On The Divinity Of Second Chances - Hardcover

McLaren, Kaya

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0966894073 ISBN 13: 9780966894073

Publisher: Daybue Pub Ink, 2004

Synopsis

Kaya McLaren, author of Church of the Dog, celebrates moments of pure beauty and wonder in her widely anticipated second novel, On the Divinity of Second Chances. Overflowing with a zany and spirited cast of characters, it revels in the miracle of second chances as an extended family searches for true contentment.

About this title

About the Author

Kaya McLaren teaches art and lives on the east slope of Snoqualmie Pass in Washington state with her dog, Big Cedar. Her second novel, On the Divinity of Second Chances, will be published by Penguin in winter 2009.

From AudioFile

This delightful novel of a family turning crises into opportunities is given a Rolls Royce production, with each character performed by a different actor as the narrative point of view shifts from Grandma Pearl, to Phil, then Anna, then their three grown children--and, from time to time, even to the moon. Anna's voice is particularly elegant; Phil's warm and appealing; Olive, the banker daughter, and Forrest, the runaway son, are both artfully performed; and pistol-toting, tap-dancing Pearl provides splendid comic relief. Younger daughter Jade, at the heart of the book, has a regrettable flat quack to her voice, but it would take far more than that to diminish the many pleasures of this listening experience--and the big-hearted charm of the author's vision. B.G. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

Edition details

• Publisher: Daybue Pub Ink
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0966894073
• ISBN 13: 9780966894073
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384