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A Long Time Gone

by Karen White
Susan Bennett
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From the New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels comes an enthralling southern gothic saga about one woman's quest for the truth ...
When Vivien Walker left her home in the Mississippi Delta, she swore never to go back. But in the spring, nine years to the day since she'd left, Vivien returns, fleeing from a broken marriage and her lost dreams for children.
What she hopes to find is solace with her dear grandmother who raised her, a Walker woman with a knack for making everything all right. Instead Vivien is forced into the unexpected role of caretaker, challenging her personal quest to find the girl she once was.
But things will change again in ways Vivien cannot imagine. A violent storm has revealed the remains of a long-dead woman buried near the Walker home, not far from the cypress swamp that is soon to give up its ghosts.
Vivien knows there is now only one way to rediscover herself—by uncovering the secrets of her family and breaking the cycle of loss that has haunted them for generations.

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    June 3, 2014

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      • ISBN: 9781490616827
      • File size: 491361 KB
      • Duration: 17:03:40

  • Languages

    • English

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      Three experienced narrators bring to life the Walker women of Indian Mound, Mississippi. Vivien Walker--estranged from her family, recently divorced, and dependent on antidepressants--returns to her family home in the Delta. With, first, her late Grandmother Bootsie and, now, her mother in the beginning stages of Alzheimer's disease, Vivian must come to grips with her past and decide her future. Listeners learn of Bootsie's life in the 1920s, which is recounted in a sweet Southern accent by Jennifer Ikeda. Pilar Witherspoon delivers mother Carol Lynne's story of her rebellious years in the 1960s. And Susan Bennett uses flat tones to describe Vivien's difficulties as well as the present-day events. Shifting narrators, chapters, and time periods make the story difficult to follow. M.B.K. 2015 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine

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