The Sleep of Apples
Ami Sands Brodoff
Finalist, 2022 International Book Award for Fiction – Short Story
In The Sleep of Apples, Ami Sands Brodoff writes with passion and consummate skill about nine closely linked characters who walk the tightrope of survival. Set in a gritty Montreal neighbourhood that's been slowly gentrifying over the last two decades, troubled teenagers and an experienced psychiatrist, a truck driver permanently scarred by a near-fatal accident and a recreation therapist struggle to build a community and make their lives-and their deaths-meaningful. Fierce, original and bracingly honest, these unforgettable stories speak to the author's Jewish heritage, her experience as a cancer survivor and as loving mother to a gay son and a transgender son. The stories dramatize that families are what we create, not necessarily those we are born into, illuminating how we all live imperfect lives: We love what we have and mourn what we've lost. Readers are witnesses as these indelible characters gain strength, insight and empathy through their struggles and suffering. They each bear the scars of trauma but possess the gift of resilience.
Author - Ami Sands Brodoff.
Narrator - Emma Johnson.
Published Date - Monday, 30 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Ami Sands Brodoff
Emma Johnson
Inanna Poetry & Fiction Series
ECW Press
English Audiobooks
Findaway Audiobooks
Description:
Finalist, 2022 International Book Award for Fiction – Short Story In The Sleep of Apples, Ami Sands Brodoff writes with passion and consummate skill about nine closely linked characters who walk the tightrope of survival. Set in a gritty Montreal neighbourhood that's been slowly gentrifying over the last two decades, troubled teenagers and an experienced psychiatrist, a truck driver permanently scarred by a near-fatal accident and a recreation therapist struggle to build a community and make their lives-and their deaths-meaningful. Fierce, original and bracingly honest, these unforgettable stories speak to the author's Jewish heritage, her experience as a cancer survivor and as loving mother to a gay son and a transgender son. The stories dramatize that families are what we create, not necessarily those we are born into, illuminating how we all live imperfect lives: We love what we have and mourn what we've lost. Readers are witnesses as these indelible characters gain strength, insight and empathy through their struggles and suffering. They each bear the scars of trauma but possess the gift of resilience. Author - Ami Sands Brodoff. Narrator - Emma Johnson. Published Date - Monday, 30 January 2023.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:00:10
Chapter 2
Duration:00:00:07
Chapter 3
Duration:00:01:08
Chapter 4
Duration:00:18:45
Chapter 5
Duration:00:27:05
Chapter 6
Duration:00:27:28
Chapter 7
Duration:00:07:33
Chapter 8
Duration:00:22:16
Chapter 9
Duration:00:29:04
Chapter 10
Duration:00:21:20
Chapter 11
Duration:00:34:06
Chapter 12
Duration:00:20:48
Chapter 13
Duration:00:28:30
Chapter 14
Duration:00:13:11
Chapter 15
Duration:01:01:47
Chapter 16
Duration:00:02:20
Chapter 17
Duration:00:01:00
Chapter 18
Duration:00:00:34