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Ohio Angels by Harriet Scott Chessman

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Ohio Angels

Author
Harriet Scott Chessman
Narrator
Norma Lana
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Publish Date
1 October 2010
Run Time
3 hours 42 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Fiction: general and literary, Fiction: general and literary, Fiction: general and literary
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In Harriet Scott Chessman's arresting first novel, Hallie Greaves comes home to Ohio one hot week in July. She hopes to help her mother, who confines her life wholly to her bedroom. To enter her mother's room, however, is to face her own disappointments and yearnings. At an impasse in her painting and her marriage, Hallie confronts questions of love, memory, and sorrow. Ohio Angels is a moving portrait of the intricacies of marriage and friendship, and of the surprising possibilities for compassion and renewal.

Critics Review

  • “Lyrical…Chessman is adept at setting a mood.”

    Publishers Weekly

  • “Norma Lang narrates in an even and introspective tone. Her quiet and steady examination of the corners of Hallie’s past and present is appropriately low-key and well tempered.”

    AudioFile

  • “Chessman captures the inner workings of the mind and the processes by which decisions are made. Her prose, well read by Norma Lana, is thoughtful, and her characters are beautifully constructed.”

    Library Journal

  • “A poetic and moving first novel.”

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  • “A quietly lyrical debut about a young woman coming to terms with family and mortality…A compelling and sensitive portrayal…Chessman’s style is fluid and unobtrusive, and manages to be meditative without being abstract.”

    Kirkus Reviews

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Details
Author
Harriet Scott Chessman
Narrator
Norma Lana
Duration
3 hours 42 minutes
Release Date
1 October 2010
ISBN
9781602830967
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Genre
Fiction: general and literary, Fiction: general and literary, Fiction: general and literary

Synopsis

In Harriet Scott Chessman's arresting first novel, Hallie Greaves comes home to Ohio one hot week in July. She hopes to help her mother, who confines her life wholly to her bedroom. To enter her mother's room, however, is to face her own disappointments and yearnings. At an impasse in her painting and her marriage, Hallie confronts questions of love, memory, and sorrow. Ohio Angels is a moving portrait of the intricacies of marriage and friendship, and of the surprising possibilities for compassion and renewal.

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