FivePart Invention, Andrea J. Buchanan
FivePart Invention, Andrea J. Buchanan
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Five-Part Invention

Author: Andrea J. Buchanan

Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley, Jayme Mattler, Susan Hanfield, Jackie Meloche, Jane Oppenheimer

Unabridged: 14 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/30/2022

Synopsis

When Lise, a pianist, suffers a nervous breakdown early in her marriage, her husband, in a warped act of protection and jealousy, has her piano taken away. With prose that is precise and emotionally affecting, Andrea J. Buchanan vividly renders how Lise's separation from her one source of expression and fulfillment cascades into her relationship with her daughter, leaving a legacy of trauma that echoes through the generations to come. Characters emerge broken and passionate, jagged, and yet hopeful and emotionally resonant, written in a way that only Buchanan, herself a conservatory-trained pianist, could achieve. Spanning five generations of women, Five-Part Invention wrestles with the questionβ€”if trauma echoes through generations, can love echo too? Is the love we transmit enough to undo the trauma of the past that we unwittingly carry with us and often re-enact in the present? By turns frightening and exquisitely observed, Five-Part Invention establishes Buchanan as a literary force.

About Andrea J. Buchanan

Andrea J. Buchanan is the New York Times bestselling author of the novel Five-Part Invention. Her memoir The Beginning of Everything was a finalist for the 2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing. Her other work includes the internationally bestselling Daring Book for Girls and her essay collection on early motherhood, along with eight other books. Before becoming a writer, she trained as a pianist, earning a master's degree in piano performance.

About Elizabeth Wiley

Elizabeth Wiley is a seasoned narrator, director, actor, and dialect coach as well as a recipient of an Earphones Award. With over thirty years of acting and voiceover experience, she has traveled the United States performing on and off camera. Born in Minnesota, she currently resides in Williamsburg, Virginia.

About Jayme Mattler

Jayme Mattler is a professional voiceover artist with years of experience in recording, directing, and producing. Passionate about narrating audiobooks, she has been the recipient of multiple Audie Award nominations.

About Susan Hanfield

Susan Hanfield is a three-time Audie award finalist and a 2016 Voice Arts award nominee. Classically trained, she has recorded over seventy titles in multiple genres, including young adult, historical fiction, faith-based inspirational, fantasy, paranormal romance, science fiction, classics, and nonfiction. In addition to recording audiobooks, she can be seen in film, on stage, and in commercials. For more information, visit her blog at susanhanfield.com/latest-from-susan.

About Jackie Meloche

Jackie Meloche is an experienced audiobook narrator who received his degrees in theatre and media & information from Michigan State University. For the past several years, he has been heavily involved in the Michigan theatre scene, both on and off stage. Outside of the theatre, he is a local musician and enjoys watching cartoons. He currently resides in Chelsea, Michigan.

About Jane Oppenheimer

Jane Oppenheimer is an experienced narrator, voiceover artist, and actress with a bachelor's degree in theater from Carnegie Mellon University. She has narrated numerous audiobooks and has performed on stage in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Her voiceover work can be heard on commercials as well as corporate campaigns and short documentaries.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brianna on June 28, 2022

Absolutely stunning. Though the voice of the last 10%~ didn't mesh with the rest of story, the change in voice feels intentional and rounds out the theme of generational trauma and breaking the cycle very well. Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.......more

Goodreads review by Amy on June 19, 2022

I’ve read a few books about generational trauma recently and there is something completely fascinating about this concept to me. This is the part of the synopsis that got me πŸ‘‡πŸ» Spanning five generations of women,Β Five-PartΒ InventionΒ wrestlesΒ with the questionβ€”if traumaΒ echoesΒ throughΒ generations, can......more

Goodreads review by Brenna on July 15, 2022

I found this to be a frustrating, repetitive, and overly long read, even on audio. I was intrigued by the description of generational trauma, but found that it felt like essentially the same story repeated again and againβ€”bad men and their victims. I don’t mean to oversimplify, but that’s why I got......more

Goodreads review by Min on September 01, 2022

"No one chooses to fall in love with a madman, they fall in love with a man, and ignore the signs of what he is sure to become." Ease of Reading: 4✨ Characters: 5✨ Plot: 5✨ Writing: 5✨ Overall: 5✨ Format: Audiobook Month Read: Aug 22 Recommend: 100% This is 100% amazing. The book explores five generations of......more

Goodreads review by Lolly K Dandeneau on August 25, 2022

via my blog: [URL not allowed] 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 π’†π’‚π’”π’Šπ’†π’“ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 π’šπ’π’– π’Žπ’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’• π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’Œ 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒅, 𝒕𝒐 π’”π’•π’‚π’š π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’…π’‚π’“π’Œ, π’…π’“π’†π’‚π’Žπ’Šπ’π’ˆ. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’†π’šπ’†π’” 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅, π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’† 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰π’π’–π’• π’šπ’π’–. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 π’Šπ’ π’”π’–π’”π’‘π’†π’π’”π’Šπ’π’. π‘«π’‚π’“π’Œπ’π’†π’”π’”. 𝑬𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔. This novel blew me away. Where do bad mothers go? They go to places th......more

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