The Hole We're In
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The Hole We're In
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Narrated by:
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Mara Wilson
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Written by:
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Gabrielle Zevin
About this listen
With The Hole We're In—a bold, timeless, yet all too timely novel about a troubled American family navigating an even more troubled America—award-winning author and screenwriter Gabrielle Zevin delivers a work that places her in the ranks of our shrewdest social observers and top literary talents.
Meet the Pomeroys: a church-going family living in a too-red house in a Texas college town. Roger, the patriarch, has impulsively gone back to school, only to find his future ambitions at odds with the temptations of the present. His wife, Georgia, tries to keep things afloat at home, but she's been feeding the bill drawer with unopened envelopes for months and never manages to confront its swelling contents. In an attempt to climb out of the holes they've dug, Roger and Georgia make a series of choices that have catastrophic consequences for their three children—especially for Patsy, the youngest, who will spend most of her life fighting to overcome them. The Hole We're In shines a spotlight on some of the most relevant issues of today: over-reliance on credit, gender and class politics, and the war in Iraq. But it is Zevin's deft exploration of the fragile economy of family life that makes this a book for the ages.
©2010 Gabrielle Zevin (P)2023 HighBridge, a division of Recorded BooksWhat listeners say about The Hole We're In
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Eliot N Kolers
- 2024-01-15
No Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
I absolutely loved GZ’s last book (Tomorrow and Tomorrow…) and got this one in the hope of more magic. Nope. The characters just don’t click and there’s a sense that the author is mocking the parents at every turn which negates the complexity of them as characters and also undermines the interconnections with their kids. It’s a good try but just doesn’t hit. Need to go back to Tomorrow…
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Nicole
- 2024-11-28
Intricate and Emotional
Loved everything about this. The narration, the story, the writing style, the characters. Will read anything she writes.
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