Apologize, Apologize!, Elizabeth Kelly
Apologize, Apologize!, Elizabeth Kelly
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Apologize, Apologize!

Author: Elizabeth Kelly

Narrator: Jeff Woodman

Unabridged: 10 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/02/2009


Synopsis

Apologize, Apologize! takes us into the perversely charmed world of the Flanagans and their son, Collie (named after his parents' favorite breed of dog). Collie comes of age on Martha's Vineyard, trying to make sense of his wildly wealthy, hyper-articulate, and resolutely crazy family members: a philandering father, incorrigible brother, pigeon-racing uncle, radical activist mother, and a domineering media mogul grandfather (accused of being a murderer by Collie's mother). As Collie searches for his place in the world, he suffers insurmountable loss and grapples for bravery as he struggles to cope with people he has no choice but to love. Elizabeth Kelly's first novel is brilliantly written and utterly unpredictable-a remarkable debut.

About Elizabeth Kelly

Elizabeth Kelly is an award-winning journalist and the author of The Miracle on Monhegan Island, the New York Times bestseller Apologize, Apologize!, and The Last Summer of the Camperdowns, a finalist for the New England Society Book Award.


Reviews

In the interest of full disclosure, I suppose I should start by saying that I rounded up from a 2.5 (come on, GR, give us half stars, already!). Apologize, Apologize starts out strong and then peters out into a frustrating, frankly awful mess at the end. This story of Collie Flanagan, his brother, B......more

APOLOGIZE, APOLOGIZE! – A Novel about the Family that Puts the Personality in Disorder by Elizabeth Kelly, begins in the familiar territory of the dysfunctional family – in this case, The Flanagans. The baroque hyperbole never crosses the line into “cringe” territory. The reader is beguiled into a s......more