06-11-19

9hrs 7min

Abridgement

Unabridged

Genre

Fiction/Humor

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06-11-19

9hrs 7min

Abridgement

Unabridged

Genre

Fiction/Humor

Description

Banshee is the kind of book every woman I know wishes she’d written. Fierce, necessary, honest, a burn-it-all-down scorched earth policy to the toxic masculinity of this Age of Terror.” Emily Rapp-Black, New York Times bestselling author

In Banshee, Samantha Baxter―wife, mother, poetry professor―learns she has breast cancer and then ruins her own life.

Tumbling through a catastrophic midlife crisis, she gives herself permission to partake in behaviors she’s observed in her male colleagues, including having an affair with a student her daughter’s age, ranting at board meetings, and telling her poetry students what she really thinks of their work.

Underneath biting, witty narration lurks a childish, confused, and unrealized adult woman hell-bent on destroying her relationships and professional life, all within the span of a few weeks.

Part comedy, part tragedy, Banshee dramatizes the emotions that lie behind our inhibitions―and the consequences of unleashing them.

Praise

Banshee is the kind of book every woman I know wishes she’d written. Fierce, necessary, honest, a burn-it-all-down scorched earth policy to the toxic masculinity of this Age of Terror.” Emily Rapp-Black, New York Times bestselling author

“A ravishing book. Sexy and sad, dark and funny, ruthless and kind, this is Rachel DeWoskin’s ferociously feminist masterpiece.” Cheryl Strayed, New York Times bestselling author

“A wicked, delicious ride toward an ambivalent redemption—angry, hilarious, all too true.” Ally Sheedy, actress and author of She Was Nice to Mice

“Raucous, white-hot, and page-turning brilliance…A singular and vital reading experience.” Gina Frangello, author of A Life in Men

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Language English
Release Day Jun 10, 2019
Release Date June 11, 2019
Release Date Machine 1560211200
Imprint Blackstone Publishing
Provider Blackstone Publishing
Categories Literature & Fiction, Humor & Satire, Genre Fiction, Family Life, LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction, Fiction - All, Fiction - Adult
Author Bio
Rachel DeWoskin

Rachel DeWoskin is the author of the novel Repeat after Me and of Foreign Babes in Beijing, a memoir about her inadvertent notoriety as the star of a Chinese soap opera. She lives in New York City and Beijing and is at work on her fourth book, Statutory.

Narrator Bio
Hillary Huber

Hillary Huber, a Los Angeles–based voice talent with hundreds of commercials and promos under her belt, was bitten by the audiobook bug in 2005. She now records books on a regular basis and has been nominated for several Audie Awards and won numerous Earphones Awards.

Overview

In Banshee, Samantha Baxter―wife, mother, poetry professor―learns she has breast cancer and then ruins her own life.

Tumbling through a catastrophic midlife crisis, she gives herself permission to partake in behaviors she’s observed in her male colleagues, including having an affair with a student her daughter’s age, ranting at board meetings, and telling her poetry students what she really thinks of their work.

Underneath biting, witty narration lurks a childish, confused, and unrealized adult woman hell-bent on destroying her relationships and professional life, all within the span of a few weeks.

Part comedy, part tragedy, Banshee dramatizes the emotions that lie behind our inhibitions―and the consequences of unleashing them.

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