

The Air We Breathe
A Novel
Author: Andrea Barrett
Narrator: Jeff Woodman
Unabridged: 10 hr 18 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 09/24/2007
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Author: Andrea Barrett
Narrator: Jeff Woodman
Unabridged: 10 hr 18 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 09/24/2007
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Andrea Barrett is the author of nine previous works of fiction, including the National Book Award–winning Ship Fever and Pulitzer Prize finalist Servants of the Map. She is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an NEA Fellowship, as well as a finalist for the Story Prize and a recipient of the Rea Award for the Short Story.
Jeff Woodman is an actor and narrator. He is a winner of the prestigious Audie Award and a six-time finalist. He has received twenty Earphones Awards and was named the 2008 Best Voice in Fiction & Classics, as well as one of the Fifty Greatest Voices of the Century by AudioFile magazine. As an actor, he originated the title role in Tennessee Williams’ The Notebook of Trigorin and won the S. F. Critics’ Circle Award for his performance in An Ideal Husband. In addition to numerous theater credits on and off Broadway, his television work includes Sex and the City, Law & Order, and Cosby.
I recently shared with my husband that one of my goals for the calendar year was to attempt to rediscover the joy I felt as a younger reader when I would simply wander the stacks of my library to find a book to try and then really enjoyed it, vs seeking out a specific book because I had read or been......more
“A careful researcher and an even more deliberate writer…This expertly paced and thoughtfully written book is ample testament to her gifts.” Elle
“In the fall of 1916, as the US involvement in WWI looms, the Adirondack town of Tamarack Lake houses a public sanitarium and private cure cottages for TB patients…Details of New York tenements and of the sanitarium’s regime are vivid and engrossing. The plot, which hinges on the coming of WWI, has a lock-step logic…the tragedy, betrayal, and heartbreak of war extend far beyond the battlefield.” Publishers Weekly
“Wealthy tuberculosis sufferers cure their lungs on private porches, while poor immigrants endure long stays at Tamarack State Sanatorium…Her storytelling restraint evokes the era…Fans of her previous work are unlikely to be disappointed.” Booklist
“The Air We Breathe strikes a sharp allegorical note with civil liberty issues today.” Bookmarks magazine