Publisher Description
In this haunting, bracing new collection, Dan Chaon shares stories of men, women, and children who live far outside the American Dream, while wondering which decision, which path, or which accident brought them to this place. Chaon mines the psychological landscape of his characters to dazzling effect. Each story radiates with sharp humor, mystery, wonder, and startling compassion. Among the Missing lingers in the mind through its subtle grace and power of language.
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About Dan Chaon
Dan Chaon is the acclaimed author of Among the Missing, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and You Remind Me of Me, named one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Science Monitor, and Entertainment Weekly, among other publications. Await Your Reply was a New York Times Notable Book and appeared on more than a dozen best-of-the-year lists;. He has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Fiction and was the recipient of the 2006 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He teaches at Oberlin College, where he is the Pauline M. Delaney Professor of Creative Writing.
About the Narrators
Cotter Smith is an American actor of stage, film, and television.
As an audiobook narrator, he has won two Earphones Awards and was a finalist in
1997 for the prestigious Audie Award.
Becky
Ann Baker, narrator and actress, has received critics’ praise for her readings
of books by such authors as Stephen King, James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell, Iris
Johansen, and Karin Slaughter. She has performed in numerous roles on Broadway,
starring in Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins.
Her many television credits include Girls,
Smash, and Nurse Jackie, and her film credits include Spider-Man 3, The Discoverers,
and Hope Springs.