

Laura Rider's Masterpiece
Author: Jane Hamilton
Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan
Unabridged: 5 hr 53 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 04/07/2009
Author: Jane Hamilton
Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan
Unabridged: 5 hr 53 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 04/07/2009
A fairly dull little sex comedy, in which wannabe romance novelist Laura Rider sorta kinda engineers an affair between her husband, Charlie, and Jenna Faroli, a local radio personality. Despite the possibility of some Cyrano-like shenanigans (Laura writes or co-writes many of Charlie's amorous email......more
Jane Hamilton, author of the emotionally wrenching "A Map of the World" and "The Book of Ruth", is trying her hand at humor this spring in this tale of two marriages and four profoundly disassociated people. Laura and Charlie Rider are childless and the proprietors of a grand and successful plant nur......more
Jane Hamilton's latest novel has a delightful premise. Laura and Charlie Rider own a Midwestern landscape business, for which Laura writes a newsletter. Charlie is a fantastic lover, a man whose equal doses of femininity and masculinity make his understanding of women profound. Laura suffers from “s......more
Jane Hamilton's satirical take on romance is a curiously, fun examination of relationships, sex, writing, and even the cult of personality. When Laura Rider manipulates her husband Charlie, and national talk show host Jenna Faroli into a relationship so she can study the progression for the romance......more