'Night Mother (Dramatized) Audiobook

" Kind of neat how I have "Night Mother" and "Mother Night" on my book list, huh? This one's just an hour long suicide note, though. Emotionally engaging, but very disappointing ending. "

" I am a blubbering mess after reading this. A masterfully executed play. "

" I forgot how amazing this play is. Awesome. "

" oh my heart... "

" Ultra depressing! "

" I hate to always relate books to movies, but the movie adaptation with Sissy Spacek does an amazing job of capturing what I remember most about this play. It's certainly not an uplifting read, but it's not exactly depressing either. Even though you know the ending from the very beginning, it's truly the journey that becomes all the more important, and the dialogue throughout between mother and daughter is spectacular. Sometimes, in watching a play, you're aware that the actors are reciting lines, which were written first by a playwright. In this case, you truly feel as if you are eavesdropping quietly on a real conversation that takes place over the course of an evening. You're definitely emotionally invested early on. "

" This is one of my favorite plays of all time. It's honest, cruel, beautifully written, and very, very depressing. Be prepared for the ending. "

" Rich, affecting melodrama. The kind of play actresses and directors adore. "

" This play is really good but it's really sad! So if you don't like sad stuff stay away, lol! "

" dark, dreary and painful to get through. "

" A dark play, but beautifully crafted and fun to perform. (I played Jesse Cates.) "

" One of the most depressing plays you will ever read, but it is a powerful treatment of the delicate subject of suicide. "

" Creepy and funny. Always look at it from the perspective of the daughter though. I don't know what my reaction will be to this play in twenty or thirty years. Probably very different? I like that the mundane is interspersed throughout. Probably my favorite aspect of the piece actually. "

" Women's version of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. "

" Devastating. My stomach was in knots upon finishing this play (in one sitting, mind you). Once you start reading, it is impossible not to follow it to it's inevitable, yet still gut wrenching conclusion. "

" Amazing. A two-person full-length play is rather difficult to pull off, but Norman does that and more in this work. I love the dialogue and pacing of this play; it is emotional, but not sentimental. A shot is heard: It sounds like "no". Yes ... a brilliant play. "

" Great play. A wonderful two-person dialogue, totally realistic and definitely unique. "

" This play could have been two pages long, and a lot less boring. I say two pages cause you know how it will end from there. "

" Powerful, intimate look at the outwardly ordinary but inwardly tragic lives of two women, a mother and her daughter who has decided to commit suicide. Fabulous. "

" Excellent play that packs an emotional punch. Playing the two characters demands exceptional acting. "

" I very sad and heartbreaking play. Very good. "

" this play = high school speech tournaments. "

" I dunno ... does it count to include a play on a site for books? Though ... duh ... what do I think "Romeo & Juliet" is? Anyway, whatever your criteria and regardless of the genre, this is a provocative, gripping and memorable story. "

" Creeeeeepy! Read "Getting Out" too. "

" So many of the plays I've read in my life were written by men. It's nice to read a play by a woman, and furthermore about a amother/daughter. Even if it is about suicide. Or perhaps, especially because it is about suidice. "

" I have lost a few people I cared about deeply to suicide, and so I personally don't like reading about it. I'm sure it's amazing, I've seen it performed, but it's a personal boundary I have. So it's not a judgement based on the quality of the work itself, just my sensitivities. "

" A dark play, but beautifully crafted and fun to perform. (I played Jesse Cates.) "

" A gripping, fascinating, brilliant, yet ultimately heartbreaking play. "

" It's a play so not really a "book" but I just love this. Warning - not cheery. This is very dark and there's not much to the plot but if you like intense writing and beautifully crafted characters, read this! "

" dark, dreary and painful to get through. "

" Pretty harrowing but well written. Even better when performed.Ellie NYC "

" good book, really tore my up inside "

" One of the most truthful writings about a person's place in a family and the very right to become your own person. You really don't know what is going to happen until the last page. Norman's writing is superb in keeping the reader engrossed in trying to figure out what will happen. "

" Devastating. My stomach was in knots upon finishing this play (in one sitting, mind you). Once you start reading, it is impossible not to follow it to it's inevitable, yet still gut wrenching conclusion. "

" So morbid. I don't know, perhaps it's better to watch plays and not read them. "

" I just read this again and it made me cry several times. Damn it. This is a wonderful play, deceptively simple, painfully real, and both thought-provoking and emotion-jarring. I love it. "

" An absorbing play, written in a classic style, that feels timeless. "