stumbles upon the body of a man he recognizes from a photograph at the farm: it is Fiona's ailing and reclusive husband, David, and he is close to death. Will North's debut novel is a story about grief and hope, about love and loss, and about two people struggling with the agonizing complexities of fidelity-to a spouse, to a moral code, to each other, and to a passion neither thought would ever appear again. By turns lyrical and gripping, set amid a landscape of breathtaking beauty and unpredictable danger, this is a story you will not soon forget. |
Contributor Bio(s): North, Will: - Will North is the fiction pseudonym for an award-winning American nonfiction author. His latest novels include The Long Walk Home; Water, Stone, Heart; and Seasons' End. He lives with his wife and dog on an island in Puget Sound, Washington. Reading, Kate: -Kate Reading is an Audie Award-winning narrator and has received dozens of Earphones Awards. She has been named by AudioFile magazine as a Voice of the Century, as well as the Best Voice in Science Fiction & Fantasy in 2008 and 2009 and Best Voice in Biography & Culture in 2010. She is also a theater actor in the Washington, DC, area and has been a member of the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company since 1987. Her work onstage has been recognized by the Helen Hayes Awards Society, among others. |