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“Meet Ward, his ultimate desire is to be a writer. Meet Claire, who desperately wants to break free of her family legacy. How far will they go to get what they want? Filled with family secrets, betrayal, and loss. But also a mother's love, redemption, and survival. A Likely Story is at first a slow burn novel that ends up moving like a freight train. ”
— Jenny • E. Shaver, bookseller
CBS New York Book Club with Mary Calvi and Belletrist Book Club Pick
“Raw, complex, and utterly unforgettable.” —Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author
The only child of a famous American novelist discovers a shocking family secret that upends everything she thought she knew about her parents, her gilded childhood, and her own stalled writing career in this standout debut, perfect for fans of Pineapple Street and The Plot.
Growing up in the nineties in New York City as the only child of famous parents was both a blessing and a curse for Isabelle Manning. Her beautiful society hostess mother, Claire, and New York Times bestselling author father, Ward, were the city’s intellectual It couple. Ward’s glamorous obligations often took him away from Isabelle, but Claire made sure her childhood was always filled with love.
Now an adult, all Isabelle wants is to be a successful writer like her father but after many false starts and the unexpected death of her mother, she faces her upcoming thirty-fifth birthday alone and on the verge of a breakdown. Her anxiety only skyrockets when she uncovers some shocking truths about her parents and begins wondering if everything she knew about her family was all based on an elaborate lie.
This “literary page-turner” (KJ Dell’Antonia, New York Times bestselling author) is punctuated with fragments of a compulsively readable book-within-a-book about a woman determined to steal back the spotlight from a man who has cheated his way to the top. The characters seem eerily familiar but is the plot based on fact? And more importantly, who is the author?
Leigh McMullan Abramson has worked as a lawyer and a journalist. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and more. A Likely Story is her first novel. Leigh lives in New York City and Vermont with her husband and children.
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Audiobook details
Author:
Leigh McMullan Abramson
Narrators:
Mia Barron, Cynthia Farrell, James Fouhey, Adam Grupper & Devon Sorvari
ISBN:
9781797150352
Length:
11 hours 2 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Audio
Publication date:
March 14, 2023
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#25,594 Overall
Genre rank:
#2,573 in Fiction - Literary