1931, Lancashire. When Finn Carlisle loses his wife & unborn child, he spends a few years travelling to keep the sad memories
... Bringing together six short stories
- two of which are previously unpublished
- One Last Dram Before Midnight is the perfect
Vivienne Shager is living the dream with a high-flying job & a beautiful apartment.
But on the afternoon of her twenty-seventh
Details: Jonathan Tropper's funny, touching family story about a man named Silver who has begun to accept that his life isn't going to turn out as he expected. The ex-wife he's still friends with is about to marry a terrific guy Silver can't quite bring himself to hate, & his Princeton-bound teenage daughter has just confided in him that she's pregnant, because he's the one she cares least bout letting down. So when he learns that his heart requires emergency, lifesaving surgery, Silver makes the radical decision to refuse the operation, choosing instead to use what little time he has left to repair the relationship with Casey, become a better man, & live in the moment
- even if that moment isn't destined to last very long. Read by William Hope. Ideal for: A wonderful listen for fans of Jonathan Tropper. Running time approximately: 8 hours 40 minutes. 8 CD's unabridged.