Seventh Heaven
- Author Alice Hoffman
- Narrator Hillary Huber
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 1 September 2014
- Run Time 8 hours and 48 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Fiction: general and literary, Historical fiction.
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What to expect
Nora Silk doesn't really fit in on Hemlock Street, where every house looks the same. She's divorced. She wears a charm bracelet and high heels and red toreador pants. And the way she raises her kids is a scandal. But as time passes, the neighbors start having second thoughts about Nora. The women's apprehension evolves into admiration. The men's lust evolves into awe. The children are drawn to her in ways they can't explain. And everyone on this little street in 1959 Long Island seems to sense the possibilities and perils of a different kind of future when they look at Nora Silk.
This extraordinary novel by the author of The River King and Local Girls takes us back to a time when the exotic both terrified and intrigued us, and despite our most desperate attempts, our passions and secrets remained as stubbornly alive as the weeds in our well-trimmed lawns.
Critics Review
u201cBeautifully told.u201d
u201cStirring, stunningu2026by far [her] best book.u201d
u201cBrilliant and astonishingu2026Suffused with magic.nIf ever a book deserved to be called u2018haunting,u2019 this is it. In every sense ofnthe word.u201d
u201cMarvelously slyu2026[a] wonderful blend of humor, shrewdness,nand compassion.u201d
u201cPart American Graffiti, part earlynUpdike, Seventh Heaven simultaneously chronicles the coming ofnage of a group of teenagers in a Long Island town and the gradual dissolutionnof their parentsu2019 repressed, middle-class worldu2026A parable about changing timesnand changing values.u201d
u201cSeamless storytellingu2026vivid charactersu2026a livelynpace and plenty of surprises.u201d
u201cTerrificu2026Seventh Heaven is one ofnthose rare novels so abundant with life it seems to overflow its own pagesu2026Hernstorytelling gifts are those of a master.u201d
u201cBefore you know it, youu2019re half in love withnthe ordinary people who inhabit this book; youu2019re seduced by theirnsusceptibility to the remarkable.u201d
u201cA pleasureu2026Seventh Heaven is not onlynentertainingu2014it gives one new respect for tender suburban dreams.u201d
u201cA consummate joyu2026magical.u201d
u201c[A] deft blend of magical realism andnsociological truth.u201d
u201cLiterary magicu2026A beautiful, deceptively simplenstory about ordinary life in an ordinary housing development nestled beside thenSouthern State Parkwayu2026Hoffman breaks down the barriers of time, distance, andnreticence. She takes us inside the houses of Hemlock Street and shows us hownour ordinary neighborsu2014like ourselvesu2014are both unique and universal, and worthynof love.u201d
u201cPowerfulu2026sparklingu2026Seventh Heaven isna major accomplishment.u201d
u201cSpellbinding.u201d
u201cTouching and evocativeu2026Reading it can quicklyntransport you to cloud nine.u201d
u201cIn the full flowering of her extraordinaryntalent, Hoffman has produced a wise, poignant and uplifting novel luminous withnthe sensitive evocation of ordinary livesu2026As usual she tells more than ancompulsively readable story. She does magic, she unsettles you, and she leavesnyou feeling emotionally purged and satisfied.u201d
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