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Evening Begins the Day
- Author
- Jessica Brilliant Keener
- Narrator
- Marnye Young
- Publisher
- Silverton Agency
- Publish Date
- 14 July 2026
- Run Time
- 9 hours 9 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
After she discovers her husband‘s infidelity, Rachel Cohen, reeling from hurt and shame, escapes to a rental house in the idyllic town of Woodbury, near Boston. She winds up next door to her colleague Cynthia Meyer, who-unlike Rachel-seems to have everything in this town where parents are high achievers, children excel, and problems are sealed inside well-tended houses. Cynthia’s a successful VP in corporate giving, who helped fund Rachel’s latest environmental project for elementary kids. Cynthia’s husband is a pioneering researcher in breakthrough cancer treatments. Their only child, Lauren, is set to graduate high school in the spring.
Pretenses shatter the day an ambulance pulls up in front of the Meyers’ house and Rachel watches helplessly as Lauren is carried away on a stretcher. Amid their turmoil, Rachel and the Meyers’ lives begin to intertwine. When they adopt an ancient spiritual practice called the Counting of the Omer, it leads them down unconventional pathways for answers.
Evening Begins the Day shines a light on the complexity of two families in crisis and their transformation from isolation to community, loneliness to hope and joy.
Critics Review
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“Restrained and powerful.”
The Jewish Book Council
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“A heartening novel about self-forgiveness and community healing.”
Foreword Magazine
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“A riveting journey of hurt and healing, questioning and hope.”
Elizabeth Graver, author of Kantika, winner of the Jewish Book Award
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“A magnificent work of fiction. With spare, gorgeous insight and a compelling sense of pace.”
Dawn Trip, author of bestselling novels Georgia and Jackie
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“In her gorgeous new novel…Keener expertly weaves the ancient wisdom of elders with some moder problems–with revelatory, astonishing results.”
Alex George, author of The Paris Hours
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Details
- Author
- Jessica Brilliant Keener
- Narrator
- Marnye Young
- Duration
- 9 hours 9 minutes
- Release Date
- 14 July 2026
- ISBN
- 9798228991590
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Silverton Agency
- Genre
- Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Fiction: general and literary, Religious and spiritual fiction, Religious and spiritual fiction
Synopsis
After she discovers her husband‘s infidelity, Rachel Cohen, reeling from hurt and shame, escapes to a rental house in the idyllic town of Woodbury, near Boston. She winds up next door to her colleague Cynthia Meyer, who-unlike Rachel-seems to have everything in this town where parents are high achievers, children excel, and problems are sealed inside well-tended houses. Cynthia’s a successful VP in corporate giving, who helped fund Rachel’s latest environmental project for elementary kids. Cynthia’s husband is a pioneering researcher in breakthrough cancer treatments. Their only child, Lauren, is set to graduate high school in the spring.Pretenses shatter the day an ambulance pulls up in front of the Meyers’ house and Rachel watches helplessly as Lauren is carried away on a stretcher. Amid their turmoil, Rachel and the Meyers’ lives begin to intertwine. When they adopt an ancient spiritual practice called the Counting of the Omer, it leads them down unconventional pathways for answers.Evening Begins the Day shines a light on the complexity of two families in crisis and their transformation from isolation to community, loneliness to hope and joy.
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