Category: Adults, Anthology, General Fiction
Language: EnglishKeywords: Short Story Collection
Written by Lauren Groff
Read by Lauren Groff
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged
In her thrilling new book, Lauren Groff brings the audience into a physical world that is at once domestic and wildâa place where the hazards of the natural world lie waiting to pounce, yet the greatest threats and mysteries are still of an emotional, psychological nature. A family retreat can be derailed by a prowling panther, or by a sexual secret. Among those navigating this place are a resourceful pair of abandoned sisters; a lonely boy, grown up; a restless, childless couple, a searching, homeless woman; and an unforgettable, recurring characterâa steely and conflicted wife and mother.
The stories in this collection span characters, towns, decades, even centuries, but Floridaâits landscape, climate, history, and state of mindâbecomes its gravitational center: an energy, a mood, as much as a place of residence. Groff transports the audience, then jolts us alert with a crackle of wit, a wave of sadness, a flash of cruelty, as she writes about loneliness, rage, family, and the passage of time. With shocking accuracy and effect, she pinpoints the moments and decisions and connections behind human pleasure and pain, hope and despair, love and furyâthe moments that make us alive. Startling, precise, and affecting, Florida is a magnificent achievement.
Length: 8 hrs
Release date: 06-05-18
In her thrilling new book, Lauren Groff brings the audience into a physical world that is at once domestic and wildâa place where the hazards of the natural world lie waiting to pounce, yet the greatest threats and mysteries are still of an emotional, psychological nature. A family retreat can be derailed by a prowling panther, or by a sexual secret. Among those navigating this place are a resourceful pair of abandoned sisters; a lonely boy, grown up; a restless, childless couple, a searching, homeless woman; and an unforgettable, recurring characterâa steely and conflicted wife and mother.
The stories in this collection span characters, towns, decades, even centuries, but Floridaâits landscape, climate, history, and state of mindâbecomes its gravitational center: an energy, a mood, as much as a place of residence. Groff transports the audience, then jolts us alert with a crackle of wit, a wave of sadness, a flash of cruelty, as she writes about loneliness, rage, family, and the passage of time. With shocking accuracy and effect, she pinpoints the moments and decisions and connections behind human pleasure and pain, hope and despair, love and furyâthe moments that make us alive. Startling, precise, and affecting, Florida is a magnificent achievement.
Length: 8 hrs
Release date: 06-05-18