Disobedience : A Novel

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Summary: Disobedience
Review: "Disobedience" is written as a first-person narrative ten years after the events of the story take place. A 17 year old "boy" (hmmm - there's that fine line between boy and man. . evident in the story itself) finds himself the unintended eavesdropper on his mother's affair through her e-mails. His own relationship with each of his parents, and theirs with his 13 year-old sister, a fanatic Civil War re-enactor who dresses and plays the role of a male, is colored by his secret knowledge of his mother's liaisons. The family is quirky enough, and the boy's insights into the absurdity of the male/female psyche keep the book moving, and filled with wry humor.

The abridged audio version is only 4 cassettes - a "quick read." I highly recommend this work by an author whose work I have not read before. In fact, I have avoided opening any of her books because she was an Oprah Book Club pick!