Tayari Jones’s Half Light is available on Audible as a 1 hrs 20 mins unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bahni Turpin.
Publisher’s Summary
From Tayari Jones, author of the New York Times best seller and Oprah’s Book Club pick An American Marriage, comes an intimate, powerful story of two sisters.
Identical twins Amelia and Camelia Hall were born with the same face, and that’s about it: By the time the girls were through school, the matching set of names could no longer contain them. Now there’s Cam, whose contrarian streak led her to a career in law, and Lia, who followed more closely in her parents’ footsteps with her dermatology practice and married-with-children lifestyle in Atlanta’s Glenwood Park.
But the bond between the sisters is deep and unshakable – Cam serves as the maid of honor on Lia’s wedding day and as her attorney 15 years later, when Lia’s life and the lives of her two teenage daughters are rocked by divorce. And two years after her separation, the dust is finally starting to settle. But in the hazy glow of their first years of marriage, Lia gifted her then-husband a precious, irreplaceable family heirloom, and she decides that now, she must do whatever she can to get it back, starting with breaking and entering.
In Half Light, Jones explores the complex, profound bond of family, both the family we’re born with and the family we choose, against the vibrant backdrop of present-day Atlanta.
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 1 hrs 20 mins
- Publisher: Audible Originals
- Release year: 2020
- Audible category: Literature & Fiction / Genre Fiction / Family Life
Listener Ratings
Half Light holds an average listener rating of 4.4/5 from 4583 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.7/5
- Story: 4.4/5
- 5-star ratings: 62% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
3/5 stars — “I don’t get the hype”
I just don’t get all the great reviews on this book. I just could t get into it. I fell asleep toward the end. Too much hype not enough storyline for me. Just a lot of endless uninteresting self talk. Sorry.— SM, Audible listener
4/5 stars — “Unexpectedly Good”
It starts off a little underwhelming, but by the time I got to the end, I was so happy I’d heard it. I had happy tears welling up in me.— Amaris , Audible listener
4/5 stars — “Short and simple”
Short and simple ….. would’ve liked more background on the mother in ref to the painting and why the husband was so fascinated by it— Char, Audible listener
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