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In June 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the working farm where he has just served a year for involuntary manslaughter. His mother is long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett intends to pick up h...

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Main Author: Towles, Amor (Author)
Other Authors: Graham, Dion (Narrator), Ballerini, Edoardo, 1970- (Narrator), Ireland, Marin (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Penguin Audio, [2021]
Edition:Unabridged.
Subjects:
Brothers > Fiction.
Convict labor > Fiction.
Ex-convicts > Fiction.
Escaped prisoners > Fiction.
Railroad travel > Fiction.
Nebraska > Fiction.
United States > History > 1953-1961 > Fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Summary:In June 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the working farm where he has just served a year for involuntary manslaughter. His mother is long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett intends to pick up his eight-year-old brother and head west where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the working farm have hidden in the trunk of the warden's car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett's future. Spanning just ten days and told from multiple points of view, Towles' third novel will satisfy fans of his multi-layered literary styling, while providing an array of new and richly imagined settings, characters, and themes.
Item Description:Title from container.
Compact discs.
Physical Description:13 audio discs (16 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:9780593452097
0593452097
Author Notes:Amor Towles grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale College and received an M.A. in English from Stanford University where he was a Scowcroft Fellow. His novel, "Rules of Civility" reached the bestseller lists of The New York Times, the Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. The book was rated by The Wall Street Journal as one of the ten best works of fiction in 2011. The book has been published in 15 languages. In the fall of 2012, the novel was optioned to be made into a feature film. Viking/Penguin published Towles's next novel, A Gentleman in Moscow, on September 6, 2016.

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