· Swan Song by Lisa Alther: In the wake of the sudden deaths of her parents and Kat, her decades-long partner, Dr. Jessie Drake flees from her life and accepts a job from a former flame aboard the Amphitrite, a British liner, as the ship’s doctor. While the cruise quickly falls into chaos—including, but not limited to affairs among passengers and a hijacking by pirates—Jessie, who is mired in grief, finds . · “[Swan Song] is a meditation on loss and longing and late-middle age that manages, thanks to Alther’s vivid prose and indomitable protagonist, to be as charming, amusing, and enticing as her debut [Kinflicks]. [There is] a madcap ensemble cast of secondary characters (reminiscent of Agatha Christie in her prime).”. As the ship sails through the Gulf of Aden and into a possible hijacking by Somali pirates, Jessie retreats into her lover's journals, written during her final months, journals filled with sketches of potential characters, observations on life and love - as well as drafts of a long new poem in progress, "Swan Song", that seems to be about being in love with someone else, someone new.
Author: Lisa Alther ISBN Title: Swan Song: An Odyssey Item Condition: New. Will be clean, not soiled or stained. Books will be free of page markings. Swan Song — Lisa Alther. Book Lists. A new novel, funny, wise, moving, true, as only Lisa Alther can write ("she had me laughing at 4 in the morning" --Doris Lessing), set on a cruise ship, about a woman, a doctor in charge of the ship's clinic, recovering from the loss of her longtime female lover, a. Download or stream Swan Song by Lisa Alther, Susan Bennett for free on hoopla. A new novel, funny, wise, moving, true, as only Lisa Alther can write, set on a cruise ship, about a woman, a doctor in charge of the ship's clinic, recovering from the loss of her longtime female lover, a much-admired.
“ Swan Song: An Odyssey” by Lisa Alther, Knopf, pp., $ Michael Upchurch: michaelupchurch@www.doorway.ru ; Michael Upchurch is a novelist (“Passive Intruder,” “The Flame Forest. Swan Song; An Odyssey; By: Lisa Alther; Narrated by: Susan Bennett; Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins Unabridged Audiobook. Lisa Alther’s latest novel, “Swan Song”, is the story of a long trip - an odyssey - made by a 60 year old ER doctor, Jessie, attempting to come to terms with the recent death of her partner, Kat. She signs up as part of a medical team on a huge cruise ship traveling around the world.
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