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A Song in the Daylight audiobook

  • By: Paullina Simons
  • Narrator: Jane Oppenheimer
  • Category: Family Life, Fiction
  • Length: 26 hours 18 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: July 31, 2018
  • Language: English
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A Song in the Daylight Audiobook Summary

From USA Today bestselling author Paullina Simons comes a fascinating novel of love, betrayal, and the price of passion.

Nothing is ever as it seems…

Larissa Stark is many things. Wife, mother, devoted friend, and unhappy. Her seemingly charmed life in a New Jersey suburb should leave her fulfilled and content. Instead, she feels increasingly isolated and empty. But when she has a chance encounter with an intriguing stranger, her idyllic existence is exposed for the sham it is and leads her to question everything she once firmly believed.

As Larissa is faced with one impossible choice after another, she begins to contemplate the unthinkable and struggles with the question that will inevitably change the course of her life: how does one woman follow a divided heart?

Spanning the affluent suburbs of New Jersey, the slums of Manila, and the desolate beauty of the Australian outback, A Song in the Daylight is an unforgettable, powerful story of the bonds that unite us–and the desires that can ultimately drive us apart.

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A Song in the Daylight Audiobook Narrator

Jane Oppenheimer is the narrator of A Song in the Daylight audiobook that was written by Paullina Simons

Paullina Simons is the author of Tully and The Bronze Horseman, as well as ten other beloved novels, a memoir, a cookbook, and two children’s books. Born in Leningrad, Russia, Paullina immigrated to the United States when she was ten, and now lives in New York with her husband and an alarming number of her once-independent children.

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Paullina Simons is the author of A Song in the Daylight

A Song in the Daylight Full Details

Narrator Jane Oppenheimer
Length 26 hours 18 minutes
Author Paullina Simons
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date July 31, 2018
ISBN 9780062842534

Subjects

The publisher of the A Song in the Daylight is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Family Life, Fiction

Additional info

The publisher of the A Song in the Daylight is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062842534.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Natalie

October 09, 2018

Paullina Simons can’t do any wrong in my eyes, this book is no exception. Warning: this book is like crack.It's been a long time since I completely devoured a book like I did with "A Song in the Daylight." This has to have been the fastest 767 pages of my life. It didn't even feel like it. When I sat down with this everything else ceased to exist in my world. It put a spell over me. You might even say that this book took over my world. And when I wasn't obsessing over it, I was thinking about it. It surprised me how much this book compelled me. I think it's the best word I can use. Compelled. You won't love this all the time, sometimes you will hate it and feel crazy frustrated and more than anything, super provoked, but the story won't leave you alone until you've finished. And it will sure as hell stay with you. This book was very challenging to read in a frustrating way. But Simons' unpredictability in her books and her flawed characters is actually one of the bigger reasons she's my favorite author alive. They weren't meant for us to be put on a pedestal. And that can be said about all of her books. Her books, just like this one, often takes a turn we as a reader don't like. But they are exactly in the rame of the character. Her character's are so 'real' and deeply developed that even though you don't love or agree with everything that takes place, you owe it to the characters to stick to them and watch the events unfold. My point is, Simons' beautiful, engrossing and unique writing somehow makes you love even the stuff you hate."A Song In The Daylight" was just as madly frustrating and just as addictive as all of her books.. Paullina is a genius in writing her books "outside the box" and creating memorable and unforgettable stories which will make you FEEL everything as you know the characters.I'm emotionally exhausted after reading this. But it was so worth it. This story will really stick with you. I could write a whole damn essay about the plot, the ethical dilemma, the rights and the wrongs, discuss it up and down, sideways and back ways- but this sentance obove sums up the whole book pretty good good.I've been such a fool by letting the low ratings here on goodreads keep me away from this book for so long. It's definitely been the best read of this year (and life) for me. Maybe best isn't the best word but when this year is done, I know "Song In The Daylight" will be the book I remember. With mixed feelings. For better and for worse, I recommend this to everyone who's looking for a story that will actually give you something in return. But if you want a light romance, boy- meets girl, girl- meets boy and lives happily ever after, keep looking. "A Song In The Daylight" is about life, choices and their consequences. This story will haunt me for a long time. But overall, I CRAZY LOVED it and I have yet to read a Paullina Simons book that has disappointed me! Not many books has had this impact over me.

Rachel

November 03, 2011

Why, oh why did I let all the terrible reviews here on Goodreads sway me from buying this one sooner? Paullina Simon's does not put ONE foot wrong. I also admit i felt a bit intimidated by the size of the thing! But all I can say is, WOW. Like Paullina's other novels I have read (TBH, Tully, Eleven Hours) she has a remarkable ability to engage you so closely with all of the characters. Once I turned the last page, I almost collapsed from emotional exhaustion. I was so highly wrung with sadness and despair for Larissa, the main character, but also so happy for her husband Jared and best-friend Che. This story is so well written. Paullina has an amazing mind and I hope this isn't the last book we see from her. I can't wait for more! Oh and may I add Paullina sure knows how to write a sex scene! Some authors have the ability to make me cringe but Simons knows how to deliver it just right :)

Bethany

March 13, 2019

I honestly have to give this book a solid 4 stars for Paullina Simons beautiful writing. She absolutely knows how to write detailed and unforgettable characters. Larissa Stark was complex and tortured and I just felt like shaking her sometimes. Near the end, I was just ready for it to be over; however the ending was FAR from what I expected. A tragic story that made me examine my own life as a wife and mother.

