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We Are Gathered

Audiobook
Fiction: Literary
Unabridged   9.75 hour(s)
Publication date: 07/24/2018

We Are Gathered

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Audio CD ISBN:9781684411085
Digital Download ISBN:9781684411092

Summary

Balancing razor-sharp humor with a blunt vision of the fragility of our mortal bonds, Jamie Weisman skillfully constructs a world—and family—that pulls you in and carries you along with its refreshing, jagged beauty.

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One afternoon in Atlanta, Georgia. Two people heading to the altar. One hundred fifty guests. The bride, Elizabeth Gottlieb, proud graduate of the University of Virginia and of Emory University School of Law, member of Atlanta's wealthy Jewish elite. The groom, Hank Jackson, not a member. Not a Jew. The couple of the hour, however, is beside the point, because We Are Gathered belongs to the guests.

Among them, Carla, Elizabeth's quick-witted, ugly duckling childhood best friend turned Hollywood film scout, whose jaundiced view of the drama that is an American wedding provides a lens of humor and its corollary, deep compassion for the supporting actors who steal the show; Elizabeth's great-aunt Rachel, a Holocaust survivor from Germany who is still navigating a no-man’s-land between cultures and identities decades after escaping from the forests of Europe; Elizabeth's wheelchair-bound grandfather Albert, who considers his legacy as a man, both in the boardroom and the bedroom; and Annette, the mother of the bride herself, reminded now of her youthful indiscretions in love and motherhood.

Reviews/Praise

"Weisman glides through several points of view with a graceful fluidity, illuminating the complex interior lives of her characters, and in doing so creates a poignant slice of life much greater than the sum of its eloquent parts."—Kris D'Agostino, author of The Antiques

“With dazzling storytelling and a stunning eye for truth, Jamie Weisman gives voice to the never-heard in We Are Gathered, revealing the interior lives of wedding guests as they reckon with paths taken—and not. An amazing book.” —Randy Susan Meyers, author of The Widow of Wall Street

"Elizabeth Gottlieb is getting married; and although her bridegroom isn’t Jewish, the family has invited 150 guests to the celebration. This debut novel by memoirist Weisman, however, is not about Elizabeth but about several of the guests at the wedding...Weisman’s ability to explore these troubled minds creates a multifaceted story of the difficulties people face." —Library Journal

Author Bio

Jamie Weisman is the author of the memoir As I Live and Breathe: Notes of a Patient-Doctor. She runs her own private dermatology practice just outside Atlanta, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and a brand-new Great Pyrenees puppy.