Things Go Flying

By: Shari Lapena

Narrated by: Robin Wilcock

The brilliant and darkly hilarious debut novel about how the past can come back to haunt you (literally) by the New York Times bestselling author of Everyone Here Is Lying, Shari Lapena.

Harold Walker, desperately average, is in the throes of a mid-life depression. His wife Audrey clings to an illusory sense of control—over their home, their teenaged sons, Dylan and John, and her own explosive secret. The death of a long-estranged friend triggers a series of perturbing events that catapults Harold out of his La-Z-Boy and throws the household into chaos. Things go flying when the dead begin communicating with Harold, leaving Audrey's secret vulnerable to exposure, and Harold more confused than ever. What these familiar voices from the afterlife ultimately reveal is just how little the living know about living.

Loved this book!

Sweetly satirical but very charming - I was reminded of a more philosophical and lighthearted spin on an Anne Tyler novel - I listened to this book in one day. I’ve become hooked on Shari Lapena’s writing of late but didn’t know about her early works of fiction that are so completely different from her mysteries until discovering this book. The story and characters drew me in immediately and I enjoyed taking their journey with them. The narration is perfect!

Shari, stick with mysteries please!

Please stick with mysteries. This is not funny nor interesting. It did not grab me at all. I had to start it over a few times and it is taking me a month to get through.

Only because of my love of your mystery books have I decided to plow through to the end and not give up. Please, please, bring us another mystery book! You are excellent at that genre. I do, however applaud you for attempting something outside of the box. It wasn’t horrible. It just wasn’t great.

This is awful!

A series of bewildering, implausible, and not in the least bit funny events. It’s not really even dark - it’s just a bunch of weird stuff and banal angst. Don’t waste your time, energy or money.