03342cam a2200361 4500 526708112 TxAuBib 20211106120000.0 ||||||s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780307715340 0307715345 0fa744da-53cb-4354-baa0-78d40d1eb38b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 264316 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Smiley, Jane. Private Life [OverDrive]. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2010. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 377MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 376MB. Fiction. Literature. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML:A riveting new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winner that traverses the intimate landscape of one woman's life, from the 1880s to World War II.<br /> Margaret Mayfield is nearly an old maid at twenty-seven in post–Civil War Missouri when she marries Captain Andrew Jackson Jefferson Early. He's the most famous man their small town has ever produced: a naval officer and a brilliant astronomer—a genius who, according to the local paper, has changed the universe. Margaret's mother calls the match "a piece of luck."<br /> Margaret is a good girl who has been raised to marry, yet Andrew confounds her expectations from the moment their train leaves for his naval base in faraway California. Soon she comes to understand that his devotion to science leaves precious little room for anything, or anyone, else. When personal tragedies strike and when national crises envelop the country, Margaret stands by her husband. But as World War II approaches, Andrew's obsessions take a different, darker turn, and Margaret is forced to reconsider the life she has so carefully constructed.<br /> <i><br /> Private Life</i> is a beautiful evocation of a woman's inner world: of the little girl within the hopeful bride, of the young woman filled with yearning, and of the faithful wife who comes to harbor a dangerous secret. But it is also a heartbreaking portrait of marriage and the mysteries that endure even in lives lived side by side; a wondrously evocative historical panorama; and, above all, a masterly, unforgettable novel from one of our finest storytellers.<br /> <i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. Reading, Kate. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/264316-PrivateLife.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/264316-PrivateLife.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0FA744DA-53CB-4354-BAA0-78D40D1EB38B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/264316-PrivateLife.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/264316-PrivateLife.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0FA744DA-53CB-4354-BAA0-78D40D1EB38B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)