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Jane Hamilton
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Bantam Audio
Publication date
October 1, 2000
Binding
CD/Spoken Word
Edition
Abridged
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780553712346
ISBN-10
0553712349
Dimensions
1 by 5.50 by 4.75 in.
Weight
0.50 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$29.95
Other format details
audio
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Chicago private school student Henry stumbles onto the e-mail account he set up for his mother and inadvertently discovers she is having an affair with a violin maker wholly different from Henry's socialist history teacher father. By the author of A Map of the World and The Book of Ruth.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Five CD's, 6 hours
Read by Robert Sean Leonard
Henry Shaw, a high-school senior, is as comfortable with his family as any seventten-year-old can be. His father, Kevin, teaches history with a decidedly socialist tinge at the Chicago private school Henry and his sister attend. His mother, Beth, who plays the piano in a group specializing in antique music, is a loving, attentive wife and parent. Henry even accepts the offbeat behavior of his thirteen-year-old sister, Elvira, who is obsessed with Civil War reenactments and insists on dressing in handmade Union uniforms at all times.
When he stumbles on his mother's e-mail account, however, Henry realizes that everything is not quite as it seems. There, under the name Liza38, a name which Henry innocently established for her, is undeniable evidence that his mother is having an affair with one Richard Polloco, a violin maker with a very appealing way with words and a romantic spirit, that in Henry's estimation, his own father woefully lacks.
Henry's observations, set down ten years after that fateful year, are much more than the "old story" of adultery his mother deemed her affair to be. With her inimitable grace and compassion, Jane Hamilton has created in DISOBEDIENCE a novel of gentle humor and rich insights into the nature of love and the deep, mysterious bonds that hold families together.
Read by Robert Sean Leonard
Henry Shaw, a high-school senior, is as comfortable with his family as any seventten-year-old can be. His father, Kevin, teaches history with a decidedly socialist tinge at the Chicago private school Henry and his sister attend. His mother, Beth, who plays the piano in a group specializing in antique music, is a loving, attentive wife and parent. Henry even accepts the offbeat behavior of his thirteen-year-old sister, Elvira, who is obsessed with Civil War reenactments and insists on dressing in handmade Union uniforms at all times.
When he stumbles on his mother's e-mail account, however, Henry realizes that everything is not quite as it seems. There, under the name Liza38, a name which Henry innocently established for her, is undeniable evidence that his mother is having an affair with one Richard Polloco, a violin maker with a very appealing way with words and a romantic spirit, that in Henry's estimation, his own father woefully lacks.
Henry's observations, set down ten years after that fateful year, are much more than the "old story" of adultery his mother deemed her affair to be. With her inimitable grace and compassion, Jane Hamilton has created in DISOBEDIENCE a novel of gentle humor and rich insights into the nature of love and the deep, mysterious bonds that hold families together.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (April 1, 2001)
9780786231591 | details & prices | 463 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $31.95
About: Chicago private school student Henry stumbles onto the e-mail account he set up for his mother and inadvertently discovers she is having an affair with a violin maker wholly different from Henry's socialist history teacher father.
About: Chicago private school student Henry stumbles onto the e-mail account he set up for his mother and inadvertently discovers she is having an affair with a violin maker wholly different from Henry's socialist history teacher father.
from Gardners Books (February 5, 2001)
9780385601900 | details & prices | 249 pages | List price $21.35
About: 1st Edition Oct 2000 Doubleday Has a dust jacket
About: 1st Edition Oct 2000 Doubleday Has a dust jacket
from Doubleday (November 1, 2000)
9780385501170 | details & prices | 272 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $24.95
About: Chicago private school student Henry stumbles onto the e-mail account he set up for his mother and inadvertently discovers she is having an affair with a violin maker wholly different from Henry's socialist history teacher father.
About: Chicago private school student Henry stumbles onto the e-mail account he set up for his mother and inadvertently discovers she is having an affair with a violin maker wholly different from Henry's socialist history teacher father.
Paperback
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (March 1, 2002)
9780786231584 | details & prices | 463 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Chicago private school student Henry stumbles onto the e-mail account he set up for his mother and inadvertently discovers she is having an affair with a violin maker wholly different from Henry's socialist history teacher father.
About: Chicago private school student Henry stumbles onto the e-mail account he set up for his mother and inadvertently discovers she is having an affair with a violin maker wholly different from Henry's socialist history teacher father.
from Gardners Books (October 5, 2000)
9780385601917 | details & prices | List price $16.45
CD/Spoken Word
The price comparison is for this edition
With Robert Sean Leonard (other contributor) |
Abridged edition from Bantam Audio (October 1, 2000)
9780553712346 | details & prices | 5.50 × 4.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Chicago private school student Henry stumbles onto the e-mail account he set up for his mother and inadvertently discovers she is having an affair with a violin maker wholly different from Henry's socialist history teacher father.
About: Chicago private school student Henry stumbles onto the e-mail account he set up for his mother and inadvertently discovers she is having an affair with a violin maker wholly different from Henry's socialist history teacher father.
Cassette/Spoken Word
With Robert Sean Leonard (other contributor) |
Abridged edition from Bantam Audio (October 1, 2000)
9780553502664 | details & prices | 3.25 × 7.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $25.95
About: Chicago private school student Henry stumbles onto the e-mail account he set up for his mother and inadvertently discovers she is having an affair with a violin maker wholly different from Henry's socialist history teacher father.
About: Chicago private school student Henry stumbles onto the e-mail account he set up for his mother and inadvertently discovers she is having an affair with a violin maker wholly different from Henry's socialist history teacher father.
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