We Spread by Iain Reid audiobook

We Spread

By Iain Reid
Read by Robin Miles

Simon & Schuster Audio UK, Simon & Schuster Audio 9781982169350

Unabridged

Format : Retail CD (In Stock)
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    ISBN: 9781797144276

Runtime: 5.97 Hours
Category: Fiction/Science Fiction
Audience: Adult
Language: English

Summary

Summary

Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award

An Amazon Editor’s Top Pick in Mystery & Suspense

Penny, an artist, has lived in the same apartment for decades, surrounded by the artifacts and keepsakes of her long life. She is resigned to the mundane rituals of old age, until things start to slip. Before her longtime partner passed away years earlier, provisions were made, unbeknownst to her, for a room in a unique long-term care residence, where Penny finds herself after one too many “incidents.”

Initially, surrounded by peers, conversing, eating, sleeping, looking out at the beautiful woods that surround the house, all is well. She even begins to paint again. But as the days start to blur together, Penny – with a growing sense of unrest and distrust – starts to lose her grip on the passage of time and on her place in the world. Is she succumbing to the subtly destructive effects of aging, or is she an unknowing participant in something more unsettling?

At once compassionate and uncanny, told in spare, hypnotic prose, Iain Reid’s genre-defying third novel explores questions of conformity, art, productivity, relationships, and what, ultimately, it means to grow old.

‘I loved this book and couldn't put it down – a deeply gripping, surreal and wonderfully mysterious novel. Not only has Reid given us a brilliant page turner, but a profoundly moving meditation on life and art, death and infinity. Reid is a master’ Mona Awad, author 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl and All's Well
 

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Robin Miles provides such a commanding performance that she maintains a grip on the listener even as events of this story become less clear…Miles’s voice captures Penny’s mounting dread and doubt while seizing opportunities to engage in moments of control, making the impact of this story even more emotional. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.” AudioFile
“[An] exquisite novel of psychological suspense.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)
We Spread is taut and frightening read, perhaps best called a thriller.” Rumaan Alam, New York Times bestselling author

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Author Bio: Iain Reid

Author Bio: Iain Reid

Iain Reid is the author of two critically acclaimed, award-winning books of nonfiction and two works of fiction. His novels I’m Thinking of Ending Things and Foe have been optioned for film. Follow him on Twitter @Reid_Iain.

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Available Formats : Retail CD
Category: Fiction/Science Fiction
Runtime: 5.97
Audience: Adult
Language: English