03238cam a2200325 4500 760909790 TxAuBib 20230213120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780062898166 0062898167 54435bac-b03d-405f-bbbd-3fa5c6d00580 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4147727 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Conklin, Tara. The Last Romantics [Libby Audiobook] : A Novel. HarperAudio, 2019. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 336MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 336MB. HTML:<p><strong>From the New York Times–bestselling author of The House Girl comes a novel about our most precious and dangerous attachment: family.</strong></p> <p>In the spring of 1981, the young Skinner siblings—fierce Renee, dreamy Caroline, golden boy Joe and watchful Fiona—lose their father to a heart attack and their mother to a paralyzing depression, events that thrust them into a period they will later call "the Pause." Caught between the predictable life they once led and an uncertain future that stretches before them, the siblings navigate the dangers and resentments of the Pause to emerge fiercely loyal and deeply connected. Two decades later, the Skinners find themselves again confronted with a family crisis that tests the strength of these bonds and forces them to question the life choices they've made and what, exactly, they will do for love.</p> <p>Narrated nearly a century later by the youngest sibling, the renowned poet Fiona Skinner, The Last Romantics spans a lifetime. It's a story of sex and affection, sacrifice and selfishness, deeply held principles and dashed expectations, a lost engagement ring, a squandered baseball scholarship, unsupervised summers at the neighbourhood pond and an iconic book of love poems. But most of all it is the story of Renee, Caroline, Joe and Fiona: the ways they support each other, the ways they betray each other and the ways they knit back together bonds they have fractured.</p> <p>In the vein of Commonwealth, Little Fires Everywhere and The Nest, this is a panoramic, tenderly insightful novel about one devoted, imperfect family. The Last Romantics is an unforgettable exploration of the responsibilities we bear both gracefully and unwillingly, and the all-important, ever-complex definition of love.</p>. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-04-13 10:07:10. Campbell, Cassandra. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0293-1/4147727-TheLastRomantics.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=54435bac-b03d-405f-bbbd-3fa5c6d00580&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0293-1/4147727-TheLastRomantics.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=54435bac-b03d-405f-bbbd-3fa5c6d00580&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) RV8