Glitter Girl
Erin O’Briant today begins the serialized audiboook release of her novel, Glitter Girl:
One grown daughter is a flagrant San Francisco lesbian who has won and lost an international journalism award only to reinvent herself as a glitter spray salesgirl. The other daughter strayed away from her secular family and right through the sliding glass doors of a church housed in a nearby mini-mall. This family has a few issues to work out: meet the Sorens.
Gloria Soren, the “glitter girl” in the novel, is picking up the pieces of her spectacularly failed career, falling in love, and wondering how she became an almost-pathological liar. The younger Soren sister, Angie, is spearheading an anti-abortion movement in Georgia and no longer talks to her family. She’s waiting to marry her charismatic pastor, but their lives begin to change when Gloria visits her sister to make up.
Want to know what happens? You’ll just have to listen.
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December 14th, 2009 at 1:52 am
I am really enjoying this! The story and the narration are great. Just an FYI, though, there seems to be an issue downloading Ch. 5. (I tried to submit a problem report via the Podiobooks form but it didn’t go through for some reason). But that’s just a technical issue. Everything else about this one is excellent.
December 14th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Hi Melinda! Thanks so much. I’ve been worried about Episode 5 because there were so few downloads–I did submit a report, but will follow up pronto. Meanwhile, please feel free to get that episode from my site or from my feedburner link: http://feeds.feedburner.com/erinobriant.
Thanks again!
Erin
December 16th, 2009 at 8:36 am
Hi all–Episode 5 is fixed. Thanks for your patience.
February 6th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
First the positives, the production is very well done, and the author is a very good narrator. The story starts out very well and is easy to get into.
The negatives, as it is nearly its conclusion, it is obvious the author has a bigoted social agenda to promote which I wish was made clear up front so I could have avoided this podiobook.
February 7th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
I loved this story. I have a sister who I love dearly and the relationship between the sisters feels real. Although they were very different, I liked (and was rooting for) both of them by the end. When I was listening to this audiobook, I actually enjoyed my commute–which is really saying something! Well done!
February 7th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
Thank you, Brooke! What a kind message. I’m so glad you enjoyed hte novel.
February 8th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
I find that Glitter Girl is anything but bigoted; instead, it evokes a polarizing conversation but does so with human faces. Abortion, gay rights, Christianity…these are difficult issues at any time, but especially now, and I feel this book deals with them in a realistic, fair way. The characters simply speak their truths–lives their truths–and try to come to terms with the truths of the others in their family. Ne’er a bigot be found. Go, Glitter Girl!