The Obituary Writer Lib/E (Audiobook)

from CasaBooks

***Ever since she had first bought cheese in a spray can, she'd gotten better at making even lines and perfect bull's-eyes. . She watched as he popped the whole thing in his mouth without even looking at it. - Clair & Peter, suburbia, 1960.(oh, and even mentions Rice-a-Roni)*** "I'm not in the ha...

from Rosa.Mill

This book just came in the mail one day. It wasn't an advanced reader copy or anything like that, it just showed up and I'm glad I did because I really enjoyed it. The story goes back and forth between Claire, a housewife gearing up for the hope that is the Kennedy inauguration, and Vienne, a sin...

from bookczuk

I really liked this little gem of a book. Two women, two stories, intertwined in a beautiful way. One has its roots in San Francisco, at the time of the 1908 earthquake, the other during a different type of quake -- the inauguration of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Nicely done.

from Rosa.Mill

This book just came in the mail one day. It wasn't an advanced reader copy or anything like that, it just showed up and I'm glad I did because I really enjoyed it. The story goes back and forth between Claire, a housewife gearing up for the hope that is the Kennedy inauguration, and Vienne, a sin...

from tess_schoolmarm

This story was told from two time periods: Beginning with the 1906 earthquake in San Fransisco where Vivian was hired to write obituaries for people who wanted to commemorate their loved ones in the newspaper. Part two dates from shortly before Kennedy's election in 1960 until his inauguration. I...