Places Like These
Lauren Carter
A widow visits a spiritualist community to attempt to contact her late husband. A grieving teenager confronts the unfairness of his small-town world and the oncoming ecological disaster. A sexual assault survivor navigates her boyfriend's tricky family and her own confusing desires. A mother examines unresolved guilt while seeking her missing daughter in a city slum. A lover exploits his girlfriend's secrets for his own purposes. Whether in Ecuador or San Francisco, rural Ontario or northern Manitoba, the landscape in each of Carter's poignant short stories reflects each character's journey.
Psychologically complex and astute, Places Like These plumbs the vast range of human reactions to those things which make us human—love, grief, friendship, betrayal, and the intertwined yet contrasting longing for connection and independence.
Author - Lauren Carter.
Narrator - Merle Newell.
Published Date - Monday, 15 January 2024.
Location:
United States
Description:
A widow visits a spiritualist community to attempt to contact her late husband. A grieving teenager confronts the unfairness of his small-town world and the oncoming ecological disaster. A sexual assault survivor navigates her boyfriend's tricky family and her own confusing desires. A mother examines unresolved guilt while seeking her missing daughter in a city slum. A lover exploits his girlfriend's secrets for his own purposes. Whether in Ecuador or San Francisco, rural Ontario or northern Manitoba, the landscape in each of Carter's poignant short stories reflects each character's journey. Psychologically complex and astute, Places Like These plumbs the vast range of human reactions to those things which make us human—love, grief, friendship, betrayal, and the intertwined yet contrasting longing for connection and independence. Author - Lauren Carter. Narrator - Merle Newell. Published Date - Monday, 15 January 2024.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:00:27
Chapter 2
Duration:00:25:43
Chapter 3
Duration:00:21:44
Chapter 4
Duration:00:23:12
Chapter 5
Duration:00:21:47
Chapter 6
Duration:00:32:43
Chapter 7
Duration:00:22:05
Chapter 8
Duration:00:38:21
Chapter 9
Duration:00:20:57
Chapter 10
Duration:00:19:58
Chapter 11
Duration:00:27:18
Chapter 12
Duration:00:19:18
Chapter 13
Duration:00:27:36
Chapter 14
Duration:00:10:39
Chapter 15
Duration:00:32:22
Chapter 16
Duration:00:22:59
Chapter 17
Duration:00:25:36
Chapter 18
Duration:00:16:13
Chapter 19
Duration:00:03:31
Chapter 20
Duration:00:01:16
Chapter 21
Duration:00:00:42