LEADER 00000nim a22004815a 4500 003 MWT 005 20201130045111.1 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 201127s2018 xxunnn es f n eng d 020 9781501986260 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1501986260 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ rbd_9781501986260_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT13540386 037 13540386|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 823.914|223 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 McDermid, Val,|eauthor. 245 10 Star struck|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cVal McDermid. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bRecorded Books, Inc.,|c2018. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (3hr., 36 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 Narrated by Chloe Massey. 520 "A Simple Tale" is the moving account of Maria Poniatowski, an aging Ukrainian woman who was taken by the Germans for slave labor and eventually relocated to Canada as a displaced person. She struggles to provide her son Radek with every opportunity, but his eventual success increases the gulf between him and his mother. What of the past is she to preserve, and how to avoid letting the weight of that past burden the present? Maria's story is about the moments of connection and isolation that are common to us all. "The Hunters," the second novella, is narrated by an American academic spending a summer in London who grows obsessed by the neighbors downstairs. Ridley Wandor, a plump and insipid caretaker of the elderly, lives with her ever-unseen mother and a horde of pet rabbits she calls "the hunters." While the narrator researches a book about death, all of Ridley Wandor's patients are dying. Loneliness breeds an active imagination. Is having such an imagination always destructive? Or can it be strong enough to create a new reality? Far-flung settings and universal themes give a sweeping appeal to Claire Messud's work. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 Brannigan, Kate (Fictitious character)|vFiction. 650 0 Women detectives|zEngland|zManchester|vFiction. 650 0 Private investigators|vFiction. 651 0 Manchester (England)|vFiction. 700 1 Massey, Chloe,|enarrator. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 13540386?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ rbd_9781501986260_180.jpeg