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    The Travelers: A Novel

    Written by Regina Porter

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin and Dominic Hoffman

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    About this audiobook

    Meet James Samuel Vincent, an affluent Manhattan attorney who shirks his modest Irish American background but hews to his father’s meandering ways. James muddles through a topsy-turvy relationship with his son, Rufus, which is further complicated when Rufus marries Claudia Christie.

    Claudia’s mother — Agnes Miller Christie — is a beautiful African American woman who survives a chance encounter on a Georgia road that propels her into a new life in the Bronx. Soon after, her husband, Eddie Christie, is called to duty on an air craft carrier in Vietnam, where Tom Stoppard’s play “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” becomes Eddie’s life anchor, as he grapples with mounting racial tensions on the ship and counts the days until he will see Agnes again.

    These unforgettable characters’ lives intersect with a cast of lovers and friends — the unapologetic black lesbian who finds her groove in 1970s Berlin; a moving man stranded in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, during a Thanksgiving storm; two half-brothers who meet as adults in a crayon factory; and a Coney Island waitress whose Prince Charming is too good to be true.

    With piercing humor, exacting dialogue, and a beautiful sense of place, Regina Porter’s debut is both an intimate family portrait and a sweeping exploration of what it means to be American today.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJun 18, 2019
    ISBN9781984884251
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      I liked it. The characters in this book are created well. It was nice to indulge in families across many generations.