03346cam a2200385 4500 234202155 TxAuBib 20140806120000.0 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781597771443 1597771449 b1ca6322-3ffb-41a5-ac63-0b087910e5a2 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 130798 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Baxter, Charles, 1947- The Feast of Love [Libby Audiobook] : A Novel. Phoenix Books, Inc.. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 283MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 283MB. HTML:<p>From "one of our most gifted writers" (<i>Chicago Tribune</i>), here is a superb new novel that delicately unearths the myriad manifestations of extraordinary love between ordinary people. In vignettes both comic and sexy, men and women speak of and desire their ideal mates: The owner of a coffee shop recalls the day his first wife seemed to achieve a moment of simple perfection; a young couple spends hours at the coffee shop fueling the idea of their fierce love; a professor of philosophy, stopping by for a cup of coffee, makes a valiant attempt to explain what he knows to be the inexplicable working of the human heart. Their voices resonate with each other and come together in a tapestry that depicts the most irresistible arena of life.</p>. There's plenty of sex in this audiobook, but the title is ironic. Narrators Scott Brick and Amanda Karr play the parts of a half-dozen characters, including a world-weary cafe owner, a waitress with star quality, and a philosopher with a deranged son. Although winsome and bursting with talent, the narrators are slightly miscast. Brick's Jewish accent misses the mark, and Karr's voice has too much of an Ivory Girl quality for the hard-edged beauty she portrays. Still, Baxter's writing is full of playful little bouquets like this one: "Making love to him was like going though a car wash, only you come out dirtier and more alive on the other end." E.D.R. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine. AudioFile Magazine. Fiction. Romance. Media Type: Audiobook. National Book Award Finalist. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-06 14:05:11. Brick, Scott,. Karr, Amanda. http://nh.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=b1ca6322-3ffb-41a5-ac63-0b087910e5a2 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1314-1/130798-TheFeastOfLove.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1314-1/130798-TheFeastOfLove.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=B1CA6322-3FFB-41A5-AC63-0B087910E5A2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1314-1/130798-TheFeastOfLove.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1314-1/130798-TheFeastOfLove.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=B1CA6322-3FFB-41A5-AC63-0B087910E5A2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)