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Em’s Awful Good Fortune audiobook
- By: Marcie Maxfield
- Narrator: Gabra Zackman
- Category: Fiction, Literary
- Length: 7 hours 32 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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Em’s Awful Good Fortune Audiobook Summary
Paris. Tokyo. Shanghai. Seoul. Em’s Awful Good Fortune is part global romp, part dysfunctional marriage. Em is not simply married–it’s more like she’s handcuffed to her husband’s international career. Sure, they might be velvet cuffs, but still … cuffed. What else can she do but stomp her way through global capitals in search of her own identity?
Part dysfunctional marriage, part global romp, this is not your typical expat story. Em’s Awful Good Fortune is a deeply personal, marriage coming-apart-at-the-seams look at the struggle between a woman’s desire for partnership and her need for identity. Fueled by twin demons, love and rage, Em stomps her way around the world coming to terms with the fantasy of having it all: husband, kids, and a career. Em is not just married; it’s more like being handcuffed to her husband’s international career. Her life reads like a fantasy, bouncing between Los Angeles, Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Seoul. But–the good fortune is all her husband’s: Em is just the tagalong wife.
Maxfield’s compelling, non-linear story explores the expatriate lifestyle through the lens of a crumbling marriage, while at the same time tracing the lasting impact of sexual assault and PTSD. Em’s journey exposes the dark corners of this seemingly privileged world: loneliness, depression, infidelity, and loss of career. An empowering, uncomfortably funny narrative about compromise that every woman should read. As Em begins to value her needs before those of her husband’s career, she stops letting herself be dragged along for the ride–and ultimately emerges triumphant.
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Em’s Awful Good Fortune Audiobook Narrator
Gabra Zackman is the narrator of Em’s Awful Good Fortune audiobook that was written by Marcie Maxfield
Gabra Zackman knows romance. Her clever and “thrilling romantic caper” (Library Journal) Bod Squad series was inspired by the more than one hundred romance and women’s fiction titles she has narrated for audio. She divides her time between her native New York City and Denver, Colorado.
About the Author(s) of Em’s Awful Good Fortune
Marcie Maxfield is the author of Em’s Awful Good Fortune
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Em’s Awful Good Fortune Full Details
| Narrator | Gabra Zackman |
| Length | 7 hours 32 minutes |
| Author | Marcie Maxfield |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
| Release date | April 23, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9798200914227 |
Additional info
The publisher of the Em’s Awful Good Fortune is Blackstone Publishing. The imprint is Marcie B. Max LLC. It is supplied by Blackstone Publishing. The ISBN-13 is 9798200914227.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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