Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel
Written by The Authors Guild, Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston
Narrated by Shayna Small
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice—from Margaret Atwood and John Grisham to Tommy Orange and Celeste Ng.
One week into the COVID-19 shutdown, tenants of a Lower East Side apartment building in Manhattan have begun to gather on the rooftop and tell stories. With each passing night, more and more neighbors gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned pails. Gradually the tenants—some of whom have barely spoken to each other—become real neighbors. In this Decameron-like serial novel, general editors Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston and a star-studded list of contributors create a beautiful ode to the people who couldn’t escape when the pandemic hit. A dazzling, heartwarming, and ultimately surprising narrative, Fourteen Days reveals how beneath the horrible loss and suffering, some communities managed to become stronger.
Includes writing from: Charlie Jane Anders, Margaret Atwood, Jennine Capó Crucet, Joseph Cassara, Angie Cruz, Pat Cummings, Sylvia Day, Emma Donoghue, Dave Eggers, Diana Gabaldon, Tess Gerritsen, John Grisham, Maria Hinojosa, Mira Jacob, Erica Jong, CJ Lyons, Celeste Ng, Tommy Orange, Mary Pope Osborne, Douglas Preston, Alice Randall, Ishmael Reed, Roxana Robinson, Nelly Rosario, James Shapiro, Hampton Sides, R.L. Stine, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Monique Truong, Scott Turow, Luis Alberto Urrea, Rachel Vail, Weike Wang, Caroline Randall Williams, De’Shawn Charles Winslow, and Meg Wolitzer!
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
Editor's Note
An ode to collaboration…
This is the COVID-19 book we want and need, with a surprising twist. Amid quarantine, residents of a Manhattan apartment building convene on their shared roof, slowly transforming from strangers to neighbors. This remarkable story of how community offers hope in times of sorrow is brought to you by a slew of literary legends, including Margaret Atwood (“The Handmaid's Tale”), Neil Gaiman (“American Gods”), Tommy Orange (“There, There”), Celeste Ng (“Our Missing Hearts”), and more, each of whom writes a different chapter.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I found it hard to follow and quite a depressing book.