close
I Am the Light of This World Audiobook, by Michael Parker Play Audiobook Sample

I Am the Light of This World Audiobook

I Am the Light of This World Audiobook, by Michael Parker Play Audiobook Sample
FlexPass™ Price: $13.95
$9.95 for new members!
(Includes UNLIMITED podcast listening)
  • Love your audiobook or we'll exchange it
  • No credits to manage, just big savings
  • Unlimited podcast listening
Add to Cart
$9.95/m - cancel anytime - 
learn more
OR
Regular Price: $24.99 Add to Cart
Read By: Michael Crouch Publisher: Algonquin Books Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.67 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.25 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: November 2022 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781649041265

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

25

Longest Chapter Length:

40:33 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

08 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

20:07 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

3

Other Audiobooks Written by Michael Parker: > View All...

Publisher Description

Critically acclaimed author Michael Parker, in a novel that promises to be his breakout book, tells the searing and unforgettable story of Earl and the cost of one bad decision that irrevocably changes the course of his life.

Beginning in the 1970s in Carthage, Texas, I Am the Light of This World follows the story of Earl, a 17-year-old boy who comes from a poor family and is an outsider, a dreamer, a reader, a lover of music. He meets Tina, a new girl in town who is living with her aunt, and she convinces him to drive her to visit her mother in Austin. But as the night gets going and gets out of control, Earl loses track of what is happening and Tina disappears. Two days later, when Earl comes to, he’s being questioned: Tina is gone, and there is blood in the trunk of his car. Since he can’t remember what happened, and since his family has no money to post bail or hire a decent lawyer, Earl goes to prison for a murder he did not commit.

 

When he is released thirty years later, Earl moves to the Oregon coast, trying to navigate a world that has changed radically in his absence. He is lucky enough to find goodhearted people, and he tries to have the life he was never given. But just as things are starting to fall into place, his past is discovered. 

 

I Am the Light of This World is a page-turning look both at the arc of a life, and of how to come to peace with one's past. 

 

Download and start listening now!

I Am the Light of This World Listener Reviews

Be the first to write a review about this audiobook!

About Michael Parker

Michael Parker is the author of several novels and collections of stories. His short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times Magazine, the Oxford American, Runner’s World, Men’s Journal, and other publications. His work has been anthologized in The O. Henry Prize Stories and The Pushcart Prize. He is the Nicholas and Nancy Vacc Distinguished Professor in the MFA writing program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He lives in Austin, Texas.

About Michael Crouch

Fred Berman has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards as well as the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. He is an actor of theater, film, and television whose credits include Broadway’s The Lion King, Law & Order, and Directing Eddie, among others. He was featured in Entertainment Weekly for his work on the Walking Dead audiobook series.