The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors
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A 1908 NaNoWriMo forerunner, told in twelve chapters, each with a different author. The basic plot was to show how an engagement or marriage would affect and be affected by an entire family. The project became somewhat curious for the way the authors' contentious interrelationships mirrored the sometimes dysfunctional family they described in their chapters. The collaboration may have been an uncomfortable one, but a final product did emerge with some clever and entertaining contributions from its often squabbling authors. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia and others by Annise) (7 hr 32 min)
Chapters
The Father | 41:58 | Read by Tom Lennon |
The Old-maid Aunt | 42:35 | Read by MaryAnn |
The Grandmother | 24:17 | Read by Amy Gramour |
The Daughter-in-Law | 26:55 | Read by Kalynda |
The School-Girl | 29:33 | Read by Heather Lawrence |
The Son-in-Law | 34:44 | Read by Sandra Estenson |
The Married Son | 1:04:33 | Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) |
The Married Daughter | 43:09 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
The Mother | 31:35 | Read by TriciaG |
The School-Boy | 43:52 | Read by David Stryker |
Peggy | 38:03 | Read by Vsilverlining |
The Friend of the Family | 31:01 | Read by David Leeson |