01948cam a2200349 i 4500001000700000003000800007005001700015008004100032010001500073020001800088040001700106042000800123050002900131100003700160245004700197250001100244264005400255264001500309300002300324336002600347337002800373338002700401520095500428650002201383650002301405650002101428650002801449650003201477650002901509655003101538655002901569325815MeVbMML20250410105237.0221027t20232023nyu           000 1 eng    a2022051777  a9781984881694  dUtOrBLWcAJM  apcc00aPR9199.4.A9244bW55 20231 aAudrain, Ashley,d1982-eauthor.14aThe Whispers :ba Novel /cAshley Audrain.  aFirst. 1a[New York] :bPamela Dorman Books/Viking,c[2023] 4c℗♭2023  a326 pages ;c24 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"The Loverlys sit by the hospital bed of their young son who is in a coma after falling from his bedroom window in the middle of the night; his mother, Whitney, will not speak to anyone. Back home, their friends and neighbors are left in shock, each confronting their own role in the events that led up to what happened that terrible night: the warm, altruistic Parks who are the Loverlys' best friends; the young, ambitious Goldsmiths who are struggling to start a family of their own; and the quiet, elderly Portuguese couple who care for their adult son with a developmental disability, and who pass the long days on the front porch, watching their neighbors go about their busy lives. The story spins out over the course of one week, in the alternating voices of the women in each family as they are forced to face the secrets within the walls of their own homes, and the uncomfortable truths that connect them all to one another." --cPublisher. 0aCouplesvFiction. 0aFamiliesvFiction. 0aSummervFiction. 0aNeighborhoodsvFiction. 0aFalls (Accidents)vFiction. 0aFamily secretsvFiction. 7aThrillers (Fiction)2lcgft 7aDomestic fiction.2lcgft