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    Forever is the Worst Long Time: A Novel
    Forever is the Worst Long Time: A Novel
    Forever is the Worst Long Time: A Novel
    Audiobook7 hours

    Forever is the Worst Long Time: A Novel

    Written by Camille Pagán

    Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon

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    About this audiobook

    From acclaimed author Camille Pagán comes a wry, heartfelt exploration of love and loss.

    When struggling novelist James Hernandez meets poet Louisa “Lou” Bell, he’s sure he’s just found the love of his life. There’s just one problem: she’s engaged to his oldest friend, Rob. So James toasts their union and swallows his desire.

    As the years pass, James’s dreams always seem just out of reach—he can’t finish that novel, can’t mend his relationship with his father, can’t fully commit to a romantic relationship. He just can’t move on. But after betrayal fractures Lou’s once-solid marriage, she turns to James for comfort.

    When Lou and James act on their long-standing mutual attraction, the consequences are more heartbreaking—and miraculous—than either of them could have ever anticipated. Then life throws James one more curveball, and he, Rob, and Lou are forced to come to terms with the unexpected ways in which love and loss are intertwined.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateFeb 7, 2017
    ISBN9781536609455
    Forever is the Worst Long Time: A Novel
    Author

    Camille Pagán

    Camille Pagán is the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestselling author of six novels, including I’m Fine and Neither Are You, Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties, and Life and Other Near-Death Experiences, which has been optioned for film. Pagán’s books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. She has written for the New York Times; O, The Oprah Magazine; Parade; Real Simple; Time; and many other publications. Pagán lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her family. Learn more about her novels at www.camillepagan.com.

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    • 4/5
      Great characters and believable story. I finished it in one sitting! At work!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Extremely touching. Really pulls at the heart strings. Highly recommend
    • 5/5
      It made me cry. Unpredictable, well written book. And the narrator has a nice voice too.
    • 5/5
      This is a great and unpredictable book. Definitely worth a read.
    • 4/5
      This is my third or fourth Pagán audiobook, and the first male protagonist I've read in her work. I would encourage others to read this particular book in print, as the tone is a little somber throughout the audio. The story is a sweet one.
    • 5/5
      Title: Forever Is The Worst Long TimeAuthor: Camille PaganPublisher: Lake Union PublishingReviewed By: Arlena DeanRating: FourReview:"Forever Is The Worst Long Time" by Camille PaganMy Thoughts....This was a read of emotions, love, friendship, betrayal, tragic, loss,regret, forgiveness with three main characters: James, Lou and Rob who were all far from perfect. With their stupid mistakes they made, along with some crazy decisions will they ever be able to stop all of the hurting that is going on among these friends? This author gives the reader quite a complex plot that is well developed with surprises that goes in unexpected ways with surprises, celebrations as well as disappointments that will have you at some time shaking your head. By the end of this story the reader gets quite a heart breaking, wrenching story that will also be very thought provoking and also engaging read from 'lack of closeness in relations, ruined friendships, death and loss'. What else can be said about this story is the choices that one makes in there life can turn out to be short and or long term consequences. 'Life is short and it is what you make of it... for one must make it count.'
    • 5/5
      This was a fantastic book and I definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to read about characters so well written that you feel like you know them working through situations that you feel like you've been through; if you want to read a book that will make you laugh and cry and if you want to read a book that will stay with you long after the last page has been been read - then this is the book for you to read.When Jim meets his best friend's girlfriend Lou, he falls in love with her. She is everything that he has ever wanted in a woman and she affects every relationship that he gets into because in his mind, no woman can live up to her perfection. The rest of his life is a struggle too - he has problems with his teaching career and he just can't get started on the novel that he had planned to write. When Lou and Rob have marital problems, she turns to Jim for counsel. What happens next totally changes the future for Lou and Rob and especially Jim.This wonderful book is about love and friendship and family. It's about struggle and rewards that come when you don't expect them and how the sum total of one's life is made up of the family and friends that love you.Thanks to the author for an arc of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.