The Names
The extraordinary novel that asks: Can a name change the course of a life? In the wake of a catastrophic storm, Cora sets off with her nine-year-old daughter, Maia, to register her son’s birth. Her husband, Gordon, a local doctor, respected in the community but a terrifying and controlling presence at home, intends fo...
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“Ah, good,” Eileen says from the table. He likes Eileen; he’s known her ever since they arrived in Ireland, two years ago.
She’s their nearest neighbor and the person he’s left with if his grandmother has errands to run.
They mostly sit in silence, neither feeling the need to fill the space with chatter.
His job is to assemble loops of beads; a decorative weight that dangles from the end of each bobbin to keep the tension of Eileen’s lace just right.
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- Prologue 12:32
- Chapter Bear 18:40
- Chapter Julian 20:06
- Chapter Gordon 27:34
- Bear 24:30
- Julian 22:37
- Gordon 32:19
- Bear 20:32
- Chapter 12 24:10
- Chapter 13 33:40
- Chapter 15 29:25
- Chapter 16 33:36
- Gordon 32:12
- Bear 46:25
- Julian 27:34
- Gordon 38:00
- Chapter 23 44:28
- Chapter 24 47:41
- Chapter 25 32:34
- Epilogue 07:01