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    A Town of Empty Rooms
    A Town of Empty Rooms
    A Town of Empty Rooms
    Audiobook10 hours

    A Town of Empty Rooms

    Written by Karen E. Bender

    Narrated by Tanya Eby

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A Town of Empty Rooms presents the story of Serena and Dan Shine, estranged from one another as they separately grieve over the recent loss of Serena's father and Dan's older brother. Serena's actions cause the couple and their two small children to be banished from New York City, and they settle in the only town that will offer Dan employment: Waring, North Carolina. There, in the Bible belt of America, Serena becomes enmeshed with the small Jewish congregation in town led by an esoteric rabbi, whose increasingly erratic behavior threatens the future of his flock. Dan and their young son are drawn into the Boy Scouts by their mysterious and vigilant neighbor, who may not have their best intentions at heart. Tensions accrue when matters of faith, identity, community, and family all fall into the crosshairs of contemporary, small-town America. A Town of Empty Rooms presents a fascinating insight into the lengths we will go to discover just where we belong.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateSep 23, 2016
    ISBN9781501929373
    A Town of Empty Rooms

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