All Stories Are Love Stories: A Novel
Written by Elizabeth Percer
Narrated by Elizabeth Percer
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About this audiobook
In this thoughtful, mesmerizing tale with echoes of Station Eleven, the author of An Uncommon Education follows a group of survivors thrown together in the aftermath of two major earthquakes that strike San Francisco within an hour of each other—an achingly beautiful and lyrical novel about the power of nature, the resilience of the human spirit, and the enduring strength of love.
On Valentine’s Day, two major earthquakes strike San Francisco within the same hour, devastating the city and its primary entry points, sparking fires throughout, and leaving its residents without power, gas, or water.
Among the disparate survivors whose fates will become intertwined are Max, a man who began the day with birthday celebrations tinged with regret; Vashti, a young woman who has already buried three of the people she loved most…but cannot forgot Max, the one man who got away; and Gene, a Stanford geologist who knows far too much about the terrifying earthquakes that have damaged this beautiful city and irrevocably changed the course of their lives.
As day turns to night and fires burn across the city, Max and Vashti—trapped beneath the rubble of the collapsed Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium—must confront each other and face the truth about their past, while Gene embarks on a frantic search through the realization of his worst nightmares to find his way back to his ailing lover and their home.
Elizabeth Percer
Elizabeth Percer is a three-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize and has twice been honored by the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Foundation. She received a BA in English from Wellesley and a PhD in arts education from Stanford University, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship for the National Writing Project at UC Berkeley. She lives in California with her husband and three children. All Stories Are Love Stories is her second novel.
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Reviews for All Stories Are Love Stories
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I very much liked the device, of introducing multiple sets of characters who are in love in various ways and then putting them in the midst of a natural disaster. For people who live in San Francisco or know it well, the sense of place would be especially captivating.However, I tired of the exposition of the back stories and, although I had read a review that compared her writing to Ann Patchett's Belle Canto, it was far from that. I found it a bit cliched, too full of similes and metaphors. Had to skim at times.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A set of intertwining stories brought together by a significant earthquake in contemporary San Francisco. Each character is someplace different when the quake and its aftershocks strike and some find themselves trapped with those they never expected to meet, and others embark on a journey through a suddenly changed city to get back to those they love. Poignant and touching, I would highly recommend this book.