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The Resource Akin : a novel, Emma Donoghue

Akin : a novel, Emma Donoghue

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Summary
"Noah Selvaggio is a retired chemistry professor and widower living on the Upper West Side but born in the South of France. He is days away from his first visit back to Nice since he was a child, bringing with him a handful of puzzling photographs he's discovered from his mother's wartime years. But he receives a call from Children's Services: an eleven-year-old great-nephew whom he's never met urgently needs someone to look after him. Reluctantly, Noah agrees to take Michael along on his trip. Much has changed in this famously charming seaside mecca, still haunted by memories of the Nazi occupation. The unlikely duo, suffering from jet lag and culture shock, bicker about everything from steak-frites to screen time. But Noah gradually comes to appreciate the boy's truculent wit, and Michael's ease with tech and his sharp eye help Noah unearth troubling details about their family's history. As truths about their pasts come to light, they find they are more akin than they knew"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 audio media player (approximately 11 hr., 30 min.)
Note
  • Title from container
  • Previously released by Hachette Audio, ℗2019
  • Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player
  • One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening
Isbn
9781549129735
Instance
Label
Akin : a novel
Title
Akin
Title remainder
a novel
Statement of responsibility
Emma Donoghue
Creator
Contributor
Author
Narrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Noah Selvaggio is a retired chemistry professor and widower living on the Upper West Side but born in the South of France. He is days away from his first visit back to Nice since he was a child, bringing with him a handful of puzzling photographs he's discovered from his mother's wartime years. But he receives a call from Children's Services: an eleven-year-old great-nephew whom he's never met urgently needs someone to look after him. Reluctantly, Noah agrees to take Michael along on his trip. Much has changed in this famously charming seaside mecca, still haunted by memories of the Nazi occupation. The unlikely duo, suffering from jet lag and culture shock, bicker about everything from steak-frites to screen time. But Noah gradually comes to appreciate the boy's truculent wit, and Michael's ease with tech and his sharp eye help Noah unearth troubling details about their family's history. As truths about their pasts come to light, they find they are more akin than they knew"--
Accompanying matter
technical information on music
Assigning source
Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
PLAYA
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1969-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Donoghue, Emma
Dewey number
823/.914
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
not applicable
LC call number
PR6054.O547
LC item number
A45 2019d
Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Music parts
not applicable
PerformerNote
Read by Jason Culp
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Culp, Jason
  • Hachette Audio (Firm)
  • Playaway Digital Audio
  • Findaway World, LLC
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Older people
  • Boys
  • Family secrets
  • Families
  • Retirees
  • Nice (France)
  • France
  • German Occupation of France (1940-1945)
  • Boys
  • Families
  • Family secrets
  • Older people
  • Retirees
  • France
  • France
Target audience
adult
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
Label
Akin : a novel, Emma Donoghue
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Title from container
  • Previously released by Hachette Audio, ℗2019
  • Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player
  • One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening
Antecedent source
unknown
Capture and storage technique
unknown
Carrier category
  • other
  • other
Carrier category code
  • sz
  • nz
Carrier MARC source
  • rdacarrier
  • rdacarrier
Color
not applicable
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1122161235
Dimensions
3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 audio media player (approximately 11 hr., 30 min.)
File format
one file format
Form of item
direct electronic
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781549129735
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
not applicable
Kind of material
other
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
  • audio
  • unmediated
Media MARC source
  • rdamedia
  • rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
  • n
Other physical details
digital, HD audio
Publisher number
39482
Quality assurance targets
unknown
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
other
Speed
other
System control number
(OCoLC)1122161235
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable
Label
Akin : a novel, Emma Donoghue
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Title from container
  • Previously released by Hachette Audio, ℗2019
  • Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player
  • One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening
Antecedent source
unknown
Capture and storage technique
unknown
Carrier category
  • other
  • other
Carrier category code
  • sz
  • nz
Carrier MARC source
  • rdacarrier
  • rdacarrier
Color
not applicable
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1122161235
Dimensions
3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 audio media player (approximately 11 hr., 30 min.)
File format
one file format
Form of item
direct electronic
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781549129735
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
not applicable
Kind of material
other
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
  • audio
  • unmediated
Media MARC source
  • rdamedia
  • rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
  • n
Other physical details
digital, HD audio
Publisher number
39482
Quality assurance targets
unknown
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
other
Speed
other
System control number
(OCoLC)1122161235
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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