The Explanation for Everything, Lauren Grodstein
The Explanation for Everything, Lauren Grodstein
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The Explanation for Everything

Author: Lauren Grodstein

Narrator: Rick Adamson

Unabridged: 8 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/03/2013

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Biology professor Andy Waite is finally beginning to pick up the pieces years after a drunk driver killed his wife. Between finishing his research and taking care of his young daughters, he has reasons to get through the day, and most days he does without falling apart. That is, until a young female student enters his life and turns it upside down.

Melissa Potter is a passionate evangelist hoping to write the definitive paper about Creationism. She makes Andy’s Darwinian certainty—and his grief—a personal challenge. As she chips away at his committed atheism, he begins to realize the emptiness that he’s been living with for too long. But when the relationship turns romantic, the boundaries he’s worked so hard to maintain—personally and professionally—start to blur, and soon it’s unclear what kind of deliverance he really needs.

About Lauren Grodstein

Lauren Grodstein is the author of four previous works of fiction, including the New York Times bestselling novel A Friend of the Family, which was a Washington Post Best Book Pick, a New York Times Editor's Pick, a BookPage Best Book, and an Indie Next Pick. She teaches creative writing at Rutgers University.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ricki on November 15, 2013

This week I read another book club selection: The Explanation for Everything by Lauren Grodstein. I truly had high hopes for this book because it explores one of the most polarizing debates: evolution v. intelligent design. Professor Andy Waite, a biology professor and diehard evolutionist at a liber......more

Goodreads review by Meryl on September 12, 2013

I was very excited to see a new book from Lauren Grodstein. I was a huge fan of her last book, A Friend of the Family and her short story collection. All of her work has an amazing capacity to move me emotionally. And this book was certainly an emotional read. It was also a quick read, and I enjoyed......more

Goodreads review by Esil on June 08, 2014

I won this book from Librarything, and I was glad I did. I was not familiar with Grodstein and don't think I would have chosen to buy this book based on the description of the story. I would have assumed that it was meant to be didactic. However, it was beautifully written and deceptively complex. C......more

Goodreads review by Caroline on July 10, 2013

I am a huge fan of Grodstein's work--it's provocative, smart, gorgeously written, and I couldn't wait to read this one. She pits a young evangelist against an evolutionist to quickly engross you in a story about what faith really means, what faith can do--and what it can't and shouldn't do. The char......more

Goodreads review by Karen on September 14, 2013

This book is hard to rate & review because while I think the writing was quite good, I spent a lot of the book frustrated with the characters, so the experience was a bit unpleasant. I also had that icky feeling in my stomach the whole time, anticipating that Andy was going to screw things up. I just......more