There Are Flowers in Ohio

A Short Story

De: Rumaan Alam

Narrado por: Michael Crouch, Allison Hiroto, Suzanne Toren

From the New York Times best-selling author of Leave the World Behind comes an evocative short story about love, self-perception, and a family in transition.

Alice Comstock has always been a dutiful wife and an attentive mother, a perfectionist presiding over a flawless home. She’s reliably been her family’s center, the caretaker and problem-solver, until an illness requires her children to assume responsibility for their mother. For Adam, Alice’s youngest, a return home to California sparks a memory of his younger self. Alternating between the present and flashbacks to Adam’s college years, "There Are Flowers in Ohio" explores how the paths not taken shape all of our lives.

©2022 Rumaan Alam (P)2022 Audible Originals, LLC.

Nice quick listen

I enjoyed this short story. It was perfect listening for some gardening, easy to follow and able to gain character perspective quickly. Would recommend to anyone looking for something quick and easy to follow.

Bittersweet look back to another time

The first thing that stands out is how skillfully the author weaves the present and past of the story in order to tell a forbidden love story time has forgotten. Each word is perfectly placed to define the decades passing by, the development of the characters, and the large scale of emotions experienced.

Narration is very good too

not bad

I can't argue that Alam isn't a good writer because he absolutely is, but his descriptions feel a bit too wordy for my personal taste and this one felt like it ended too suddenly. I know its just a short story, but it feels like it could've used just a bit more. still hits a bit in the heart, though.

Loved the love story, disenchanted by the rest

It's one of those stories like looking into several windows looking into the lives of the characters. Mostly you alternate between the superficial mother and her daughter in law trying to live up to that position in her absence, and the incredibly sweet and too short story of young love. That love is hidden, but unafraid and unashamed- far too rare and underrated in LGBTQIA stories. There is a juxtaposition of the superficial efforts to make things "right" and a love that is so very genuine... but the ending makes an unpleasant point, leaving a sour taste. Even so, my interest is peaked and I'd love to see what else the author has to offer.

i wanted more 😭

I wish this was a longer story. i wanted to know if uncle bryan was actually bryan 😕

This story... wow

Reading some of the other reviews about this short story was kind of shocked at first. It's been weeks since I first heard 'There Are Flowers in Ohio' and I am still thinking about it. I've never been so affected by a story filled with so many characters I absolutely despise. I don't know if I will ever understand why we, as humans, treat each other the way that we do? I needed to hear this story. I loved this story. It's not for everyone.. no story is. It was definitely for me.

Unexpected

The performance or the writing was not clear. The subject was uncomfortable. I didn’t appreciate it. My opinion.

I needed more. .

it was a good story. just felt unfinished. ending was abrupt. too much left unsaid.

nice listen

it's very interested listen and enjoying a lot to listen this title on audible app

Just okay

It was little slow. It had sad moments and happy ones but it didn't hold my interest. I had to go back a few times.