The Great Believers Free Audiobook Download by Rebecca Makkai
Nora is a painter living in Los Angeles, when she meets Eddie. He's the boy next door and he asks her to paint a portrait of his late mother. They spend hours together and she starts to know that they share something important; they both believe in something more than this world.
The Great Believers is about a group of firemen in the 1970s who are killed on a horrible day. The book follows one of them, Tommy Monaghan and his journey from being an arsonist to becoming an arson investigator.
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai is a novel about the lives of four women who share a deep belief in God. These women were deeply religious during the late 1800s when America was on the cusp of becoming the American nation. The narrator is a journalist, who is writing about the lives of these women and their faith.
The Great Believers is a heart-wrenching story of love, loss, and the power of family. Rebecca Makkai tells the story of Georgie and Leslie, two young women who share an intense bond, even though they are years apart in age. In the early 1980s, their lives intersect at a time when the AIDS epidemic was still manageable. With each passing day, their world starts to unravel as Leslie becomes increasingly ill and Georgie races to take care of her.
The Great Believers is a masterpiece of historical fiction, with a moving and thought-provoking story of four people whose lives intersect in Chicago in the 1950s.
The Great Believers is a novel about two friends, Violet and Jack, who meet in college and discover they have cancer. It is a book of two halves. The first half follows them as they go through chemotherapy and radiation, talk to their families and share the news with friends. The second half follows their lives years after the diagnosis as the effects of their cancer linger on.
Published Date | 2018-06-19 |
Duration | 18 hours 17 minutes |
Author | Rebecca Makkai |
Narrated | Michael Crouch |
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Abridged | No |
Is It Free? | 30-days Free |
Category | Fiction & Literature |
Parent Category | Family Life, Coming of Age, Literary Fiction |