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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Bear
In the brief intermission between dissertation hand-in and graduation, Bear goes home to paint the rooms of the second-floor flat where he’s grown up. A spontaneous visit, after Cora mentions taking a week off work to redecorate. “I’ll come back,” he’d offered.
“Oh, wow! I’d love that,” she’d said, the smile coming through in her voice.
The windows are open and the freshness of outdoors mingles with the scent of wet paint, making the room shimmer with newness.
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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