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Dannie Faber has lots of reasons to feel blessed. A children’s book illustrator, she shares a loving marriage with Tom, a professor, with whom she divides her time between one of Boston’s finest suburbs and a beloved beach house in Truro, on Cape Cod. They have equally fortunate friends and a daughter, Beth, who has found success in Manhattan as a magazine editor. Suddenly Dannie’s fairy tale comes to an end. A rich newcomer to Truro builds a hideous “trophy house” down the beach from the Fabers’, irritating the town’s inhabitants before he’s even moved in and setting off shock waves that erupt in a nasty racial incident. With an unfortunate turn of events, Dannie’s life begins to unravel. Beth loses her boyfriend and quits her job, her best friend falls in love with the owner of the “trophy” house, and Dannie’s own marriage falls apart.
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“Celeste Lawson reads as if she is telling her own story. Her manner is reserved, as if she is holding back the desire to let her feelings fly, and that restraint allows the listeners to judge the characters for themselves, making the listening experience a very personal time.”
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“Anne Bernays has done it again. Nobody writes about the struggles of love and family from the inside out better than she does. Trophy House is a superbly written tale that, like all of Bernays’ novels, uses humor and wit to go deep into the pores of our souls.”
— Jim Lehrer -
“[An] astute, witty romance, beguilingly set in the Cape Cod towns of Truro and Provincetown…readers will bond with Bernays’ prickly, opinionated, bighearted heroine.”
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“Bernays’ compulsively readable novel [is] executed with panache.”
— Booklist
Trophy House Listener Reviews
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" The title caught my eye! I hope this is a good book, I have never read this author before. Interesting book, not sure if I really liked it or not. I felt that the main character was a bit whiney. "
— Jen, 11/19/2012 -
" The story held my interest through 3/4 of the book. Then it seemed to fall apart...Dannie is a likeable character as is her daughter and her best friend. Her husband then ex-husband and her boyfriend were not developed. "
— Donna, 8/29/2012 -
" Middle aged woman finds a different perspective about a McMansion built on her beloved Cape Cod. "
— Nancy, 7/30/2012 -
" CD Library - woman illustrator living on Cape, divorces husband of 30 years. "
— Terry, 5/22/2012 -
" This is a quick read set during the Bush era following 9/11. I enjoyed many aspects of the book, including the setting, descriptions of houses, etc. It's very possible that some readers may be put off by outspoken political views and rather unlovable characters. "
— Donna, 4/1/2012 -
" The title caught my eye! I hope this is a good book, I have never read this author before. Interesting book, not sure if I really liked it or not. I felt that the main character was a bit whiney. "
— Jen, 5/17/2011 -
" This is a quick read set during the Bush era following 9/11. I enjoyed many aspects of the book, including the setting, descriptions of houses, etc. It's very possible that some readers may be put off by outspoken political views and rather unlovable characters. "
— Donna, 5/1/2011 -
" Middle aged woman finds a different perspective about a McMansion built on her beloved Cape Cod. "
— Nancy, 11/16/2009 -
" This was just ok for me. Maybe it wasn't targeted to my age group but I just didn't connect with the characters. And the rich guy turning his huge flashy house into a B&B to make the locals happy? Unlikely. "
— Haley, 1/7/2009
About Anne Bernays
Anne Bernays is the author of ten novels and several works of nonfiction. Her articles and essays have appeared in numerous major publications, among them the Nation, New York Times, Town & Country, and Sports Illustrated. A longtime teacher of writing, she is currently on the faculty of Lesley University’s MFA program in writing and is a writing instructor at Harvard’s Nieman Foundation. Her novel Growing Up Rich won the Edward Lewis Wallent Award, and Professor Romeo was a New York Times Notable Book. She lives in Cambridge and Truro, Massachusetts, with her husband, Justin Kaplan.
About Celeste Lawson
Celeste Lawson is an Earphones Award winner and Audie Award nominee. She is the recording studio director for the Talking Books Program at the Library of Congress’ National Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. She was a dancer and an actor before finding her niche in the intriguing, challenging, and extremely satisfying world of narration. In Silver Spring, Maryland, where she lives with her husband, daughter, and cat, she practices yoga and continues to dance. Celeste has also recorded for Blackstone Audio under the name C. M. Hébert.