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    Bodies and Souls: A Novel
    Bodies and Souls: A Novel
    Bodies and Souls: A Novel
    Audiobook16 hours

    Bodies and Souls: A Novel

    Written by Nancy Thayer

    Narrated by Emily Sutton-Smith

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    About this audiobook

    In this fast, steamy novel by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer, residents of a seemingly picture perfect New England town struggle to hide their shocking secrets . . . until they can no longer. Now available for the first time in audio!

    From his position behind the pulpit, Reverend Peter Taylor has a unique view of his affluent congregants. By and large, they appear respectable and morally upstanding, but they have their share of troubles—and perhaps even more than their share of sins. Liza Howard is a notorious Jezebel who seduces young and old alike, and who now has her sights set on Judy Bennett’s son, despite his engagement. Meanwhile, Judy hides her own family secrets behind her relentless judgment of others. Widow Suzanna Blair’s newly found passion for her female professor has her questioning the life she’s always known. And Peter Taylor himself struggles with faith and lust despite an eighteen-year marriage. As their turbulent lives and their scandalous stories intersect, one thing is certain: small town secrets never remain hidden for long.

    Praise for the novels of Nancy Thayer

    “The queen of beach books.”—The Star-Ledger

    “Thayer has a deep and masterly understanding of love and friendship, of where the two complement and where they collide.”—Elin Hilderbrand

    “Thayer’s gift for reaching the emotional core of her characters [is] captivating.”—Houston Chronicle

    “One of my favorite writers.”—Susan Wiggs

    “Thayer portrays beautifully the small moments, inside stories and shared histories that build families.”—The Miami Herald

    “Thayer’s sense of place is powerful, and her words are hung together the way my grandmother used to tat lace.”—Dorothea Benton Frank

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateAug 14, 2018
    ISBN9781978617377
    Bodies and Souls: A Novel
    Author

    Nancy Thayer

    Nancy Thayer is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including Girls of Summer, Let It Snow, Surfside Sisters, A Nantucket Wedding, Secrets in Summer, The Island House, The Guest Cottage, An Island Christmas, Nantucket Sisters, and Island Girls. Born in Kansas, Thayer has been a resident of Nantucket for thirty-five years, where she currently lives with her husband, Charley, and a precocious rescue cat named Callie.

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      A terrific book with a terrible cover. This is no Peyton Place. Excellent writing and characterization sets Thayer well above your average "beach read."