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The Imagined Life

A Novel

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The Imagined Life

Auteur(s): Andrew Porter
Narrateur(s): Lee Osorio
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 From the award-winning, internationally acclaimed writer, a taut, elegiac novel about a man trying to uncover the truth about the father who left him behind

Steven Mills has reached a crossroads. His wife and son have left, and they may not return. Which leaves him determined to find out what happened to his own father, a brilliant, charismatic professor who disappeared in 1984 when Steve was twelve, on a wave of ignominy.

As Steve drives up the coast of California, seeking out his father’s friends, family members, and former colleagues, the novel offers us tantalizing glimpses into Steve’s childhood—his parents’ legendary pool parties, the black-and-white films on the backyard projector, secrets shared with his closest friend. Each conversation in the present reveals another layer of his father’s past, another insight into his disappearance. Yet with every revelation, his father becomes more difficult to recognize. And, with every insight, Steve must confront truths about his own life.

Rich in atmosphere, and with a stunningly sure-footed emotional compass, The Imagined Life is a probing, nostalgic novel about the impossibility of understanding one’s parents, about first loves and failures, about lost innocence, about the unbreakable bonds between a father and a son.

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A beautiful coming of age/reckoning of later years story. Steven now in his 50's is trying to determine what happened to his father. Why did he just leave him and his mother. On a road trip to seek out his father's friends and family, he reflects on his preteen years trying to make sense of it all. This is story about trauma, mental health and family obligations and how those things impact us even when we don't immediately recognize it.
Highly recommended read and the narration was perfect.

Outstanding

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