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Christmas in Austin

audiobook


A luminous family saga from one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists.

When the four Essinger children gather in Austin for

Christmas, they all bring their news. Nathan wants to become a

federal judge. Susie’s husband has taken a job in England. Jean has

asked her boyfriend and (once-married) boss to meet her family.

Paul has broken up with Dana, mother of their son Cal. But their

parents have plans, too, and Liesel, the materfamilias, has invited

Dana and Cal to stay, hoping to bring them back together. As the

week unfolds, each of the Essingers has to confront the tensions

and conflicts between old families and new.

Rich, intimate, and deeply perceptive, Christmas in Austin

beautifully explores the deep-rooted division between the world

we grow up in, and the life we make for ourselves.


Narrator: Benjamin Markovits

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