MacArthur Park Audiobook Libro.fm

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A captivating emotionally taut novel about the complexities of a friendship between two womenand how it shapes and reshapes both of their lives

Filled with gorgeous prose and deep emotion Explores what it means to be an artist delves into the vicissitudes of life and death and takes us on journey through the splendor and sometimes ugliness of the American Westwith dollops of Flaubert Faulkner Chekhov Collette and Chandler along the wayLisa See author of The Island of Sea Women

Jolene and Verna share complicated ties that have crystallized over time Beginning when they were girls discovering their needs and desires their ongoing stories have been inextricably linked But when Verna marries Vincent Jolenes exhusband their paths may have finally permanently diverged

A successful and provocative feminist artist Jolene travels the world attracting attention wherever she goes Verna a writer works from her home near MacArthur Park in Los Angeles where she and Vincent plan to spend the rest of their lives in a contemplative intimate routine Then Jolene asks one more favor of Vernato take a road trip with her to their small hometown in Utah Its a journey that will force them to confront both the truths and falsehoods of their memories of each other and of the very beginnings of their friendship and to reckon with the meaning of love of time itself of the bonds that matter most to us and with what we owe one another