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All the Little Live Things

Written by: Wallace Stegner
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
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Joe Allston, the retired literary agent in Stegner’s National Book Award-winning novel The Spectator Bird, returns in this disquieting and keenly observed novel.

Scarred by the senseless death of their son and baffled by the engulfing chaos of the 1960s, Allston and his wife, Ruth, have left the coast for a California retreat. And although their new home looks like Eden, it also has its serpents: Jim Peck, a messianic exponent of drugs, yoga, and sex, and Marian Catlin, an attractive young woman whose otherwordly innocence is far more appealing—and far more dangerous.
©1967 Wallace Stegner (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Psychological Literary Fiction Genre Fiction
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“Timely and timeless....Will hold any reader to its last haunting page.” ( Chicago Tribune)
“A novel of crackling vividness.” ( New York Times Book Review)

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Making Sense of Life

Wallace Stegner comes as close as I have seen on explaining the mystery of life and its ending. His writing places you in the scene with exceptional detail, but not overwhelming. He tackles the big questions in a personal and not overly philosophical way. The story is compelling and the performance exceptional.

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