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The Latecomer
by Jean Hanff Korelitz
This sweeping family of drama and detail. It follows the Oppenheim family…starting from the beginning when Salo and Johanna, the parents, meet. It details their early relationship, their struggles with infertility and their eventual IVF that led them to having triplets. Sally, Lewyn, and Harrison, the triplets, could not be more different and didn't get along from the beginning. Meanwhile, an event from their father’s past keeps him disengaged. As the triplets are growing up, Johanna decides now is the time to have one more child, the “latecomer” to their family.
This audiobook is over 16 hours long, but because it’s narrated by the audiobook queen Julia Whelan, it’s a great listen. This story is filled with so much detail which made it feel very slow at times, but all of those details and complexities come together in a way that makes so much sense for the final 25%. It took me a bit to get into this story, and to be honest, I really didn’t fully enjoy it until the last quarter of the story. Julia Whelan really is what got me through this book.
If you enjoy discussion of art, slow burn character driven novels, and lots of family drama, this one may be for you!
Thanks to Celadon Books, Macmillan Audio, and NetGalley for the gifted copies.
This audiobook is over 16 hours long, but because it’s narrated by the audiobook queen Julia Whelan, it’s a great listen. This story is filled with so much detail which made it feel very slow at times, but all of those details and complexities come together in a way that makes so much sense for the final 25%. It took me a bit to get into this story, and to be honest, I really didn’t fully enjoy it until the last quarter of the story. Julia Whelan really is what got me through this book.
If you enjoy discussion of art, slow burn character driven novels, and lots of family drama, this one may be for you!
Thanks to Celadon Books, Macmillan Audio, and NetGalley for the gifted copies.