Fly Away Home

A Novel

By: Jennifer Weiner

Narrated by: Judith Light

Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

From the number-one New York Times best-selling author, a novel about three very different women who become friends while seeking refuge in an old beach house.

Sometimes all you can do is fly away home....

When Sylvie Serfer met Richard Woodruff in law school, she had wild curls, wide hips, and lots of opinions. Decades later, Sylvie has remade herself as the ideal politician’s wife—her hair dyed and straightened, her hippie-chick wardrobe replaced by tailored knit suits. At 57, she ruefully acknowledges that her job is staying twenty pounds thinner than she was in her twenties and tending to her husband, the senator.

Lizzie, the Woodruffs’ younger daughter, is at 24 a recovering addict, whose mantra HALT (Hungry? Angry? Lonely? Tired?) helps her keep her life under control. Still, trouble always seems to find her. Her older sister, Diana, an emergency room physician, has everything Lizzie failed to achieve—a husband, a young son, the perfect home—and yet she’s trapped in a loveless marriage. With temptation waiting in one of the ER’s exam rooms, she finds herself craving more.

After Richard’s extramarital affair makes headlines, the three women are drawn into the painful glare of the national spotlight. Once the press conference is over, each is forced to reconsider her life, who she is and who she is meant to be.

©2010 Jennifer Weiner, Inc (P)2010 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

One of her best

This is one of Jennifer Weiner‘s best ever. And Judith light as narrator was perfection.

fantastic

I didn't know what to expect from this author but I was so happily pleased. this book really warmed my heart and I thoroughly enjoyed it. highly recommended

Love Jennifer Weiner books

Great book and appreciate this book being in audio format. Jennifer Weiner books are always so descriptive, funny and real and this was no exception. The way she builds the characters and the environment around them, one can relate, picture and feel what is happening as if seeing it in real life or on a movie screen.
It was well told - sometimes a little hard to picture the character actually speaking the way it was portrayed but still well told.
Enjoyed it!

thank you Ms. Light!

Whatever flaws the book had, and there were many, I have yet to be as captivated with a narrator as I was with Ms. Light. She was amazing. I agree with many of the reviewers who felt the book was entertaining enough, but predictable and light. But I couldn't stop listening due soley to the ability of Ms. Light to so wonderfully portay each of the main characters. I particularly loved her depiction of young Milo, .

Enjoyed it

I really enjoyed this audiobook. The details were extensive but amazingly didn't seem to be too much but instead gave an intimate knowing of the characters and what they were feeling and going through.

Soooo good!!!

How wonderful! Judith lights performance was extraordinary. Jennifer Weiner, Leanne Moriarty, Lisa Jewell are all my favorites… If you agree read this book!

Fly Away Home

Very entertaining book that kept my interest, I enjoyed listening. The narrator is speaks with a soft voice that holds you attention. Very enjoyable listen!

A woman finds herself

a smidge under 4 stars

I actually enjoyed this book despite the cheating, which i usually won't read.
Cheating leaves me nauseous.
I like a story about women who "find themselves" and I was proud of Sylvie
for doing just that.
However, her decisions in the end left me disappointed and unsatisfied.

It's what you expect from Jennifer Weiner

If you’ve listened to books by Jennifer Weiner before, how does this one compare?

I generally like Jennifer Weiner because I know what I am going to get. It's a light, easy listen, and normal chick-lit. Nothing out of the ordinary, no surprises here.

Any additional comments?

There is a politician married to the typical politician's wife. The politician cheats with a younger girl. There are two daughters, one an ER doctor with a boring husband, who is having an affair himself, and then a daughter who is a recovering drug addict and the black sheep of the family. Oh, and there is grandma with a lot of opinions. The mom and two daughters end up getting together and bond over their problems and then they have thanksgiving dinner and everybody lives happily ever after.

Excellent read

I absolutely loved this book...from start to finish! Highly recommend. I couldn’t stop listening!