Catherine

August 03, 2020

A good long enjoyable read. Full of human feelings and emotions. It made me think about Larissa's decisions. Was she the hero? I ask in jest.

Fiona

October 28, 2014

The first time I read this book i was mortified and angry. I wanted to just hold my family close and never let them go. i wanted to throw the book away. What a tragedy for larissa. I didn't like her but once i reread it i felt more sympathy for her. I think she made her decisions based on emotion and desire. She was misguided. I think we can all empathise with her to an extent. It is hard to understand the decision she made but we have all felt the pull of love and the sacrifices that we feel we can make for it- hers were just so extreme. I couldn't put the book down and couldn't stop thinking about it the whole time i read it (i have young kids so had to read it in little chunks over a couple of weeks).A great read (the second time) - an emotional rollercoaster!

Kathi

November 17, 2009

** spoiler alert ** Oh Paullina! Why do you do this to me? Emotional investment here was as usual high. You left me a broken woman but props for not taking the well trod, moralising and predictable end to this particular scenario. Its a favourite theme for many but we can usually guess the end before we even read the first page in all the others.

Amy

February 20, 2011

I thought the first few chapters were a bore, it wasn't until further into the story that I was totally hooked and couldn't put it down. It was only towards the end of the book that I realised the start for the book was necessary to fully understand the character, who is hard to identify with in my opinion. Really thought provoking and worth reading. Almost 5 stars.

Loran

September 06, 2021

This book is highly recommended, I am a fan of Paulina simons, so when I saw this book in a used books stores I purchased it immidiately. I read a few reviews here before starting to read it, the most negative. however, this was not a deterrant to me. The book introduces an ethical dillemma- the family or the lover? it might look as a cliche but the way simons weaves the story is incredible, the narration, the dialogue and the variety of chrachters. Simons talks through Larissa, the mother taking the impossible choice, through her Eyes Simons allows the reader to understand the inner dinamecs of the conception "Betreyal" in the human society. what is concieved as the "worst" betreyal- that of a mother. through reading you sometimes find yourself against your initial will- sympathizing with her, then judgmental, you read as a human. you change- this is correct through all Simons books. but this book - it is Important, it teaches a lot, no matter which age or background you belong to. It is essential to a degree that in the future it might save your life if faced with similar dillemas. true, events turn differently with each human being and his or her choices, though, the importance of this book lies in the fact that it allows you to read Cowardly patterns of action. personally as facing abandonement though in less critical situations than those depicted in the story, the story helped me understand whats going on, so I would highly recommend it if you are especially facing this kind of thing. also, the story gives a deep analysis and understanding of what fate is, it is what Larissa chose, her love, but in the end, it could not be replaced with the knowledge of what happened (p.753).

Dijana

October 31, 2019

** spoiler alert ** As a mother of two children who are the sole reason of my existence this book was very difficult for me to read. I hated Larissa with a passion. I was so angry, so sad and I cried so much. But I was smiling at the end. An evil "karma is a bitch" smile. I don't think I have ever read a book before where I hated the main character so much. Still, this is one of the best books I have ever read. Paullina is just a remarkable writer, no other words can describe her. Just REMARKABLE! Favorite quote of the book:"When you spend your day, each and every day, all the time, picking up after other people, and not just other people, but your children, your flesh and blood children, you bend, you sigh, you pick up the toy they dropped, the milk cover, the money they had to take with them on a trip and didn’t, when you do all those things for them, day in and day out, that’s when you find the Divine inside yourself. You know why? Because it’s only the Divine in you that would do it. Do you know what I mean? You do it because that is what Love looks like, bent at the basin on the floor, washing their feet.”

Ivy

August 09, 2018

** spoiler alert ** First let me say, I have ready pretty much everything Paullina Simons has written. She is a master at writing flawed characters. Larissa is most definitely flawed. There are times in the book where you just want to throttle her. For me, the plotline hit close to home, as I have a (now ex) relative who did a similar thing. She did not run away, but she took up with and is now shacked up with someone 15 years younger than her despite extreme protests from her teen sons. She only thinks of herself, EVER. Just like Larissa. As a Mom, it is shocking to me to imagine a woman walking away from the 3 children she seems to really love, and never speak to them again, never see them again. Never mind how hard that would be for the mother, how could any mother put her children through that? Well done Paullina. I was not expecting that ending!

Diana

August 24, 2022

Um...WOW!OK, I hated the characters....all of them. I thought that the chapters were all too long. But then it all coalesced; and it was like watching a hideous train wreck. You see it coming, you can't put it down. You realize that the hints were dropped early on and you think, "noooo, was she wearing jeans?"This becomes a brilliant study of people being who they are. The failure to grow and evolve -- even when the opportunity is handed over on a silver platter.I love Paullina Simons as a writer. She really shows depth of understanding the characters, even when they are hideous people. I preferred Tully, Lone Star, The Girl in Times Square and the whole Tatiana & Alexander series, but this is a solid effort, brilliantly written.

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