- Title:
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Blue in Chicago (MP3)
- Written by:
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Bette Howland
- Read by:
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Bernadette Dunne
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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13 hours 55 minutes
- MP3 size:
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574 MB
- Published:
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July 09 2020
- Available Date:
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July 09 2020
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781529054873
- Genres:
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Fiction; General Fiction; Short Stories & Anthologies
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Macmillan audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
Blue in Chicago, and other stories introduces readers to a wry, brilliant observer and a writer of great empathy and sly, joyous humour.
Blue in Chicago collects together the sharp, bittersweet stories of Bette Howland and restores to our shelves an extraordinarily gifted writer, who was recognised as a major talent before all but disappearing from public view for decades, until nearly the end of her life.
Bette Howland was an outsider: an intellectual from a working-class neighbourhood in Chicago; a divorcée and single mother, to the disapproval of her family; an artist chipped away at by poverty and perfection. Each of these sides of her life plays a shaping role in her work. Mining her most precarious struggles for her art in each of these stories, she chronicles the fears and hopes of her generation.
Blue in Chicago, and other stories introduces listeners to a wry, brilliant observer and a writer of great empathy and sly, joyous humour.
'This achingly beautiful book throbs with life, compassion, warmth, and humour; hums with an undercurrent of existential despair; and creeps into your soul like the slushy-gray-yellow light of a wintry Chicago morning.'
Kirkus Reviews
'She holds the city's humanity in an uneasy but affectionate embrace, and her voice is unlike any other. Fiercely straightforward, honest, angry, warmhearted.'
New York Times