The Resource The mothers : a novel, Brit Bennett, (sound recording)
The mothers : a novel, Brit Bennett, (sound recording)
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The item The mothers : a novel, Brit Bennett, (sound recording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "A dazzling debut novel from an exciting new voice, The Mothers is a surprising story about young love, a big secret in a small community--and the things that ultimately haunt us most. Set within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett's mesmerizing first novel is an emotionally perceptive story about community, love, and ambition. It begins with a secret. "All good secrets have a taste before you tell them, and if we'd taken a moment to swish this one around our mouths, we might have noticed the sourness of an unripe secret, plucked too soon, stolen and passed around before its season." It is the last season of high school life for Nadia Turner, a rebellious, grief-stricken, seventeen-year-old beauty. Mourning her own mother's recent suicide, she takes up with the local pastor's son. Luke Sheppard is twenty-one, a former football star whose injury has reduced him to waiting tables at a diner. They are young; it's not serious. But the pregnancy that results from this teen romance--and the subsequent cover-up--will have an impact that goes far beyond their youth. As Nadia hides her secret from everyone, including Aubrey, her God-fearing best friend, the years move quickly. Soon, Nadia, Luke, and Aubrey are full-fledged adults and still living in debt to the choices they made that one seaside summer, caught in a love triangle they must carefully maneuver, and dogged by the constant, nagging question: What if they had chosen differently? The possibilities of the road not taken are a relentless haunt. In entrancing, lyrical prose, The Mothers asks whether a "what if" can be more powerful than an experience itself. If, as time passes, we must always live in servitude to the decisions of our younger selves, to the communities that have parented us, and to the decisions we make that shape our lives forever"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 8 audio discs (10 hrs.)
- Note
- Compact disc
- Isbn
- 9780735288270
- Label
- The mothers : a novel
- Title
- The mothers
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Brit Bennett
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A dazzling debut novel from an exciting new voice, The Mothers is a surprising story about young love, a big secret in a small community--and the things that ultimately haunt us most. Set within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett's mesmerizing first novel is an emotionally perceptive story about community, love, and ambition. It begins with a secret. "All good secrets have a taste before you tell them, and if we'd taken a moment to swish this one around our mouths, we might have noticed the sourness of an unripe secret, plucked too soon, stolen and passed around before its season." It is the last season of high school life for Nadia Turner, a rebellious, grief-stricken, seventeen-year-old beauty. Mourning her own mother's recent suicide, she takes up with the local pastor's son. Luke Sheppard is twenty-one, a former football star whose injury has reduced him to waiting tables at a diner. They are young; it's not serious. But the pregnancy that results from this teen romance--and the subsequent cover-up--will have an impact that goes far beyond their youth. As Nadia hides her secret from everyone, including Aubrey, her God-fearing best friend, the years move quickly. Soon, Nadia, Luke, and Aubrey are full-fledged adults and still living in debt to the choices they made that one seaside summer, caught in a love triangle they must carefully maneuver, and dogged by the constant, nagging question: What if they had chosen differently? The possibilities of the road not taken are a relentless haunt. In entrancing, lyrical prose, The Mothers asks whether a "what if" can be more powerful than an experience itself. If, as time passes, we must always live in servitude to the decisions of our younger selves, to the communities that have parented us, and to the decisions we make that shape our lives forever"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bennett, Brit
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- PS3602.E66444
- LC item number
- M68 2016ab
- Literary text for sound recordings
- fiction
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Read by Adenrele Ojo
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Ojo, Adenrele
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- African American teenagers
- Teenage pregnancy
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
- Choice (Psychology)
- California, Southern
- Target audience
- adult
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- The mothers : a novel, Brit Bennett, (sound recording)
- Note
- Compact disc
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
-
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 8 audio discs (10 hrs.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9780735288270
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- s
- Other control number
- 9780735288256
- Other physical details
- digital, CD audio
- Publisher number
- PRHA 6016
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
-
- 943667267
- (OCoLC)943667267
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- The mothers : a novel, Brit Bennett, (sound recording)
- Note
- Compact disc
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
-
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 8 audio discs (10 hrs.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9780735288270
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- s
- Other control number
- 9780735288256
- Other physical details
- digital, CD audio
- Publisher number
- PRHA 6016
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
-
- 943667267
- (OCoLC)943667267
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
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