We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

Brief Description: Narrator, Rosemary Cook, begins her story in the middle. "I spent the first eighteen years of my life defined by this one fact: I was raised with a chimpanzee," she tells us. "It's never going to be the first thing I share with someone. I tell you Fern was a chimp and already you aren't thinking of her as my sister. But until Fern's expulsion, I'd scarcely known a moment alone. She was my twin, my funhouse mirror, my whirlwind other half, and I loved her as a sister." Rosemary was not yet six when Fern was removed. Over the years, she's managed to block a lot of memories. She's smart, vulnerable, innocent, and culpable. With some guile, she guides us through the darkness, penetrating secrets and unearthing memories, leading us deeper into the mystery she has dangled before us from the start. Stripping off the protective masks that have hidden truths too painful to acknowledge, in the end, "Rosemary" truly is for remembrance. Marc Notes: Unabridged.; Compact disc, MP3 format.; Read by Orlagh Cassidy.; Narrator, Rosemary Cook, begins her story in the middle. I spent the first eighteen years of my life defined by this one fact: I was raised with a chimpanzee, she tells us. It's never going to be the first thing I share with someone. I tell you Fern was a chimp and already you aren't thinking of her as my sister. But until Fern's expulsion, I'd scarcely known a moment alone. She was my twin, my funhouse mirror, my whirlwind other half, and I loved her as a sister. Rosemary was not yet six when Fern was removed. Over the years, she's managed to block a lot of memories. She's smart, vulnerable, innocent, and culpable. With some guile, she guides us through the darkness, penetrating secrets and unearthing memories, leading us deeper into the mystery she has dangled before us from the start. Stripping off the protective masks that have hidden truths too painful to acknowledge, in the end, Rosemary truly is for remembrance.; System requirements: CD/MP3 player or PC with MP3 capable software;may transfer the files on the discs to an iPod or other MP3-players. Review Citations:

New York Times Book Review 03/23/2014 pg. 28 (EAN 9780142180822, Paperback)

Library Journal Prepub Alert 12/01/2012 pg. 58 (EAN 9780399162091, Hardcover)

Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2013 pg. 13 (EAN 9780399162091, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Romantic Times 06/01/2013 pg. 52 (EAN 9780399162091, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 04/22/2013 (EAN 9780399162091, Hardcover)

Booklist 05/01/2013 pg. 68 (EAN 9780399162091, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Library Journal 06/01/2013 pg. 96 (EAN 9780399162091, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

People Weekly 06/10/2013 pg. 59 (EAN 9780399162091, Hardcover)

New York Times Book Review 06/09/2013 pg. 1 (EAN 9780399162091, Hardcover)

New York Times Book Review 06/16/2013 pg. 28 (EAN 9780399162091, Hardcover)

New York Review of Books 09/26/2013 pg. 39 (EAN 9780399162091, Hardcover)

LJ Best Books of Year 12/01/2013 pg. 28 (EAN 9780399162091, Hardcover)

SLJ Best Adult Bks 4 Teens 12/01/2013 pg. 43 (EAN 9780399162091, Hardcover)

NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/08/2013 pg. 27 (EAN 9780399162091, Hardcover)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 298 (EAN 9780399162091, Hardcover)

BookPage 06/01/2013 (EAN 9780399162091, Hardcover)

Audio File 08/01/2013 pg. 40 (EAN 9781470881436, Compact Disc)

Library Journal 10/15/2013 pg. 61 (EAN 9781470881436, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review

Contributor Bio:  Fowler, Karen Joy Karen Joy Fowler, one of the most accomplished and most adroit fiction writers in America (Los Angeles Review of Books), lives in Santa Cruz, California. She is the author of six novels and three story collections, which range from contemporary and historical to literary and science fiction. Her short stories have won Nebula and World Fantasy awards, and in 2014, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, hailed by Khaled Hosseini as a gripping, bighearted book, won the PEN/Faulkner Award and the California Book Award and was a finalist for England s Man Booker Prize in the first year it was opened to Americans. Contributor Bio:  Cassidy, Orlagh Orlagh Cassidy is the winner of the 2009 Best Voice in Children & Family Listening and the 2008 and 2011 Best Voice in Mystery & Suspense. She's narrated for Jacqueline Winspear, James Patterson, Erica Spindler, Beth Harbison, and Frank Herbert, among others. Cassidy's Broadway credits include "Present Laughter with Frank Langella, Our Country's Good, " and "Suddenly Last Summer". She has appeared Off-Broadway in "Bright Ideas" and "The Field" at The Irish Rep (Drama Desk Nomination). She was "Doris Wolfe" on "The Guiding Light" and her other television appearances include "Sex and the City, Law & Order, Law and Order SVU, "and" Elementary". She also appeared in the films "Purple Violets, Young Adult, " and "Definitely, Maybe".