The Explanation for Everything

by Lauren Grodstein Narrated by Rick Adamson

Overview

Biology professor Andy Waite is finally beginning to pick up the pieces years after a drunk driver killed his wife. Between finishing his research and taking care of his young daughters, he has reasons to get through the day, and most days he does without falling apart. That is, until a young female student enters his life and turns it upside down.

Melissa Potter is a passionate evangelist hoping to write the definitive paper about Creationism. She makes Andy's Darwinian certainty-and his grief-a personal challenge. As she chips away at his committed atheism, he begins to realize the emptiness that he's been living with for too long. But when the relationship turns romantic, the boundaries he's worked so hard to maintain-personally and professionally-start to blur, and soon it's unclear what kind of deliverance he really needs.

Editorial Reviews

OCTOBER 2013 - AudioFile

Novelist Lauren Grodstein’s exploration of God’s existence is compelling and thought provoking. Andy Waite experiences a dilemma when he falls for one of his students and that very student, Melissa, proposes researching the possibility of a scientific basis for creationism. Narrator Rick Adamson shines in his depiction of this novel’s characters: Andy, who is grieving over the loss of his late wife; her orphaned children; and a cast of characters representing the entire spectrum of believers, from atheism to fanaticism. Adamson deftly contrasts Andy’s Darwinian conviction and his grief over losing his one true love. This thought-provoking and emotionally satisfying novel is rendered even more so by Adamson. R.O. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine

From the Publisher

“This engaging, and provocative novel is hard to put down. Highly recommended.”
—Library Journal [HC starred review]

“Narrator Rick Adamson shines in his depiction of this novel’s characters. . . . This thought-provoking and emotionally satisfying novel is rendered even more so by Adamson.”
—AudioFile

Booklist

Grodstein handles everything with a subtle wit, managing to skewer both the ultraconservative and the ultraliberal without making either seem absolutely wrong.”
—Booklist

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171359249
Publisher:	HighBridge Company
Publication date:	09/03/2013
Edition description:	Unabridged

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