Millers Valley, Anna Quindlen
Millers Valley, Anna Quindlen
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Miller's Valley

Bestseller

Author: Anna Quindlen

Narrator: Brittany Pressley

Unabridged: 8 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/05/2016

Synopsis

A novel about family and the secrets that we keep—a young woman learning to love and leave home and realizing that, maybe, she never quite left. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Still Life with Bread Crumbs and Rise and Shine.This story begins in the 1960s, and explores how Mimi Miller comes of age, over and over again.As a young girl in Miller’s Valley, an ordinary farming town that may be facing its final days, Mimi is observing adults, selling corn, growing up and changing, and watching the world around her change, too.As the years go by, the unthinkable starts to seem inevitable. Anna Quindlen’s novel takes us through the changing eras of Mimi and her family, as secrets are revealed, and the heartbreaks of growing up and falling in love with the wrong man are overcome.A deeply moving, inspiring story of a young woman learning to love and leave, the place and family from which she comes.

About Anna Quindlen

Anna Quindlen is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on fiction, nonfiction, and self-help bestseller lists. She is the author of eight novels: Object Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue, Blessings, Rise and Shine, Every Last One, Still Life with Bread Crumbs, and Miller’s Valley. Her memoir Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, published in 2012, was a number one New York Times bestseller. Her book A Short Guide to a Happy Life has sold more than a million copies. While a columnist at The New York Times she won the Pulitzer Prize and published two collections, Living Out Loud and Thinking Out Loud. Her Newsweek columns were collected in Loud and Clear.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deanna on July 02, 2016

I have read quite a few of Anna Quindlen's books and I have enjoyed them all. Miller's Valley was no exception. During the first few chapters I was really wondering if I was going to be able to keep reading. It wasn't that it was hard to follow, if anything it just felt like there wasn't much going o......more

Goodreads review by Angela M on March 31, 2016

When my Goodreads friend Diane S called this "a quiet novel , but a meaningful one " I knew I should move this up to the top of my tbr list and I just knew that this was my kind of story . It's the kind of story that appeals to me because it's about characters that seem like people you might know ,......more

Goodreads review by Canadian Jen on May 11, 2016

This is one of those subtle reads that kicks you in the gut as you flip to the last page and realize you don't want it to end. You've become invested. Mimi Miller is a child of Miller's Valley. She lives and breathes it as do the other members of her family; as does the town. But something is happen......more

Goodreads review by Karen on April 01, 2017

What a lovely novel of the story of the small town of Miller's Valley and the people who lived there, as they were facing a major upheaval in their lives. I just loved the characters and this story touched on a lot of different issues, many of which a lot of readers face in their own lives.......more

Goodreads review by Esil on April 05, 2016

Miller's Valley totally crept up on me. It felt like a sweet -- but slow and light -- start. And by the end, I felt teary and like I was being abandoned by old friends. The plot is kind of besides the point. The story is told from Mimi's point of view. She focuses on the first 20 years of her life,......more

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