Skylight Confessions

A Novel

By: Alice Hoffman

Narrated by: Mare Winningham

On the night her father dies, Arlyn is certain that the man she is meant to be with will walk into her life, but fate seems to be playing a trick when John Moody knocks on her door to ask for directions. Cool, practical, and deliberate, John is dreamy Arlyn's polar opposite. Yet the two are drawn powerfully together, even when it is clear they are bound to bring each other grief. Their marriage is dangerous territory, tracing a map no one should follow. It leads them and their children to a house made of glass in the Connecticut countryside, to the rooftops and avenues of Manhattan, and to the blue waters of Long Island Sound, all in a search for family and identity.

Walking this path of ruin and redemption are Sam, their son, a brilliant, explosive artist who is drawn to self-destruction and dreams; Blanca, the beautiful loner who tries desperately to protect her brother from his destiny and lives her own life in a world of books; and Will, the grandson, who is left a legacy of broken pieces he needs to put together, an emotional and mysterious puzzle made up of people who don't know the first thing about love. Here is a family so real, so tragic, so devoted, it is as if they have written their own riveting history: a quest for love and truth.

©2007 Alice Hoffman (P)2007 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"Hoffman's shimmering, multigenerational melodrama bewitches with supernatural imagery." (Booklist)

Fantastic! What laters!

I purchased this audio book many years ago. Just now listened and love it! Such heart and amazing narrative layers and depth to the characters. The narrator added to the understanding. Such a gem.

Interesting story. Mare is a very good narrator.

This story held my interest all the way through. Although it was only 7 hours it seemed longer. It was very well produced. Mare Winningham was an excellent narrator. The story was different, not run of the mill. I like stories that are not a dime a dozen. Also, it doesn't have "filler". The author has a story to tell and she tells it. She's not just trying to fill space just because she can. If anything she perhaps had a little trouble letting go of the story... but telling a story is such a creative process. It's all subjective.

I really enjoyed this book

I really enjoyed this book - but I am an Alice Hoffman fan. Her blending of what is real and what just might be real is interesting and convincing. Then narration was great – calming, soothing and so appropriate for this novel. This is definitely a good read (or listen).

Alice Hoffman Fan

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would highly recommend any Alice Hoffman book. I became a fan after reading The Dovekeepers. Every book is different but all seem to have a haunting undertone.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Do you connect more in life with a time or people?

Amazing as always

Alice Hoffman is a brilliant author .
She describes her characters with such creativity and humanity and in Jude’s their fragility, their truth and their strength. The stories are highly imaginative , surreal and very really in quality. Haunting and provocative, you never want to out the book down.