The Hour I First Believed

De: Wally Lamb

Narrado por: George Guidall

When high school teacher Caelum Quirk and his wife, Maureen, move to Littleton, Colorado, they both get jobs at Columbine High School. In April 1999, while Caelum is away, Maureen finds herself in the library at Columbine, cowering in a cabinet and expecting to be killed. Miraculously, she survives. But when Caelum and Maureen flee to an illusion of safety on the Quirk family's Connecticut farm, they discover that the effects of chaos are not easily put right.

While Maureen fights to regain her sanity, Caelum discovers five generations' worth of diaries, letters, and newspaper clippings in his family's house. As unimaginable secrets emerge, Caelum grapples with the past and struggles to fashion a future from the ashes of tragedy. His quest for meaning is at once mythic and contemporary, personal and quintessentially American.

The story was complex enough

I enjoyed the story but would have preferred it without the religious note it ended on. I was never bored though and I cared deeply about the characters. So I recommend it anyway in spite of that.

Powerful

Well written and well read. I highly recommend this, especially if you have had any experience with mental illness in your family. Very realistic issues.

Excellent book and excellent narrator

I love Wally Lamb’s writing and this one certainly does not disappoint. Very insightful and thought provoking.
The narration was perfect - one of the best I’ve heard.

Read the other book first!

I love all of The Wally Lamb books. One should read I Know This Much is True first. Some of those characters are cleverly placed in this story. The narrator fits so well in this book.

love Wally Lamb

I have enjoyed this story very much and the performance was absolutely one of the best I have ever heard.