

The Submission
Author: Amy Waldman
Narrator: Bernadette Dunne
Unabridged: 12 hr 47 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 09/01/2011
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Political
Author: Amy Waldman
Narrator: Bernadette Dunne
Unabridged: 12 hr 47 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 09/01/2011
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Political
Amy Waldman was co-chief of the South Asia bureau of the New York Times. Her fiction has appeared in the Atlantic and Boston Review and is anthologized in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2010. She lives with her family in Brooklyn.
Bernadette Dunne is the winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and has twice been nominated for the prestigious Audie Award. She studied at the Royal National Theatre in London and the Studio Theater in Washington, DC, and has appeared at the Kennedy Center and off Broadway.
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A Muslim American named Mohammad "Mo" Khan wins a blind design contest for NYC's WTC memorial? That premise alone tells Amy Waldman's debut novel is a work of fiction, but the events that swirl around the submission proves to be an all too true examination of post-9/11 America. I found the novel to......more
I felt this book on a visceral level. It sucked me in, lit a rage fire in my belly, drove me up the wall, and broke my heart. A panoramic depiction of a series of fictional post-9/11 events, this is an important book for Americans to read. And don't let the adjective "important" trick you into think......more