Family Linen, Lee Smith
Family Linen, Lee Smith
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Family Linen

Author: Lee Smith

Narrator: Linda Stephens

Unabridged: 10 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/11/2008


Synopsis

Lee Smith is one of today's most critically acclaimed authors writing about contemporary life in the South. In Family Linen, with a remarkable economy of description and dialogue, Smith sketches eccentric, yet familiar characters moving through a family drama that resonates with both tension and humor. Sybil Hess, a polished, Southern apartment manager has visited a hypnotist in a desperate attempt to discover the source of her blinding headaches. But in one session, a mysterious, Gothic childhood memory plays before her eyes. Now Sybil is racing against time to find an answer to one urgent question. Is her quiet, genteel mother a murderer? Stretching between Sybil and the truth is a loony tangle of sibling rivalry, family lore, and jealousy. Lee Smith's darkly comic, richly textured novel will enchant you. It is a tale told by many voices: Southern dowagers and whiskey-tippling uncles, polyester-clad housewives, and MTV-eyed teenagers. Narrator Linda Stephens' performance draws you into the company of this truly unforgettable family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Aly

The plot was interesting enough, but I needed a character to like. There were too many family members at the center of the story, so none of them were sufficiently developed.......more

Goodreads review by Ngaire

Just loved it. It started off slowly, but Smith just has such a way of writing people, and of building this story so carefully - excellent. Southern without being overtly gothic or cliched - these characters reminded me so much of my husband's family from mountain NC that it was scary. I'll be readi......more