

What To Do About The Solomons
Author: Bethany Ball
Narrator: Kirsten Potter
Unabridged: 6 hr 18 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Published: 04/04/2017
Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Literary Fiction
Author: Bethany Ball
Narrator: Kirsten Potter
Unabridged: 6 hr 18 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Published: 04/04/2017
Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Literary Fiction
Bethany Ball was born in Detroit and has lived in Santa Fe, New Jersey, Miami, and Israel. She now lives in New York with her family. She is the author of What to Do About the Solomons.
I almost gave up on What to Do About the Solomons. At the beginning, it seemed confused and unfocused, with many characters and many timelines pulling me in disparate directions. But I’m glad I stuck with it. As the structure started to make sense and the characters came into focus, I found myself r......more
A more complete review is available on my blog: This was a very interesting story. There is a the immigrant element, both to Israel and to the United States (and elsewhere for other characters that we don't hear too much about), the family drama and unfair accusations made. There were also a lot of c......more
This is a novel on the knife's edge of new fiction. Like a Maggie Nelson or Rachel Cusk novel, it pulls no punches: it's sharp, honest, poignant, fast-paced and unflinching as it surgically dissects the lives of its fascinating characters. I read it in nearly one sitting and couldn't stop thinking a......more