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The Dangers of Proximal Alphabets
Author: Kathleen Alcott
Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie
Unabridged: 3 hr 34 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 09/18/2012
Category: Fiction - Literary
Synopsis
Ida grew up with Jackson and Jameswhere there was I there was a J. She cant recall a time when she didnt have them around, whether in their early days camping out in the boys room decorated with circus scenes or later as teenagers when they were drinking on rooftops. While the world outside saw them as neighbors and friends, to each other the three formed a family unittwo brothers and a sisternot drawn from blood but from a deep need to fill a void in their single-parent households. Theirs was a relationship of communication without speaking, of understanding without judgment, of intimacy without rules and limits.
But as the three mature and emotions become more complex, Ida and Jackson find themselves to be more than just siblings. When Jacksons somnambulism produces violent outbursts and James is hospitalized, Ida is paralyzed by the events that threaten to shatter her family and put it beyond her reach.
Kathleen Alcotts striking debut,The Dangers of Proximal Alphabets, is an emotional, deeply layered love story that explores the dynamics of family when it defies bloodlines and societal conventions.