
Paint It Black
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Jennifer Jason Leigh
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By:
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Janet Fitch
"What happens to a dream when the dreamer is gone?" is the central question of Paint it Black, the story of the aftermath of Michael's suicide and Josie's struggle to hold on to the true world he shared with her. As Josie searches for the key to understanding his death, she finds herself both repelled and attracted to Michael's pianist mother, Meredith, who holds Josie responsible for her son's torment. Soon, the two women find themselves drawn into a twisted relationship reflecting equal parts distrust and blind need.
Passionate, wounded, fiercely alive, Josie Tyrell walks on the brink of her own destruction as she fights to discover the meaning of Michael's death. With the luxurious prose and emotional intensity that are her hallmarks, Janet Fitch has written a spellbinding new novel about love, betrayal, and the possibility of transcendence.
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Critic reviews
- Audie Award Finalist, Fiction, Abridged, 2007
"Masterful....A page-turning psychodrama." (Publishers Weekly)
"A second lushly written, dramatically plotted novel by the author of White Oleander. Once again, the relationship between a powerful older woman and a less-sure younger one drives the story, and Fitch's Los Angeles is so real it breathes." (Atlantic Monthly)
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As for the narrator, I was fine with Jennifer Jason Leigh. Her voice matched the way I pictured the protagonist in my head, so I didn't have a problem with her, and I'm super picky about narrators.
All in all, this was ok. I just wish the description was more transparent so I knew what I was getting upfront.
This is Abridged and That's Annoying
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Read the book, there’s a lot missing in the audio.
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Abridged
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I also really appreciate that the main character lacks any significant talent she just is. She does not produce she is used yet she is and she is her own and she is poor and she’s survived and in the end all she has is the love true love—Agape—not Eros. It is all agape in the end.
This is Janet Fitch’s best work
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Loved every line!
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Not Like Her Last Book
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Couldn't stop listening
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In love with this book.
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Best book ever
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