Private Life

by Jane Smiley

Kate Reading (Narrator)

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Margaret Mayfield is nearly an old maid at twenty-seven when she marries Captain Andrew Jackson Jefferson Early. He's the most famous man their Missouri town has ever produced: a naval officer and an astronomer-a genius who, according to the local paper, has changed the universe. Margaret's mother calls the match "a piece of luck."
Yet Andrew confounds Margaret's expectations from the moment their train leaves for his naval base in San Francisco, and soon she realizes that his devotion to science leaves little room for anything, or anyone, else. She stands by him through tragedies both personal and those they share with the nation. But as World War II approaches, Andrew's obsessions take a darker turn, forcing Margaret to reconsider the life she'd so carefully constructed.
  • ISBN10 0307715310
  • ISBN13 9780307715319
  • Publish Date 4 May 2010 (first published 1 January 2010)
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Random House Audio Publishing Group
  • Format Audiobook (CD)
  • Duration 13 hours and 30 minutes
  • Language English