Read by Erin Moon

Two sisters, lost youth, and youthful obsessions; organized by day as the family sits shiva, Evening unfolds the paradoxes of love, ambition, siblings, and the way the past continues to inflect the present, sometimes against our will. In her thirties, Eve is summoned home by her distraught family to mourn the premature death of her sister, Tam, a return that becomes an unexpected encounter with the past. Eve bears the burden of a secret: two weeks before Tam died, Eve and Tam argued so vehemently that they did not speak again. Her sister was famous, acclaimed for her career as a TV journalist and her devoted marriage. But Tam, too, had a secret, revealed the day after the funeral, one that inverts the story Eve has told herself since their childhood. In the aftermath, Eve is forced to revise her version of her fractured family, her sister's accomplishments and vaunted marriage, and her own impeded ambition in work and love. Day by day as the family sits shiva, the stories unfold, illuminating the past​ to shape the present. Evening explores the dissonant love between sisters, the body in longing, the pride we take in sustaining our illusions, and the redemption that is possible only when they are dispelled. "Evening is a mourning novel and a ghost story, the novel's rooms crowded with opinionated family and friends and all the history and complicated relationships they carry." "Rapoport's narrative boldly faces the darkness that can fuel sisterly rivalry." "Narrator Erin Moon['s] ability to shift between characters' distinctive voices pulls listeners in…Moon's performance adds a tone of authenticity to the story, making for a worthwhile listen." "Will keep readers entranced with the bonds and the competitions between sisters and the questions of what remains when loved ones are gone." "This work reveals truths about family dynamics, which are always messier and more complicated than unquestioned family lore." "Evening is an emotional look at one family's tragic loss." "Evening is a masterpiece…Lusty, funny, grand. My shabby words do not even begin to convey how brilliant this book is." "Adroitly touches on everything we've ever wanted to know about the inner lives of women…a novel that draws the reader in bit by bit until you are totally under its spell."

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