North Haven

Name: North Haven
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: Sarah Moriarty
ISBN: 9781536628098

Author: Sarah Moriarty

Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith

Unabridged: 7 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 06/01/2017

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Family Life, Women

Synopsis

Sarah Moriarty’s stunning debut is a portrait of the family scars and faults passed along the generations, brilliantly capturing life on the Maine coastline, where time seems to stand still even as the waters never stop moving.On an island in Maine, four siblings arrive at their sprawling, old summer place for the Fourth of July. It’s the Willoughbys’ first summer without their parents, and their beloved house is falling apart. When a substantial offer is made on the estate, the two brothers and two sisters are forced to confront issues they had hoped to keep hidden.An homage to the layers and limits of the family bond, North Haven explores the shifting allegiances between siblings as they contend with their inheritance, the truth of family lore, and even the veracity of their own memories. This lyrical and moving novel delves into the secret world that exists between parents, one their children don’t fully understand, much as they may think they do.

About Sarah Moriarty

Sarah Moriarty received her MFA from The New School and has worked as a writer and editor for A Child Grows in Brooklyn, What to Expect, and LOST Magazine, among other digital publications. She taught writing and literature at the College of Staten Island and Saint Ann’s School, where she strived to prove to her students, and herself, that writing is worth the work. Sarah lives with her husband, daughter, and assorted fauna in Brooklyn, New York. North Haven is her first novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maureen

This is a generous rating. I slogged through this, hoping that there would be a revelatory reward at the end. And I was greeted with what amounted to a "sign-off" at the end. A resolution to be sure, but with absolutely nothing on how we got from the end of the prior chapter to the ending. A book re......more

Goodreads review by Cathy

North Haven is an ambitious family drama that ultimately fails to find its true north. I am a glutton for novels set in summer on the northeastern US seashore and so was immediately drawn in by this book's description. The story reunites four siblings (plus one spouse) at their family's island home......more

Goodreads review by Rowan

(I chose this as an Amazon Prime Kindle First read so thankfully it was free.) I had high hopes for this based on the synopsis. My hopes were dashed against those Maine rocks and then some. First, I didn't really care for any of the characters. It felt like the author was trying to make them all uni......more

Goodreads review by Kathy

Ugh. Why did I read this? I thought it was going to actually go somewhere, that we would get some understanding or closure on the four main characters and how they decide what to do about their family-owned beach home upon the deaths of their parents. At times this book had promise. It was a longgg......more

Goodreads review by Christine Lowe

Well Told Family Drama I understand why there are such strong feelings about this book. Reading the reviews it's evident that people either love it or hate it. There was no middle ground. The start was a little slow but then as I continued to read, I started to see each of the family as individuals......more