Living in Ether

by Patricia Geary

Young Deirdre Gage. She has typical California pastimes. She jogs, she eats health food, takes ballet lessons- and communicates with spirits. Namely, a brother, a tragic suicide, and surprisingly, a long-dead Japanese novelist. Suddenly Deirdre is launched on a wild, perilous journey toward self-discovery and beyond. Her journey ends in a lonely hotel room. Within waits danger, delight, and the sweet temptation of oblivion.

Genres: Audiobook, Fiction

214 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

American novelist.

Reviews

[Jack Tripper · Rating 3 out of 5]

1987 Bantam Spectra mass-market, with Leo and Diane Dillon cover art (214 pages).

[odedo1 Audio book worm. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reviewing this is almost impossible for me.
Its a first for me this genre,
I felt like I’m in a maze kept getting lost.
There is no question about it that Patricia Geary is a talented writer, when she describes something she does it perfect all the way to a grain of sand, almost feels like you are seeing not reading, so I got to listen to this again to try to fully understand it all, as I said I kept getting lost in this maze.

As usual narration by Heather Costa is flawless!




Free for an honest review.

[Deedra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Audible:This book is so bogged down with minute ocd details that it detracts from the plot.It goes back and forth in time in a fortune tellers life.It was good,to a point.Heather Costa was the right narrator for this book.There were some repeated lines and mispronounced words.It's 'doilies' not dollies that people put on furniture.I was given this book by the narrator,author or publisher free for an honest review.

[Craig · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book deeply infuses the paranormal with the mundane in a way that might be boujee for some. A white woman communes with the spirits, dances ballet with her ghost brother and is constantly doing yoga or eating fruit. I'm exaggerating only slightly, but you should know this feels slightly dated if you let it. Otherwise, I think Geary does an exceptional job of letting the reader in the mind of the narrator, Deirdre, and the plot -- when it's not bogged down in Deirdre trying to escape her power/ burden, or washing clothes -- is quite intriguing, bolstered by a solid use of flashback and chapter control. But the weird-o tangents render this not so much a novel as a meditation.

-1 star for incest

[Jessica Bobeck · Rating 2 out of 5]

now what just happened here

[Arlene Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Did not love this the way I loved Strange Toys. I admit to barely understanding it.