| Feast Your Eyes Contributor(s): Goldberg, Myla (Read by), Desz, Samantha (Read by), Flanagan, Lisa (Read by) |
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ISBN: 150828301X ISBN-13: 9781508283010 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio OUR PRICE: $35.99 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.8" W x 5.6" (0.45 lbs) |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first novel in nearly a decade from Myla Goldberg, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Bee Season-a compelling and wholly original story about a female photographer grappling with ambition and motherhood, a balancing act familiar to women of every generation. Feast Your Eyes, framed as the catalogue notes from a photography show at the Museum of Modern Art, tells the life story of Lillian Preston: America's Worst Mother, America's Bravest Mother, America's Worst Photographer, or America's Greatest Photographer, depending on who was talking. After discovering photography as a teenager through her high school's photo club, Lillian rejects her parents' expectations of college and marriage and moves to New York City in 1955. When a small gallery exhibits partially nude photographs of Lillian and her daughter Samantha, Lillian is arrested, thrust into the national spotlight, and targeted with an obscenity charge. Mother and daughter's sudden notoriety changes the course of both of their lives and especially Lillian's career as she continues a life-long quest for artistic legitimacy and recognition. Narrated by Samantha, Feast Your Eyes reads as a collection of Samantha's memories, interviews with Lillian's friends and lovers, and excerpts from Lillian's journals and letters-a collage of stories and impressions, together amounting to an astounding portrait of a mother and an artist dedicated, above all, to a vision of beauty, truth, and authenticity. |
Contributor Bio(s): Various Narrators: - Coming soon...Goldberg, Myla: - Myla Goldberg is the bestselling author of Feast Your Eyes, The False Friend, Wickett's Remedy, and Bee Season, which was a New York Times Notable Book, winner of the Borders New Voices Prize, and a finalist for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN award, the NYPL Young Lions award, and the Barnes & Noble Discover award. It was adapted to film and widely translated. In addition to her novels, she has written an essay collection, a children's book, and short stories that have appeared in Harper's. She teaches in the fiction programs at Sarah Lawrence and NYU and has been known to sing and play accordion and banjo in the Brooklyn art-punk band The Walking Hellos. She was also the subject of a song by The Decemberists, Song for Myla Goldberg. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband Jason Little and their two daughters. Desz, Samantha: - Samantha Desz is a classically trained actor with extensive theater experience. She also is an experienced voice actor, working on a variety of long form voice-over projects. Samantha has a passion for learning about different cultures and lifestyles. She's lived around the U.S. and in London, England, called New York City home for nearly twenty years, and is currently living in the Midwest.Flanagan, Lisa: -Lisa Flanagan is a classically trained soprano, comedian, voiceover artist, and Earphones Award-winning narrator. Roy, Jacques: -Jacques Roy is a audio narrator and actor, known for The Lower Angels and Room and Board. Osmanski, Joy: -Joy Osmanski, theater, television, and film actress, is an award-winning audiobook narrator who has won three AudioFile Earphones Awards. She graduated from Principia College with a degree in creative writing and received her MFA from UC San Diego. Thaxton, Candace: -Candace Thaxton is an actress and audiobook narrator. She has starred in several films and television shows, including Ghost Town and Law & Order. |