Off Keck Road

Name: Off Keck Road
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Mona Simpson
ISBN: 9781455892099

Author: Mona Simpson

Narrator: Joyce Bean

Unabridged: 4 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 10/16/2012

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

In this flawless novella, Mona Simpson turns her powers of observation toward characters who, unlike Ann and Adele August in her bestselling Anywhere but Here, choose to stay rather than go. As a high school student in Green Bay, Bea Maxwell raised money for good causes; later, she became a successful real estate agent and an accomplished knitter. The one thing missing from her life is a romantic relationship. She soon settles comfortably into the role of stylish spinster and do-gooder. Woven into Bea's story are stories of other lifelong residents of Green Bay and the changes time brings to a town and its residents. This pure and simple work once again proves Mona Simpson one of the defining writers of her generation.

About Mona Simpson

Mona Simpson is the recipient of a Whiting Writer's Award, a Guggenheim Grant and the Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University. She is the author of the acclaimed novels Anywhere But Here, The Lost Father, A Regular Guy, Off Keck Road and My Hollywood. She lives in Santa Monica, California with her husband and their two children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carmen on October 22, 2015

Summary: Set in Green Bay, Wis., where Simpson grew up, "Off Keck Road" moves between the last few decades, telling of characters who are emotionally and often physically paralyzed, frozen in place and standing apart, destined, in some cases, to miss out on even the most ordinary chances for happin......more

Goodreads review by Patrick on April 08, 2011

In this expansive novella wrought of spare, lyrical passages, Mona Simpson traces with affection the entire arcs of two women's lives. Bea Maxwell never marries, foreswearing a life in Chicago to return to Green Bay to care for her ailing busybody mother as arthritis cripples her. Bea's life as a pr......more

Goodreads review by Paula on February 27, 2009

It's odd how similar this book is to Empire Falls, even though it's only a quarter of its size and about an area on the other side of the United States. It may be minimalistic instead of expansive, but Off Keck Road perfectly describes small town life and its inapplicability in today's world. People......more

Goodreads review by Sandee on June 07, 2016

It was an ok read for me. I might check out some of Ms. Simpson's other works, some that are newer reads. From Amazon: In this flawless novella, Mona Simpson turns her powers of observation toward characters who, unlike Ann and Adele August in her bestselling Anywhere but Here, choose to stay rathe......more