The Lake of Dreams, Kim Edwards
The Lake of Dreams, Kim Edwards
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The Lake of Dreams

Author: Kim Edwards

Narrator: Ann Marie Lee

Unabridged: 16 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 01/04/2011


Synopsis

From Kim Edwards, the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Memory Keeper's Daughter, an arresting novel of one family's secret history

Imbued with all the lyricism, compassion, and suspense of her bestselling novel, The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards’s The Lake of Dreams is a powerful family drama and an unforgettable story of love lost and found.

Lucy Jarrett is at a crossroads in her life, still haunted by her father's unresolved death a decade earlier. She returns to her hometown in Upstate New York, The Lake of Dreams, and, late one night, she cracks the lock of a window seat and discovers a collection of objects. They appear to be idle curiosities, but soon Lucy realizes that she has stumbled across a dark secret from her family's past, one that will radically change her—and the future of her family—forever.

The Lake of Dreams will delight those who loved The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, as well as fans of Anna Quindlen and Sue Miller.

About The Author

Kim Edwards is the author of a short story collection, The Secrets of a Fire King, which was an alternate for the 1998 PEN/Hemingway Award, and has won both a Whiting Award and the Nelson Algren Award. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she currently teaches writing at the University of Kentucky.Ann Marie Lee is a Los Angeles–based actress with television credits that include ERLaw and Order: Criminal Intent, and Nip/Tuck. Her stage performances for Broadway national tours and regional theater include Peter PanAs You Like ItHeartbreak House, and The Cherry Orchard.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on July 01, 2021

Twenty-nine year old Lucy Jarrett left her upstate New York home town - called 'The Lake of Dreams' - soon after her father accidently drowned a decade ago. Lucy went to college, became a hydrologist, and took a series of overseas jobs. Two years ago Lucy met Yoshi in Jakarta, and they fell in love a......more

Goodreads review by Arah-Lynda on June 29, 2015

This book, while brimming with possibility, is a promise unfulfilled. A young woman, Lucy, returns from Japan to her upstate New York home, actually a Victorian mansion by The Lake of Dreams, a place from which she has distanced herself since her father’s death. As she adjusts to the changes about he......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on April 21, 2023

I had a serious love-hate relationship with this book. I loved the family-history part of the story, both the suffragette's actual story, and how the protagonist traces this forgotten branch of the family through historical archives (what can I say? That sort of thing is crack to a librarian). I als......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on January 04, 2011

The Good Stuff Wonderful realistic characters Author really understands the inner workings of a family and its dynamics I really understood Lucy's need to understand about her family history Fascinating information and history and the portrayal of women in organized religion Loved the character of the pr......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on September 30, 2012

Ugh. Just... ugh. It started off beautifully. And then... -The characters were tedious. -The dialogue was tedious, indeed. (In contemporary America, do people seriously use "Indeed" commonly when they talk to each other? It seemed to be used so much in this book, it might as well have been slang.) -Conti......more


Quotes

“Once again, Edwards has created a memorable cast of easily recognizable characters . . . This is a powerful story about the influence of history, the importance of our beliefs, and the willingness to embrace them all.”
Booklist


“Gorgeously written. . . . luminously beautiful.”
The Dallas Morning News


“[Edwards’s] latest novel, set in the Finger Lakes region of her native New York, is another tour de force that showcases her talent for engaging readers immediately and, her agile prose would argue, effortlessly.”
Louisville Courier-Journal

“Beautifully written, with vivid imagery and emotion, this book shines with artistry. Edwards has another winner here, and I look forward to reading more of her work.”
—Bookreporter.com


“Kim Edwards writes with great wisdom and compassion about family, choices, secrets, and redemption.”
—Luanne Rice