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    Little Night: A Novel
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    Little Night: A Novel

    Written by Luanne Rice

    Narrated by Blair Brown

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    About this audiobook

    Clare Burke's life took a devastating turn when she tried to protect her sister, Anne, from an abusive and controlling husband and ended up serving prison time for assault. The verdict largely hinged on Anne's defense of her spouse-all lies-and the sisters have been estranged ever since. Nearly twenty years later, Clare is living a quiet life in Manhattan as an urban birder and nature blogger, when her niece, Grit, turns up on her doorstep.

    The two long for a relationship with each other, but they'll have to dig deep into their family's difficult past in order to build one. Together, they face the wounds inflicted by Anne and her husband and find in their new connection a place of healing. When Clare begins to suspect her sister might have followed Grit to New York, she and her niece hold out hope for a long-awaited reunion with her. . . but will it be the joyous occasion they dream of? And will Clare and her longtime partner, Paul, whose complicated relationship has been sorely tested through the years, find a way back to love and to each other-again?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJun 5, 2012
    ISBN9780307704931
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    Little Night: A Novel
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    Luanne Rice

    Luanne Rice is the New York Times bestselling author of thirty-six novels, including The Shadow Box. Several have been adapted for television: Crazy in Love, Blue Moon, as well as Follow the Stars Home and Silver Bells for Hallmark Hall of Fame, and Beach Girls as a Lifetime miniseries.

