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Birds of Paradise

Audiobook
Unabridged   14.5 hour(s)
Publication date: 06/09/2011

Birds of Paradise

Available from major retailers or BUY FROM AMAZON
Audio CD ISBN:9781611745771

Summary

A splendidly written, multilayered novel about a family that comes apart at the seams—and finds its way back together again.
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Product Description

Avis Muir is a brilliant pastry chef, Brian Muir a corporate real estate attorney. Their son, Stanley, is the proprietor of a trendy food market. Their beautiful daughter, Felice, is missing. A runaway at 13, Felice has spent five years modeling tattoos, skateboarding, clubbing, and sleeping in a squat house or on the beach. She’s about to turn 18. Soon all of the Muirs will be forced to confront their anguish, loss, and sense of betrayal. And Felice must reckon with the guilty secret that drove her away, then face her fear of losing her family and her sense of self forever.

Set against the vibrant backdrop of contemporary Miami, Birds of Paradise is filled with piercing insights into the politics of food and sugar, teen culture, and of the ebb and flow of marriage. The writing is sumptuous, the story moving, and the descriptions of food (one of Abu-Jaber’s specialties) are mouth-watering.

Reviews/Praise

“Tamara Marston’s strong delivery provides the characters with distinct voices, helping to make the richly developed and intriguing cast of players as well as the delicious words come alive.”
      —Library Journal [starred review]

“Narrator Tamara Marston portrays the main characters—mother, father, daughter, and son—with feeling and sensitivity. Her reading recognizes that the city of Miami, where the novel is set, is also a character, and she infuses the descriptions of the landscape and urban setting with meaning.”
      —AudioFile

“Nuanced and deftly drawn. . . . Will [also] draw teens.”
      —Booklist

“A meticulous, deeply moving portrayal of imperfect human beings struggling to do right.”
      —Kirkus Reviews [starred review]

Author Bio

DIANA ABU-JABER is the author of Origin, Crescent, The Language of Baklava, and Arabian Jazz. She has won the PEN Center USA Award for Literary Fiction, the Oregon Book Award, and other prizes. Her writing appears in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Slate, Ms., Gourmet, Salon, and Vogue, and she is frequently featured on National Public Radio. She lives in Coral Gables, Florida, and Portland, Oregon.

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