Imagine Me Gone Lib/E

Review Imagine Me Gone is literature of the highest order.– "Peter Carey, Man Booker Prize-winning author"A richly drawn, Franzenesque canvas...Haslett's prose shimmers as he peers unflinchingly at the risks and rewards of fighting for love.– "O, The Oprah Magazine"Adam Haslett's second novel...has one of the most harrowing...descriptions of a mind in obsessive turmoil and disrepair...a marvelously lucid and intelligent writer.– "Joy Williams, Pulitzer Prize finalist for The Quick and the Dead"An achingly realistic portrait of a family sucked into-and dry by-a mentally-ill loved one's spiral into darkness.– "W magazine"Brilliantly captures the excruciating burden of love and the role it plays in both our survival and our destruction.– "Esquire"Captures two troubled minds with rare empathy, realism, and insight.– "Minneapolis Star-Tribune"Haslett's considerable skills as a writer turn domestic conflicts into something more profound...The sort of writing that is guaranteed to turn heads.– "Miami Herald" Product Description From a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, a story of a family facing the ultimate question: How far will we go for those we love the most?When Margaret's fiance, John, is hospitalized for depression, she faces a choice: carry on with their plans, or back away from the suffering it may bring her. She decides to marry him. Imagine Me Gone is the unforgettable story of what unfolds from this act of love and faith. At the heart of it is their eldest son, Michael, a brilliant, anxious music fanatic, and the story of how, over the span of decades, his younger siblings-the responsible Celia and the tightly controlled Alec-struggle along with their mother to care for Michael's increasingly troubled existence. Adam Haslett has given us something rare: an audiobook with the power to change how you see the most important people in your life. About the Author Adam Haslett is the author of the short story collection You Are Not a Stranger Here and the novel Union Atlantic. His story collection was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award and his books have been translated into eighteen languages. In 2006, he won the PEN/Malamud Award for short fiction. Haslett is a graduate of Swarthmore College, the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and Yale Law School. He has been a visiting professor at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and Columbia University.Ellen Archer has narrated numerous audiobooks and has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards, as well as the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. She is an actress, and singer with a degree in opera performance from the Boston Conservatory. She has performed extensively on the New York stage and in regional theaters.Robert Fass is a veteran actor and twice winner of the prestigious Audie Award. He has earned multiple Earphones Awards, including for his narration of Francisco Goldman's Say Her Name, one of AudioFile magazine's Best Audiobooks of 2011.