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    • 4/5
      I received this book as a first reads winner. This was a really enjoyable book. It sucked me in from the very beginning. I cared about the characters right away and wanted to know what was happening to them. The heartache and sorrow the characters felt. I know there are men out there who are very controlling of their girlfriend and spouse and this book shows a little bit of how one can be manipulated and cut off from their family. It is a pretty quick read because you will not want to put it down. I recommend this book and really enjoyed reading it. When it was done I wanted to know more about the characters. All the women in the book are strong women but they don't see it, the reader does.
    • 3/5
      I didn't really care for this story of Clare, Anne and Grit. There are a lot of things going on with these women and some of it is just really weird. I usually like a Luanne Rice book but this was a strange one.
    • 4/5
      I received this book as a early review from the publisher. It gripped me from the first page. This Luanne's 30th book ...well done!
    • 5/5
      I had this book sitting on my TBR shelf for ever, I LOVE it when all of the sudden I decide to read one that got lost on the shelf and it turns of wonderful! Luanne Rice did a spectacular job with her Ornithology research and then threw in some wonderful food talk, I couldn't describe a book more for me! I never give away any plot, so you will have to read and find out all about the great birding to be done in the diverse city of NYC and feel yourself walking through the streets at night, in the cold, it was so exciting to read. A lot of maybe mysteries join in to make a book that only took me a few hours to read, I couldn't put it down.
    • 4/5
      AUTHOR: Rice, LuanneTITLE: Little Night Date Read: 12/14/13RATING: 4/BGENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS: Fiction/2012/Viking/321 pgsSERIES/STAND ALONE: SA TIME/PLACE: Present/NYCCHARACTERS: Claire Burke/urban birder, blogger ; Grit/ her niece FIRST LINES: The letter arrived the 2nd Tuesday in November. COMMENTS: Tragic, sad story about the close relationship between 2 sisters that is destroyed when the older sister marries an abusive controlling man. The sadness was overcome by the hope that Claire had for her sister Anne, despite all that had happened in the past and the lack of communication in the present. What made the story for me was the zest Claire had for nature, particularly the urban birding and blogging. I loved this part of the story and it offset all the somber emotions.
    • 4/5
      Great book. Different type of story.
    • 3/5
      I don't remember very much about this one at all except that it centred on domestic violence. Now that I've read the internet a bit to remind myself, it was more complex than that. It's a web of family dysfunction - very pronounced characters struggling to play nicely together. It's very New York, but apart from that nothing really stands out. Next.
    • 5/5
      Little Night by Luanne RiceISBN: 9780670023561Book starts out with Clare attacking her sisters husband because of what he's done to them all. She ends up in prison and her sister Anne and the kids, gilly and grit are still left behind to endure his torture.While in prison she's had a lot of time to herself and thinks about the past and ends things with her Central Park ranger boyfriend, Paul. She is depressed and comes to life once again after a visitor has left with the promise of a job, with conditions.After Clare gets out she does seek out Paul again and they resume their bird watches and rescues in the hopes of seeing an extinct laughing owl.Grit comes to live with Clare and the truth comes out as to why she is there.The symbolism of the bog, the accident and how it brings them closer makes all that's happened come together as one.Just when you think you've learned all you can about a topic: snowy owls, Central Park, variety of birds, rather than shoving it down your throats like other authors might do, Luanne knows exactly when to move onto other things. It's just a super blend, seamless.Like that Grit knows how to cook elegantly from scratch and can do wonders with barely anything.What happened at the bog landed Grit in the hospital. While there she knows her mother stood over her bed. She's seen other signs of her mother being in town, and so has Clare. Love the mystery as to why Anne couldn't contact them in the city.I like a book that takes me places and learn new things. I am really into this book: the ferry to the statue of liberty-never knew about the rooms at the bottom; the glassblowing; all the birds and facts; the scenery, different named areas, and atmosphere of ny central park, very detailed architecture and the cooking.Countries overseas have an appeal all their own.Like how when the book has stated a Danish remark the translation is the next line-won't leave you guessing or have to look it up on the pc.Love the idea of the special picnic and how the book got its title from it and opened the web page. Learned so much in this book, as I do follow our local snowy owl and have seen one in Oregon at a refuge for birds.Clare compares her life with some of the extinct owls. Love the ending and how things have gone full circle.
    • 3/5
      i guess rice wants to show us what dysfunctional families do to themselves and each other. i hope grit gets therapy so that she doesn't repeat with her kids. clare's boyfriend is beyond reality. where does clare get her money? i must have missed this. i'd love to live alone in manhattan and do birds and everyone loved me.
    • 5/5
      Author: Luanne RicePublished By: Pamela Dorman BooksAge Recommended: AdultReviewed By: Arlena DeanBook Blog For: GMTARating: 5Review:"Little Night" by Luanne Rice was a intriguing family drama read in that it was a little different from my normal reads that this read simply blow me away. It was not a easy read in that it will bring to light."violence, family abuse, narcissistic disorders, prison time, death and murder." "Little Night" plot will bring to you many twist and turns as this story will go back and forth from the past to present...Clare and Grit's point of view with Anne's journals and website. The story picks up with Annie trying to protect her sister from a very abusive husband (Fredrick) who was a abuser, and Clare hit him on the head with a poker and was sent to jail for several years due to the fact that her 'own sister...Anne lied on the stand for her husband...Now Anne was out of jail.. only to get a visit from Anne's daughter Grit for a visit to New York... and this will be the part where I will say you must pick up "Little Night" to see once again how Clare's life will change and especially whether Clare will be able to ever forgive her sister Anne and what about Clare's feelings for Paul? The characters were all very well developed with such emotions that really made this a very realistic story and "Little Night" will give you a very sensitive heartbreaking read.I think this author did a wonderful job as "she weaves, pain, death, sorrow, betrayal, abandonment, forgiveness and love all in a well written story" that has been well delivered to the reader and yes, I would definitely recommend "Little Night" as a excellent read.
    • 3/5
      I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, I was glued to the pages, eagerly anticipating what would happen next. On the other hand, I wanted to reach inside this book and shake all of the characters! Grrr. What a frustrating group of people.Anne, once a vibrant and strong woman, marries an abusive, controlling man and quickly becomes a shell of her former self. Even though her husband Frederick has cut her off from her family, her sister Clare cannot stay away. Clare comes for a visit which enrages Frederick, and he attacks Anne, in front of their two small children, no less. Trying to protect Anne, Clare attacks Frederick, but unfortunately does not kill him. Anne lies for her husband, and Clare goes to prison for two years for assault. Meanwhile, Frederick moves his family to his home in Denmark, and Clare has no contact with them until 18 years later when Anne's daughter Grit shows up unexpectedly at her door.This book was about Clare and Grit's new bond, and also about forgiving Anne or at least understanding her behavior. The first part worked very well for me. Grit (short for Margarita) was my favorite character. She was brave and smart, and it's hard to believe how level-headed she was considering her childhood with a psychotic monster of a father. Grit and Clare found in each other what had been missing in their lives for nearly two decades.I liked Clare, but I think her character could have been more developed. Her two-year prison term supposedly had a detrimental effect on her life even years later, but I never felt it. She's also had an on again, off again relationship with a man named Paul since they were teenagers, and, again, being in prison ruined that too, even though Paul supported her 100%. That didn't make sense to me. They still loved each other, so what's the problem?The other part of the book - empathizing with Anne - was where I had great difficulty. I didn't like her. Did she even have a heart? We know Frederick didn't. Maybe the problem was that Frederick was simply too evil. He had no redeeming qualities whatsoever, and Anne had the opportunity to escape him early on. Why would she choose an abuser over her sister, over her children's welfare, over herself? We never learn why she fell under his spell so easily in the first place.This was a sad and depressing story, and it certainly stirred up a lot of emotion in me, unfortunately it was mostly anger. I'm glad I read the book, even though I had trouble with a lot of the story. I do like it when books make me emotional, even if that emotion is negative. This is the first book by Luanne Rice I've read, so I don't know if this is her typical style or not. She has a short story called "Paul and Clare" which is about how they met, and I'd actually like to read it, so I guess all is not lost. ;)
    • 4/5
      Set in NY city, this story follows Clare, a quiet urban birder and nature blogger whose life is turned upside down when her niece arrives. Clare has not seen Grit for almost twenty years, not since Clare tried to save her own sister, Grit's mother, from domestic abuse and then was wrongfully sent to prison for assault. Can old wounds heal? Can Clare forgive her sister for the lies she told? An interesting story, especially the fallout abusive situations create and bird enthusiasts would especially enjoy this story. I found that I liked the characters more at the beginning of the book than the end, but still a good read with a good plot twist or two.
    • 4/5
      I just finished this novel, and have so many emotions wrapped up in it, I don't know what to say! Read it in two days!It's hard to say I enjoyed it, but I couldn't put it down . It's about a family torn apart by lies, estrangement, and violence. But it also is a story of nature, fascinating birds, and I'm so glad I read it!Thank you Ms. Rice for this extraordinary story of unconditional love, and families.
    • 3/5
      I have loved many of Luanne Rice's books but this one is not one of my favorites. Did like the character of Gris and could relate somewhat to Clare, even liked the birding in Central Park but the book just didn't connect with me. Just think I cannot relate to the character of Anne and everyone else just giving her a pass. Also cannot really understand how she could do what she did based on the information available about the type of person she had been in the past. Did understand that their own family's pretentiousness to keep up appearances and pretend had quite a bit to do with what happens but I just cannot conceive or relate to the whole scenario. This was just an okay read for me. ARC from NetGalley.