Gone So Long

By: Andre Dubus III

Narrated by: Andre Dubus III

Andre Dubus III’s first novel in a decade is a masterpiece of thrilling tension and heartrending empathy. Few writers can enter their characters so completely or evoke their lives as viscerally as Andre Dubus III. In this deeply compelling new novel, a father, estranged for the worst of reasons, is driven to seek out the daughter he has not seen in decades.

Daniel Ahearn lives a quiet, solitary existence in a seaside New England town. Forty years ago, following a shocking act of impulsive violence on his part, his daughter, Susan, was ripped from his arms by police.

Now in her 40s, Susan still suffers from the trauma of a night she doesn’t remember, as she struggles to feel settled, to love a man, and create something that lasts. Lois, her maternal grandmother who raised her, tries to find peace in her antique shop in a quaint Florida town but cannot escape her own anger, bitterness, and fear.

Cathartic, affirming, and steeped in the empathy and precise observations of character for which Dubus is celebrated, Gone so Long explores how the wounds of the past afflict the people we become and probes the limits of recovery and absolution.

©2018 Andre Dubus III (P)2018 Recorded Books

Soulful narration by the author

I never want Andre Dubus III’s books to end, especially when he is reading the me. I am surprised at the reviewers who report not finishing Dubus’s work. The author teaches us to be more understanding and compassionate as the book goes on—I was not ready to say goodbye to the characters —

author should not read aloud

it was okay. But, the authors droning speech made it almost unbearable. I cant recommend spending time or money on it. House of Sand and Fog was phenomenal but this is not even close.

great emotions and inner dialogue

troubled characters, but so well developed. long story, but I was drawn in by the internal struggle of each

Monotone narrator

I just started listening but I wish I’d listen to the sample. The book sounds interesting but the narrator has the most boring, inflection free manner that I may not be able to stick it out.

Human and empathetic.

I thought the narrator was perfect for this story. It set the right tone and feeling. I cannot imagine a narrator that would have tried to “act” the parts out. I loved this book, so well written!