The Affairs of Others
- Author Amy Grace Loyd
- Narrator Kathe Mazur
- Publisher Orion
- Run Time 8 hours and 26 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Modern and contemporary fiction.
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What to expect
Everything will change when a new tenant, Hope, moves in upstairs. Intoxicating and dangerous, Hope is on the run from a failed marriage and in thrall to a seductive, sinister man. As her noisy affair destroys the building's quiet, and another tenant disappears, Celia is forced into contact with life - complicated, messy, irrepressible life - through violence, sex, and the secrets that lurk within the brownstone's walls.
Read by Kathe Mazur
(p) 2013 Macmillan Audio
Critics Review
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The first novel from the ex-literary editor of Playboy carries a considerable erotic charge, but there’s much more to it besides: grief is Amy Grace Loyd’s subject and her narrative is as psychologically acute as it is sensual. What’s more she as good on the texture of spring in the city as she is on the faces and flesh. A classy debut by a sure-footed storyteller.
DAILY MAIL -
As a story about bereavement it would seem to shout “moving on”. But this brisk phrase from the world of cheap psychobabble does not convey the full force and clarity of an impressive debut novel.
DAILY MAIL -
A riveting, raw debut…. Loyd brilliantly keeps us holding our breath as Celia’s barriers disintegrate, her rules fall away, and the shield she holds so tightly over her heart slowly lowers…. Stunningly rendered, acutely emotional
REDBOOK (USA) -
For first-time novelist Amy Grace Loyd, an apartment building is not simply housing. It is also a metaphor for the paradoxical isolation and proximity we feel among others… With forceful, sensual prose (the author is captivated by the scents of people and places), Loyd allows Celia to discover that ‘life had as many gains as losses as long as we were willing to tally them
O THE OPRAH MAGAZINE (USA) -
In this 50-shades-of-something novel, an apartment building’s tenants are thrown for a loop when a new resident moves in
MARIE CLAIRE (USA) -
[Loyd’s] writing is rich and elegant, with elements of allusion and allegory and beguiling characters to draw readers in. Dark and sensual, with just a touch of suspense, this first novel offers a heartwrenchingly honest story about grief while still allowing for a glimmer of hope
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