The Weight of This World

By: David Joy

Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews

Critically acclaimed author David Joy, whose debut, Where All Light Tends to Go, was hailed as “a savagely moving novel that will likely become an important addition to the great body of Southern literature” (The Huffington Post), returns to the mountains of North Carolina with a powerful story about the inescapable weight of the past.

A combat veteran returned from war, Thad Broom can’t leave the hardened world of Afghanistan behind, nor can he forgive himself for what he saw there. His mother, April, is haunted by her own demons, a secret trauma she has carried for years. Between them is Aiden McCall, loyal to both but unable to hold them together. Connected by bonds of circumstance and duty, friendship and love, these three lives are blown apart when Aiden and Thad witness the accidental death of their drug dealer and a riot of dope and cash drops in their laps. On a meth-fueled journey to nowhere, they will either find the grit to overcome the darkness or be consumed by it.

Enjoyed it.

This book will take you to a place most of us would deny exists in America. It is a place of despair that some never have a choice in escaping.

Gripping, emotionally devastating, masterpeice

Beautiful writing. I unintentionally listened to it in one sitting. This is where you find truth in fiction.

I. AM. BLOWN. AWAY.

I'm an audiobook junkie and I never knew about this book or this author until yesterday. This book will stay with me in a way that few books do. This isn't just worth one credit... It's actually worth 50 credits. Wow! Just wow!!

Storytelling that captures a place

My husband and I enjoyed listening to this book together. We live in the area where the book is set, and Joy captures a place and a plight perfectly.

Joy goes it again

Loved the narrators performance. This is not a romance. This is not a feel good story. But if you want a gripping, truly engrossing story that actually makes you feel, Joy is it. The writing is so beautifully done it brings tears to my eyes.