Our Father

By: Marilyn French

Narrated by: Marianne Fraulo

Length: 19 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's Summary

Famed presidential advisor Stephen Upton has suffered a stroke, and his four very different daughters gather in his perfectly appointed mansion outside Boston to await his death or recovery.

Elizabeth, cold and calculating, fights hard for every success and pays a high price; beautiful Mary has always needed a man to support her tastes, but time is catching up with her; Alex can't remember her childhood and wants to know why; and Ronnie, illegitimate and proud, refuses to acknowledge her feelings for the man they all love and hate.

In the weeks to come, they will learn one another's terrible secrets, and the astonishing truth about the life they might have shared.

Once again, Marilyn French has written an extraordinary novel of our times - a novel of family love and resentment, of sisterhood and fatherhood, of acceptance and rejection and the search for peace.

©1994 Belles-Lettres, Inc. (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Critic Reviews

"Should strike a chord with every woman who is willing to think honestly about the place of femaleness in the world." (Chicago Tribune)

Slow but so good

The characters are interesting and the story is just a background to some very interesting thoughts about the feminine condition and racial discrimination. Really enjoyed this book.

I found out the "Why should I care about them?"

gracefully interwoven narratives of 4 disparate sisters illustrate the need for a renewal of our commitment to caring. #EthicsofCare awaits our attention

Superb narration and characters

I have never read a book from this author before but I would definitely look for more of her work.

I miss them all already!

Immersive, tremendous, great value listening. I loved the development of the women’s relationships; four sisters by different mothers, all bound together by terrible shared experience that has been buried deep but still seeping out awful damage. So very human and relatable the reveals are perfectly placed. Ronnie, Alexandra, Elizabeth and Mary I salute you! Now off to find more Marilyn French audible books. Excellent narration, addictive and hypnotic.

Nice long story.

Good narration and interesting characters. Listened to it every night
in bed for a week.