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Family Linen
- Author
- Lee Smith
- Narrator
- Linda Stephens
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 11 February 2008
- Run Time
- 10 hours 10 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Lee Smith
- Narrator
- Linda Stephens
- Duration
- 10 hours 10 minutes
- Release Date
- 11 February 2008
- ISBN
- 9781440799877
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Family life fiction, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
Lee Smith is one of today's most critically acclaimed authors writing about contemporary life in the South. In Family Linen, with a remarkable economy of description and dialogue, Smith sketches eccentric, yet familiar characters moving through a family drama that resonates with both tension and humor. Sybil Hess, a polished, Southern apartment manager has visited a hypnotist in a desperate attempt to discover the source of her blinding headaches. But in one session, a mysterious, Gothic childhood memory plays before her eyes. Now Sybil is racing against time to find an answer to one urgent question. Is her quiet, genteel mother a murderer? Stretching between Sybil and the truth is a loony tangle of sibling rivalry, family lore, and jealousy. Lee Smith's darkly comic, richly textured novel will enchant you. It is a tale told by many voices: Southern dowagers and whiskey-tippling uncles, polyester-clad housewives, and MTV-eyed teenagers. Narrator Linda Stephens' performance draws you into the company of this truly unforgettable family.
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