Audio book descriptionMeet the Laments, the affably dysfunctional globetrotting family at the center of George Hagen's exuberant debut novel. Howard, an engineer, dreams of irrigating the Sahara and lives by the motto "Laments move!" His wife Julia is a fiery spirit who must…
Audio book descriptionConstantly moving, from South Africa to the Persian Gulf, to Rhodesia, to England, and ultimately to suburban New Jersey, the Laments are a quirky and lovable family who live by the motto "anywhere but here." The main character, Will Lament, whom the Laments take home from the hospital as a result of a bizarre mix-up, grows up feeling that he doesn't belong. For after all, there is his father, an idealistic engineer; his mother, a woman of indomitable spirit with a passion for Shakespeare; and his brothers, twins Marcus and Julius, who are nothing but trouble. What makes this quirky family so universal is Will's search for identity and the Laments' unwieldy love for one another, even in the most difficult of times.
Audio book descriptionThis audio program offers three stories that capture life growing up in an Italian Catholic family in the industrial world of the Garden State. Two stories celebrate life after Catherine leaves New Jersey and goes out to make her way in the world. Peopled by characters we all have in life, Exit 11 and Other Stories celebrates the journey of self-discovery, the importance of laughter, and the moments that remain in memory forever. The stories are filled with humor and exhibit Catherine's ability to connect the dots of human experience to create pictures that speak to your heart and soul regardless of where you live or grew up.
Audio book descriptionFollowing the breakup of her marriage and her pursuit by an obsessed stalker, criminal defense attorney Emily Graham accepts an offer to work in a major Manhattan law firm. Feeling a need for roots, she buys her ancestral home in New Jersey, which her family sold in 1892, after the disappearance of young Madeline Shapley, one of Emily's forebears. Now, more than a century later, as the house is being renovated, the bones of a young woman are found in the backyard. She is identified as Martha Lawrence, who disappeared four years earlier. Clutched in Martha's skeletal hand is the finger bone of another woman with a ring still on it - a Shapley family heirloom. When Emily investigates the link between her family's past and the recent murder, she provokes a devious and seductive killer, who selects her as his next victim.
