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.

Judith Light narrating - what a treat!

The story was right off the news, interesting, with likable characters. It was a wee bit predictable, but not annoyingly so. The narration was excellent!

Basic

this is my third book by this author in a row.. it was not her best.. i but it was still good..I thought judith light did a great job in her performance tho..

Loved this book.

Great story. I got so attached to the characters and I hated that it ended.

This book is like indulging in comfort food

My all-time fav Jennifer Weiner book! a beautiful and bittersweet love story that rings true to life.

Fabulous

You cannot go wrong with a book by Jennifer Weiner. This was no exception. I loved it. Get it.

Great in depth exploration of relationship between mothers, daughters, and sisters

Great read, a little slow and predictable at times, but otherwise enjoyable read. Narrator did a good job with multiple different characters.

Loved it!

This is the best book I have listened to in a long time. The characters are so fleshed out you will swear you've known them for years. Judith Light did an excellent job and I hope she'll be narrating books for years to come.

Mediocre story, wonderful narration.

The story involved too much description and too little plot in the first half. If I were reading it, I am sure I would have been able to skip over pages and pages and wouldn't have missed a thing. (Maybe I should have gotten the abridged version?) Finally, the plot picked up and became interesting, and even touching at times. Unfortunately, the ending was all too predictable. Judith Light's narration, however, was delightful.

Great Story

Well written, sad, funny, touching, an overall enjoyalble book. Touches on the stories we hear in the news of Politicians cheating on their wives, and the women and families behind the cameras. A story of love and forgiveness, and really just getting back in touch with one another after a lifetime of chasing careers and living the American dream.

Nice

This was a good read for me. Interesting, well-written, good plot...just pleasant and fun and even insightful at times. I'm glad I ordered it.