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In the Midst of Winter
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Alma Cuervo
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
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In the Midst of Winter
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Publisher's Summary
New York Times and worldwide best-selling author Isabel Allende returns with a sweeping novel that journeys from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil that offers “a timely message about immigration and the meaning of home” (People).
During the biggest Brooklyn snowstorm in living memory, Richard Bowmaster, a lonely university professor in his 60s, hits the car of Evelyn Ortega, a young undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, and what at first seems an inconvenience takes a more serious turn when Evelyn comes to his house, seeking help. At a loss, the professor asks his tenant, Lucia Maraz, a fellow academic from Chile, for her advice.
As these three lives intertwine, each will discover truths about how they have been shaped by the tragedies they witnessed, and Richard and Lucia will find unexpected, long overdue love. Allende returns here to themes that have propelled some of her finest work: political injustice, the art of survival, and the essential nature of — and our need for — love.
What the critics say
"Each of the narrators, Dennis Boutsikaris, Jasmine Jones, and Alma Cuervo, embodies the tone, personality, and pain of his or her characters, with Cuervo providing the most genuine performance. Listeners may become so engaged in the characters' histories that they experience a jolt upon being brought back to the present and the narrative about the minor car accident that draws these three people together." (AudioFile)
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-02-26
Beautiful
I was captivated from the beginning to the end, I have laughed, I have cried , the history of hope and desire, beautifully displayed.
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- Esme
- 2022-03-20
Okay not great
I love this author but this book wasn’t as engaging as several of her others. I didn’t really get drawn in to the story and didn’t care that much about the characters. I thought of stopping but ploughed through. It never got better so for me, this lacks the ingenious storyline, creative premise and wonderful characters that other books from Allende have.
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