The Other Life

By Ellen Meister; Hillary Huber (Narrator)
(Tantor Media, Compact Disc, 9781452630281)

Publication Date: February 2011

Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover, Paperback, Compact Disc, MP3 CD

Categories: Family Life, Contemporary Women

Selected by Indie Booksellers for the March 2011 Indie Next List

“Quinn's artistic mother took her own life, leaving Quinn wondering why. To help her cope on this journey, Quinn has the ability to travel between two parallel worlds via hidden portals. One world is a safe, suburban life with her husband, Lewis, and their young son Isaac on Long Island, albeit a world filled with the reality of her mother's death. The other is a dramatic life in New York City with neurotic Eugene, a life in which her mother is still very much alive. The premise of these portals may seem strange, but Meister makes it work and does it very well.”

-- Annie Philbrick, Bank Square Books, Mystic, CT

Description

In Ellen Meister's love letter to family, a woman has to make a heartbreaking decision between the life she's living and an easier alternate reality.

About the Author

Ellen Meister is the author of the novels The Smart One and Secret Confessions of the Applewood PTA. In addition to her novels, she has published numerous short stories and was the editor of an online literary magazine. A former advertising copywriter, Ellen currently curates for a literary radio program and mentors aspiring authors. She lives on Long Island with her husband and children. Hillary Huber records audiobooks on a regular basis, garnering consistently glowing reviews and earning her several Audie Award nominations, including for A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read, Sunrise Alley by Catherine Asaro, and What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love, and Marriage by Amy Sutherland. She also earned an AudioFile Earphones Award for her narration of This Book Is Overdue! AudioFile magazine says, "Hillary Huber's narration is lyrical enough to be set to music." Hillary lives in Los Angeles.

Praise For The Other Life…

"This is the thinking woman's beach read, a love story to the modern family, written with a deep and lovely understanding of mothers and daughters and the sacrifices they'll make for each other." ---Joshilyn Jackson, author of The Girl Who Stopped Swimming

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