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A Bigamist's Daughter: A Novel Audiobook

By: Alice McDermott
A Bigamists Daughter: A Novel Audiobook, by Alice McDermott Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Tavia Gilbert, Maggie Hoffman Publisher: Macmillan Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.67 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.25 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: February 2012 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781427222794
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Total Audiobook Chapters:

22

Longest Chapter Length:

43:58 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

30 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

23:19 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

6

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Publisher Description

The New York Times Bestselling Author of After This and Charming Billy Elizabeth Connelly, editor at a New York vanity press, sells the dream of publication (admittedly, to writers of questionable talent). Stories of true emotional depth rarely cross her desk. But when a young writer named Tupper Daniels walks in, bearing an unfinished novel, Elizabeth is drawn to both the novelist and his story—a lyrical tale about a man in love with more than one woman at once. Tupper's manuscript unlocks memories of her own secretive father, who himself may have been a bigamist. As Elizabeth and Tupper search for the perfect dénouement, their affair, too, approaches a most unexpected and poignant coda. A brilliant debut from one of our most celebrated authors, A Bigamist's Daughter is "a wise, sad, witty novel about men and women, God, hope, love, illusion, and fiction itself" (Newsweek).

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"Great read, McDermott is brilliant and it's fun finding her little easter eggs all over the book. Don't make this mistake of thinking this is an easy read - it's not meant to be."

— Emma (4 out of 5 stars)

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  • “Tavia Gilbert vividly narrates Elizabeth's quest for understanding of her past and her present…Gilbert conveys Elizabeh's long-hidden pain and highlights McDermott's message about relationships between men and women.

    — AudioFile Magazine

  • Impressive…A fascinatingly prismatic story.

    — Anne Tyler, The New York Times Book Review

  • One of our finest novelists at work today.

    — Los Angeles Times

  • There's no one like Alice McDermott…her touch is light as a feather, her perceptions purely accurate.

    — Elle

  • Beautifully written.

    — The Washington Post

  • A masterly and admirable first novel...A Bigamist's Daughter sparkles with crisp language and fine, precise writing….A richly detailed story.

    — The Kansas City Star

  • McDermott is an enormously skilled and assured writer who transforms the ordinary into something magical.

    — The Cleveland Plain Dealer

A Bigamist's Daughter Listener Reviews

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  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " The mian character is "executive editor" at a vanity publisher. She is also the daughter of a marriage that not exclusive on her father's part. What's real, what purpose to our delusions serve? Not McDermott's best (i loved "Charming Billy" and enjoyed "Child of My Heart"), but worth reading. "

    — Mary, 1/12/2014
  • Overall Performance: 1 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 5

    " I liked this book the least of all her books. All the others were really good!!! "

    — Royce, 12/31/2013
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    " I didn't finish this book. It was one of her early ones and as a writer, McDermott just gets better and better. I didn't think this was nearly as good as "Child of my Heart" or "After This" both of which have fuller characters and more inventive use of language. "

    — Alexis, 12/25/2013
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " Why so boring? It's like the story just fizzled out along the way. Blah. "

    — Stephanie, 12/21/2013
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " Man this book was hard to follow... I think there might've been an awesome story in there somewhere...if only I could've found it. "

    — Amber, 12/13/2013
  • Overall Performance: 1 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 5

    " YUCK! Why oh why do I keep reading a book that I don't like. I read this book during my lunch hour at work & felt like I was crawling out of my skin. I couldn't wait to finish it. Next time I don't like a book, I hope someone pulls it out of my hands before I waste my time. "

    — Suzie, 12/13/2013
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Vanity publisher's editor meets author with a story that matches her life. Go figure. "

    — Cathann403, 12/6/2013
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " Eh. I didn't hate this book, but I didn't really like it either. It certainly wasn't the writing style that didn't hold my interest...I just couldn't ever really get into the story. "

    — Shannon, 8/26/2013
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " The plot seemed contrived. Did not get the MO of the main character -- "

    — Lisa, 5/19/2013
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    " Pretty weird. And not that good. "

    — Brielle, 4/11/2013
  • Overall Performance: 1 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 5

    " Okay, I hated this book. "

    — Samira, 11/27/2012
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " She really can write but I must admit that I preferred Charming Billy. "

    — Sharron, 10/20/2012
  • Overall Performance: 1 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 5

    " Read half; odd story. Couldn't finish it. "

    — Joyce, 10/10/2012
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Hmmm... It was good but definitely not the author's best. It was one of her early works though... "

    — Melissa, 8/7/2012
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    " Alice McDermott's books all have the same sense of emptiness running throughout. The main character in this one is missing something/a lot of things in her life, and she doesn't really find it in the book. I wish she'd learned a little more about her father. "

    — Dani, 6/18/2012

About Alice McDermott

Alice McDermott is the author of several novels, including Charming Billy, winner of the 1998 National Book Award and a New York Times bestseller. That Night, At Weddings and Wakes, and After This were all finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, the New Yorker, Harper’s magazine, and elsewhere. For more than two decades she was the Richard A. Macksey Professor of the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University and a member of the faculty at the Sewanee Writers Conference.

About the Narrators

Tavia Gilbert is an acclaimed narrator of more than four hundred full-cast and multivoice audiobooks for virtually every publisher in the industry. Named the 2018 Voice of Choice by Booklist magazine, she is also winner of the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. She has earned numerous Earphones Awards, a Voice Arts Award, and a Listen-Up Award. Audible.com has named her a Genre-Defining Narrator: Master of Memoir. In addition to voice acting, she is an accomplished producer, singer, and theater actor. She is also a producer, singer, photographer, and a writer, as well as the cofounder of a feminist publishing company, Animal Mineral.

Maggie Hoffman is a voice talent and Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator.